Countries

Farm worker family evicted, belongings dumped on the side of the road

Farm worker Jan Marthinus standing with the cupboard which was dumped next to the road between Malmesbury and Paarl.... Read more

20 Nov, 2023

Agriculture

70 small-scale Musina farmers face eviction

Sammy Raphunga (left), chairperson of Musina Farmers Association, and association president Jeffrey Magwira at one of the plots where... Read more

10 Nov, 2023

Agriculture

Women farm workers demand meeting with minister of agriculture

Women on Farms Project led a march to Parliament on Wednesday, calling on the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform... Read more

9 Nov, 2023

World

WHO concerned at rise in Poland bird flu cases in cats

Geneva — Poland is the first country to report “high numbers” of cats infected with bird flu across a... Read more

17 Jul, 2023

Business

SA’s Land Bank can be fixed: change the funding model and narrow the focus

Johann Kirsten, Stellenbosch University and Wandile Sihlobo, Stellenbosch University It is disheartening to see how many South Africans, including... Read more

12 Jul, 2023

Agriculture

SA presses for recognition of its high-end olive oil

Stellenbosch – South Africa is famous for its wines but not necessarily for olive oil, where Greece, Italy and... Read more

24 May, 2023

Agriculture

Bitter battle: SA slams ‘unfair’ EU citrus trade rule

Pretoria – President Cyril Ramaphosa condemned the EU on Tuesday for restrictions on citrus exports from South Africa to... Read more

27 Apr, 2023

Countries

Kenya launches probe into sex abuse claims at UK tea firms

Nairobi – Kenyan prosecutors on Wednesday said they will investigate accusations of sexual abuse on tea estates that supply... Read more

23 Feb, 2023

Business

Africa’s agribusiness sector should drive the continent’s economic development: Five reasons why

Lilac Nachum, City University of New York Africa’s agriculture sector accounts for about 35% of the continent’s gross domestic... Read more

21 Feb, 2023

Business

Energy crisis ‘is taking a heavy toll on SA’s food sector’

Johannesburg – From dairy farms unable to keep milk refrigerated, to chickens suffocating en masse as ventilators fall idle,... Read more

24 Jan, 2023