Business

Sugarcane trash can produce energy – what SA’s small farmers need to make this happen

Aluwani Maiwashe-Tagwi, University of South Africa and Unity Chipfupa, University of South Africa Bioenergy – the renewable energy derived... Read more

10 Jan

Countries

Farmer, workers face court over grim discovery of bodies in pigsty

Cape Town – A Limpopo farmer, Zachariah Olivier, 60, and his two employees, Adriaan de Wet, 19, and William... Read more

25 Aug, 2024

Companies

Aunty Bettie: a lifetime of fighting for women farm workers

“My parents were scared because they couldn’t speak out,” says De Doorns activist Bettie Fortuin. “But today we can.”... Read more

13 Aug, 2024

Agriculture

WATCH | Farmers optimistic as Steenhuisen appointed agriculture minister

Cape Town – Farmers have expressed optimism over the appointment of DA leader John Steenhuisen as South Africa’s new... Read more

2 Jul, 2024

Countries

Displaced farmers battle to make a living

Farmer Ali Baloyi sits on what is left of his water pump near the Letaba River. He says he... Read more

13 Jun, 2024

Countries

Concourt rules out R2bn damages claim by Zimbabwean farmers

The Constitutional Court has ruled that a R2-billion claim against the South African government for Zimbabwean land grabs has... Read more

7 May, 2024

Countries

Zimbabwe farmers buckle under El Nino drought

Kanyemba — Ladias Konje’s maize field in northeastern Zimbabwe is normally green at this time of the year, but... Read more

20 Mar, 2024

Countries

Stock theft is making township farmers’ hard lives harder

Farmers guard their cattle in Philippi. Photos: Sandiso Phaliso By Sandiso Phaliso and Qaqamba Falithenjwa GroundUp “In the last... Read more

27 Nov, 2023

Countries

Small farmers celebrate victory outside Cape High Court

Small farmers from Malmesbury celebrated on the steps of the Cape High Court on Monday after the Housing Development... Read more

22 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