Hand in hand to ‘walk the commercial walk’
Beneficiaries of Rietspruit farm in Heidelberg, Gauteng, have formed partnerships with the former farm owners who are providing hands-on training and mentorship support programmes to help develop the emerging producers into fully fledged agricultural producers.
Female Farmer of the Year -Hard work and sweat pay off
Linda Nghatsane is someone who sees opportunity in hard work. Sound financial planning, good farming practices and a lot of sweat and tears have finally paid off for this former nurse. Chris Louw visited her on her small farm near Nelspruit in Mpumalanga.
Six-month land negotiations kick in
The expropriation orders served on Gauteng farmer OJ Botha and the Lutheran Church this month mark the start of applying the government's controversial policy of negotiating no longer than six months with owners of land under claim