South Africa

Hendrik Reyneke, a labour broker accused of various charges related to human trafficking and child labour was denied bail by the Wesselsbron Magistrate’s Court today.

Although the threat posed by fall armyworm (FAW) in South Africa remains, there is no crisis at present. This is according to Dr Gerhard Verdoorn, consultant to Croplife SA.

Food and beverage group, Clover, showed subdued results in its consolidated financial statement report for the year ending 30 June 2017.

A study by South Africa’s Red Meat Producers’ Organisation (RPO) has found that if the country lost its foot-and-mouth disease-free (FMD) status in the foreseeable future, SA’s economy would lose...

The drought in the Northern Cape was spreading, said Henk van Wyk, Agri Northern Cape President.

The increase in cross-border trade with South Africa since 1994 has upped risks for pests expanding their habitats into the country.

The agriculture sector has emerged as the largest contributor to the 2,5% increase in South Africa’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) during the second quarter of this year, according to Statistics...

Approximately 30 people involved with an NGO partnership in KwaZulu-Natal benefited from a recent basic animal health training course in Mpumalanga.

Agri SA's intention to change from a civic to a Pty (Ltd) organisation was so that it could continue to offer sustainable service delivery to the South African agriculture sector.

The Western Cape, the country’s largest wheat-growing region, was likely to produce 236 950t less wheat this year than in the previous season, according to the Crop Estimates Committee's first...

Equity share scheme, Solms-Delta Estate, has been placed under business rescue. Mark Solms, a majority shareholder in the project is however positive that this is temporary.

While overall confidence within South Africa’s agribusiness sector dropped two index points in the third quarter (Q3) of 2017, the sector remained optimistic about business conditions in the country.

An increased chance for above-normal rainfall between spring and late spring over the north-eastern parts of the country is expected, said Cobus Olivier, prediction scientist at SAWS.

The farming community in the Free State has condemned the situation in Wesselsbron in which charges have been laid against an alleged labour broker suspected of multiple counts of child...

The current national farm debt of R144 billion was not necessarily a negative thing, and showed that producers were making debt to invest in their farm businesses.

The sharp rise that is expected in the fuel price comes at a bad time for the South African agricultural sector, according to Dawie Maree, head of information and marketing...

Jaco Strauss, a 39-year-old farmer from the Vaalharts area, has been named as the Agri Northern Cape Young Farmer of the Year.

Despite efforts by government and the commercial poultry and ostrich industries to control the disease, there were now 24 confirmed outbreaks of the H5N8 strain of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza...

The Faculty of Engineering at North-West University (NWU) launched Naledi, a solar car, which will be competing in the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge in early October in Australia.

The winners of the fourth annual Standard Bank/Chenin Blanc Top 10 Challenge were recently announced at the Delaire Graff Estate outside Stellenbosch.