SAPS investigate motive for murder of KZN farmer
Police in KwaZulu-Natal are reportedly investigating the motive behind the recent murder of farm manager Mngoma Mbanjwa (51) on Lockwood Farm near Ixopo.
The Jacaranda Agricultural Show is here
The Jacaranda Agricultural Show will take place at the Tshwane Events Centre north of Pretoria, from 26 - 29 August 2015.
Female farmers valued contributors to North West’s economy
The North West provincial government valued the significant role women farmers played in the economy of the province, according to Supra Mahumapelo, North West premier.
MEC calls for collective effort to fight farm murders
There was need for a collective effort to eradicate farm murders and acts of criminality in rural areas and farms in the country, said Mlibo Qoboshiyane MEC for Eastern Cape Rural Development and Agrarian Reform following the murders of Hermien Gouws (88) and her son Ruben (65), recently.
Diesel price could drop 57c in September
The expected drop in fuel prices has been welcomed by organised agriculture which is battling high input costs.
Ida community assist in arrest of suspected killers
Retired Ida High School principal Ruben Gouws (65) and his mother, Hermien (88), were found brutally murdered on Pinevale Farm near Elliot in the Eastern Cape on Saturday, 15 August.
Western Cape produces its first ever black truffle
Following the August 2014 announcement of South Africa’s first ever commercially grown black truffle (Tuber melanosporum) in the Dullstroom area of Mpumalanga, the Western Cape can now lay claim to also having grown its very own specimen of this expensive fungus.
Post office fuel shortage affects farming
Last week’s temporary suspension of services at some post offices in SA owing to a fuel shortage negatively affected the agriculture sector, according to Neels de Villiers, Free State Red Meat Producers Organisation (RPO) chairperson.
Fire at BKB caused by burglars
Millions of rand worth of damage was caused when a burglary at the BKB shop and goods receiving store at Paterson near Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape went wrong and a fire broke out.
Wine grape producer cleared of assault charges
A wine grape producer from Robertson has been found not guilty on assault charges.
SA not facing an economic crisis – expert
It is unlikely that South Africa will dissolve into a full blown economic crisis, but government has to urgently address a number of challenges if the country is to escape its current low growth cycle.
Zuma reports on progress made to address energy crisis
“Substantial progress” was being made in resolving the energy crisis that led to load-shedding costing the economy R1 billion/month, said President Jacob Zuma.
