South Africa

US dentist Walter Palmer has come under harsh criticism from international animal rights activists following his involvement in the killing of one of Zimbabwe’s most well-known lion, 13-year old Cecil.

The environmental impact of acid mine drainage (AMD) is not a threat to the trans-boundary Ramotswa Aquifer situated in the Limpopo Basin.

South Africa’s red meat sector is performing well in a tough local economic environment.

The Western Cape office of the regional land claims commissioner has issued a warning to prospective claimants to beware of false land claims officials.

A record 2 163 young wines, 10% more than last year, were entered for the 2015 SA Young Wine Show.

The SA citrus industry has decided to proactively suspend exports of organic lemons to the EU.

The Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR) has approved the acquisition of a R15,5 million farm for eight recently qualified agricultural students in Limpopo, who are currently on a two-year learnership programme with Molemole Local Municipality, according to a recent press release.

Veterinary services in the Western Cape has requested the government to compensate Appie Viviers to cull animals that had contracted brucellosis on his farm Boeteka near Beaufort West, irrespective of whether they had the melitensis strain or not.

Potato cultivar evaluation trials and pests came under the spotlight at the Potatoes SA research symposium held at Bela-Bela in Limpopo.

A home in St Lucia, KwaZulu-Natal, was the scene of an interesting police bust on the evening of 20 July.

Thousands of day-old broiler chicks at a hatchery east of Pretoria narrowly escaped being consumed by an inferno that eventually severely damaged the building and the incubation equipment that it housed.

Domestic fuel prices were expected to decrease by 35c/litre for petrol and 61c/litre for diesel on 5 August.