South Africa

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Rhino poaching keeps rising

The total number of rhinos lost to poaching since the beginning of this year stood at 588, with 246 suspects being arrested.

Joemat-Pettersson guilty of reckless spending

Unconscionably excessive, reckless and unethical was how the public protector, Thuli Madonsela described agricultural minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson’s spending.

Large injection for sustainable agriculture

Sustainable farming in South Africa has been given a boost by Nedbank which announced that it would invest R8,3 million in the World Wide Fund for Nature South Africa’s (WWF-SA) Sustainable Agriculture Programme.

Western Cape should focus on high value products

Population growth and rapid urbanisation will lead to a strong increase in the demand for food globally which means that the future looks bright for agriculture, but there are many challenges standing in the way of farmers seizing the opportunity to increase production.

Conflicting reports on de-gazetting of Gongolo claim

Conflicting reports have emerged regarding the apparent imminent de-gazetting of the Gongolo restitution land claim in KwaZulu-Natal, which 10 years after being gazetted, has not been resolved.

Farmers use their wits and IT to track suspect

Farmers in KZN’s Estcourt area made headlines recently when they assisted police in tracking down a man on 4 November who allegedly stabbed his wife and sister-in-law before fleeing with his toddler grandson.

Emergency relief for Northern Cape fire victims

Up to 215 000ha grazing was destroyed in the recent veld fires in the Kuruman and Koopmansfontein areas in the Northern Cape,

Agri unity forum to provide answers

The new Agri-Sector Unity Forum will deal with, among other things, land reform problems, water issues and the training of smallholder farmers.

‘Wage dispute’ taken over by politics

As the violence on Western Cape farms abated, political parties engaged in public mud-slinging, with each blaming the other. Denene Erasmus reports.

Fewer dairy farmers produce more milk

Increased volumes of raw milk production in South Africa were not the result of growth in dairy farm units but were due to the competitive nature of the dairy industry, said SA Milk Processors’ Organisation (Sampro) chairperson Melt Loubser.

Sweet success for Tongaat Hulett

Renewable energy, in the form of biofuel production and electricity generation is of increasing importance to sugar processor Tongaat Hulett.

Farmer’s Weekly scoops top award

Farmer’s Weekly recently received the Magazine Publishers’ Association of South Africa’s PICA Award in the Special Interest (Male & Female Interest) category.

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