Predator debate
Dr Dan Parker (23 November, pg 40) suggested that the solution to the conflict between the academic community and the agricultural community with regard to the control of problem animals...
Labelling is important!
I would like to take issue with Dr Koos Coetzee’s article ‘Stop misleading the consumer’ (2 November, pg 34).
The law of the land
Now this is the law of the land son, as old and as true as the hills, And the farmer who keeps it may prosper, but the farmer who breaks...
Does anyone know this poet?
The first time I met my prospective parents-in-law in 1984, I found the words of “Law of the Land” (see box below) on a calligraphy-styled work displayed in the house.
The legal route
Charl van Wyk’s letter, ‘A not-so-happy Heritage Day’ (2 November, pg 8) refers. Legally speaking, this is what one does in such a situation.
Unemployed graduates must be given land
As part of addressing South Africa’s high unemployment, government should give farms to agricultural technicians who are not working.
Response to “why culling isn’t the answer”
Having read Dr Dan Parker's response to Arthur Rudman's pro-active stance on managing the meso-predator issue in stock farming,
A lasting impact
As a newcomer to the Underberg area a decade ago, it interested me to know what our veld consisted of and how the available nutritional benefit could be enhanced by...
A not-so-happy Heritage Day
Grandmother Rosemary Peake (57) of Kraaifontein, Cape Town was surrounded, harassed and intimidated by 10 very aggressive street thugs while in her car on the morning of Heritage Day, Monday...
Killing the goose!
Smuggled cigarettes cost R12bn in taxes. The tax is referred to as a sin tax and bemoaning the loss of R12bn implies that the...
‘Farm diesel auditors don’t work on commission’ – SARS
The South African Revenue Service has refuted an assertion that its farm diesel-use auditors work on commission.
Stop polluting water
Arthu Lloyd’s letter about polluted water (5 October, pg 10) reminded me of a calculation my late brother, a maths teacher, made in 1998: ...
Rural Safety Strategy is yielding good results
Peter Mashala’s opinion entitled ‘The scourge that must be stopped’ (5 October, pg 36) cannot go unchallenged.
Sustainable agriculture
I have noticed that you regularly feature opinions that debate whether government should be focusing on policies that support subsistence or commercial, private or communal farming.
The environment vs greed
The environment has long been caught up in a war controlled by money and greed. It’s a war in which the powerless must attempt to overcome the powerful – something...
In the minister’s defence
In response to the article, ‘Massive golden handshake likely for Langa Zita’ (21 September, pg 24), the continued accusations levelled at the minister (Tina Joemat-Pettersson) are baseless and devoid of...
The claims on retail products
Thank you for the article ‘Who’s educating consumers?’ (28 September, pg 6). Lindi van Rooyen described the dilemma faced by farmers very nicely.
