DA takes Land Bank to task
The Democratic Alliance (DA) has submitted documents relating to what they term “alleged irregular transactions” at the ailing financial institution, Land Bank, to the independent forensic investigating team, Deloitte &...
Cabinet sets committee to check on food prices
Cabinet ministers are beginning to suspect once again that there is more than meets the eye in the recent rapid rise in the price of agricultural products and in the...
New plans for old homeland irrigation schemes
The Eastern Cape government is rolling out a five-year plan to overhaul six irrigation schemes in the province and plans to approach national Treasury this year to foot over R300...
Nurturing broccoli after transplanting
Generally, Broccoli matures earlier than cabbage or cauliflower. Early maturation is becoming increasingly popular, especially with pre-packed products.Issue Date 25 May 2007
Failure, like success, always starts at the top
'But nowhere, not once, have I yet heard of anyone in management at Cricket SA … accepting responsibility.'Issue Date 25 May 2007
Provincial restructuring is unlikely
he suggestion by ANC national chairperson Mosiuoa Lekota to reduce the number of provinces from nine to four to address administration and service delivery problems on a provincial and local...
World economy still on track
The world economy is expected to grow robustly during 2007 and 2008, but at a slightly lower rate than in 2006.' Issue Date 2007
A new broom at KZN agri department
Following revelations that the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Agriculture and Environmental Affairs (DAEA) was in a dismal financial and operational state due to poor management, the latest incumbent of the post...
The right gear for the job
Mechanical pruning of branches of tall trees in citrus orchards is always a problem. When thick branches have to be cut, the tractor has to move at a very slow...
Effective no-till control of maize root diseases
Root diseases overwinter in crop residues on the land pose a significant threat to no-till enterprises. No-till experts have joined forces to find the best methods of overcoming this challenge....
The emerging of a powerful mentorship
Sceptics often expect emerging farmers to fail, but Phopi Ralentjena, an emerging farmer from Blouberg in Limpopo, is disproving this notion. He and his mentor Auwke Jongbloed are proof that...
Holtzhausen’s passion for polled Ngunis
Just as much as a farmer without a bakkie is still a farmer, an Nguni without horns is still an Nguni. So says retired Limpopo farmer Henk Holtzhausen. Susan Botes...
