Time for land reform is running out

Frustration is mounting over government's inability to deal with the land reform process and time is running out for the current government to implement practical solutions.

Tenure a hot policy topic

Land tenure is a hot topic that will come to a head when the issue of communal land is discussed during the drafting of the Land Reform Bill.

Sappi chops 200 jobs

Sappi Limited, the multinational paper-and-pulp company, plans to retrench 200 employees.

Growing food on English rooftops

UK developers will include food-growing areas on the rooftops, balconies and walls of new building schemes in Brighton.

‘I’m not sidelined’ – deputy minister of agriculture

The absence of the deputy minister of agriculture, Dr Pieter Mulder, during a recent parliamentary committee meeting, caused a stir.

Call to disband youth development agency

An award-winning young farmer has added his voice to calls to disband the National Youth Development Agency.

Clean OBP audits questioned

The Auditor-General can't explain why Onderstepoort Biological Products obtained clean audit records in previous years, despite clear signs of regression.

New ostrich ban grips SA again, costing R500/bird

Beleaguered ostrich farmers were sent to the ditches again as a new ostrich meat export ban grips the country.

Communal land a policy headache

The issue of communal land tenure is heating up, with many stakeholders calling for legislative action.

Eskom tariffs could be in for major overhaul

The DTI and the DOE have indicated that they would like a radical rethink of the methodology used by Nersa to determine Eskom's electricity tariffs.

Lower final maize estimate no surprise

The Crop Estimates Committee's final estimated maize yield for South Africa's 2010/11 summer production season is 10 608 400t.

Take, take, take

Politicians talk about righting injustice... and then they buy expensive cars and mansions, while the poor they're supposed to serve, live in squalor.