Caxton Magazines
Herding tractors: managing a large machinery fleet
Agricultural machinery and implements are vital to any commercial farming operation. It’s equally important that this equipment is well managed and maintained. Lloyd Phillips reports.
Interest rates left unchanged
The Governor of the South African Reserve Bank, Gill Marcus has left the interest rate unchanged.
Just 100m2 & space to spare
Jonno, I work at a mine in Lesotho, and would like to build a thatched roof cottage from natural stone of about 80m2 to 100m2.
Lespedeza wake-up call
Is this a reminder that the time to plant Sericea lespedeza is at hand? Well, yes and no...
Curried chicken with coconut & papadum
For some people, this writer among them, a meal without chilli or a chilled litre of Tobasco is a tedious and cheerless thing. So here’s another salute to chilli and Africa’s meat of choice, in glorious combination with coconut and crisp papadums.
Alf & Co
Yep! I'm a Townie.
Full Fracking Report available to the public
The Department of Mineral Resources has published the complete report on the proposed hydraulic fracturing in the Karoo on its website.
Eastern Ecstasy
For first-timers, this over-the-top ultra-spicy Sichuan-influenced meal can be a challenge. Most of the strong flavours are unfamiliar, the colour of the sauce is a deep magenta, and one of the key ingredients – tofu – is not part of the South African diet. But man, the taste! The aroma! The astonishing look of it all on the plate! But enough with the foodie raving. Let’s get that wok smoking.
Land Bank: back on track
In its recently released annual financial report, Land Bank announced that its finances were in good shape. Chief financial officer Lebogang Serithi shared the institution’s recipe for success with Peter Mashala.
Problem solving
Do state officials have too many balls in the air to keep track? Or are they simply determined to act in whatever way they see fit?
One on one with rural safety designer
After a slow birth, the South African Police Service’s Rural Safety Strategy (RSS) is due to hold its first sessions to enhance implementation. Sean Christie spoke to strategy architect Brigadier Judy le Roux.
Where does the NDP fit into NDR?
During a recent parliamentary debate on the National Development Plan, IFP leader and founder Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi criticised the government over its eagerness to draw up plans for development
that are unlikely to be implemented.
Why we need integrated pest management
Vegetable farmers are increasingly expected to supply produce with low pesticide residues.
Keep stock thieves away
Stock theft and predation is widespread in the livestock industry and losses could be higher than we think.
Think about it!
I’m not against a farmer supplying direct to a supermarket. I am, however, not in favour of a farmer giving everything to a supermarket. This can rebound on a farmer in a variety of ways.
Haute couture food garden
As a luxury art, hospitality and wine destination, Delaire Graff Estate blends many elements, but its roots are in the soil. Its gourmet restaurants are stocked with produce from its carefully landscaped, biodynamic greenhouse and gardens.
Looking after the soil
Over the next few weeks we’ll look at repairing the damage done to our soils through poor farming practices.
Privacy & dignity
Your rights if SARS issues a search warrant against you – and the circumstances under which such a warrant is valid.
More certainty needed to prevent SA slipping further
South Africa dropped two places in the World Economic Forum’s latest Global Competitiveness Index (GCI) – from 50th to 52nd out of 144 countries surveyed.
Stock theft hotspots in Eastern Cape identified
Kommadagga, Adelaide and Fort Beaufort are currently the main stock theft hotspots in the Eastern Cape.
