Two arrested for ‘poacher’ death

Two farmers were arrested recently after the decomposed body of Richard Mkhari was found tied to a tree on Vygeboom farm near Phalaborwa in Limpopo. C ommunity members from the settlement of Gravelotte made the gruesome find and led police to the scene, said Limpopo police spokesperson Senior Superintendent Motlafela Mojapelo.
Issue Date:24 August 2007

‘Human tsunami’ turns Musina into a boom town

Bread sales at the Musina Superspar have gone from 1 500 loaves a day to 3 500. is just one example of booming food sales in this Limpopo town near the Zimbabwe border over the past eight weeks. O f all the grocery stores in town, the is situated closest to the Zimbabwean border and manager Pieter Koekemoer said business is booming.
Issue Date: 24 August 2007

Lions maul farmworker

Farmworker Johannes Molemi's bodily remains were found on Shambala Private Reserve near Vaalwater in Limpopo after he was apparently killed by lions.
Issue Date: 24 August 2007

Govt refutes W’spruit radioactivity

Radioactive pollutants have contaminated crops and livestock in the Wonderfonteinspruit area southwest of Johannesburg, and physicists have warned of severe health impacts.
Issue Date: 24 August 2007

Specialised kit to customise quads

The QM-0423 high-pressure towed sprayer, manufactured by QuadMaster of Merrivale, is hga recent addition to the range of quad bike equipment
Issue date 24 August 2007

compromise on cotton subsidy?

The World Trade Organisation's (WTO) proposed compromise texts on agriculture are good news for the cotton industry. A specific treatment for cotton under all three pillars of the agriculture negotiations, namely tariffs, domestic subsidies and export support, has been proposed in which more than 80% of cotton subsidies would be slashed to a third of the normal implementation period.
Issue date:24 August 2007

‘Corruption buster’ to head KZN Agriculture

Promises to turn around the dismal state of affairs at the KwaZulu-Natal Department of and Environmental Affairs (DAEA) are gradually being fulfilled, with the appointment of a purported “corruption buster” as the new Head of Department. According to the department's MEC Mtholephi Mthimkhulu, on 1 August Advocate Modidima Mannya took over as of Department from Siddiq Adam
Issue date 17 August 2007

Home victory for Elsenburg

The annual Pannar Rugby week for agricultural colleges took place at the College in Stellenbosch recently
Issue date 17 August 2007

Eskort celebrates 90 years, new CEO

On 17 July 2007 it was exactly 90 years since a group of eight farmers from the Natal Midlands opened a pork factory on the banks of the Boesmans River in Estcourt
Issue date 17 August 2007

Energy savers can win R30 000

Farmers who are progressive when it comes to the innovative use of energy are invited to enter the agricultural category of the Eskom-sponsored ETA Awards
Issue date 17 August 2007

Region’s fifth Transfrontier Park

Southern Africa's biodiversity conservation targets are to get a boost in early September when the final fence between South Africa's uKhahlamba Drakensberg Park World Heritage Site and Lesotho's Sehlabathebe Park is dropped to form the region's fifth Transfrontier Park
Issue date 17 August 2007

Ezemvelo joins Wild Card

From 1 August the benefits of the All Cluster Wild - which gives tour guides access to South African National Parks (SANParks), Msinsi Resorts and Reserves and Big Game Parks of Swaziland - were extended to include KwaZulu-Natal Wildlife, excluding parks under the Greater St Lucia Wetlands Park authority

Rabies on the increase in KZN

A call has been put out by MEC of Agriculture and Environmental Affairs in KwaZulu-Natal, Mtholephi Mthimkhulu, urging all dog owners in the province to ensure that their dogs are vaccinated against rabies every year
Issue date 17 August 2007

Cattle on loan to empower the poor

The spirit of ukusisa, principle of sharing with those less fortunate, was celebrated last week when Sanganer cattle breeders and commercial farmers loaned cattle worth R200 000 to 16 emerging farmers from Ermelo in Mpumalanga
Issue date 17 August 2007

Traditional food to improve food security

The recent launch of the first-ever traditional recipe book in KwaZulu-Natal is set to improve food security in the country by demonstrating how to make nutritious food from cheaper and widely available traditional crops and wild plants
Issue date 17 August 2007

Absa renews Pinotage sponsorship

On 21 July Absa and the Pinotage Association (PA) renewed their commitment to each other by signing a five-year sponsorship of R1 million per year
Issue date 17 August 2007

Wine transformation plan gets rubber stamp

The South African Wine Industry Council (Sawic), after almost four years of intensive consultation and deliberation between representatives of all major industry stakeholders, has finally approved the Wine BEE Transformation Charter and will submit the document to government for adoption as a 12 charter
Issue date 17 August 2007

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