# Cape Town has renewed calls for Transnet to accelerate initiatives to improve efficiencies at the port of Cape Town, which has been ranked last in the latest World Bank container port performance index. Research commissioned by the Western Cape government found a more efficient port could unlock six-billion-rand in additional exports and support 20-thousand […]
# Die Landbank vra vir hernude fokus op die verwydering van hindernisse wat jong Suid-Afrikaners keer om betekenisvol aan die landbousektor deel te neem. Die land se amptelike werkloosheidsyfer vir jongmense tussen 15 en 34 jaar oud is tans bo 45-persent. Die waarnemende bestuurshoof van die Landbank, Jabu Mphambo, sê jongmense betree die boerderybedryf teen […]
# The Land Bank is calling for renewed focus on removing the barriers that prevent young South Africans from participating meaningfully in the agriculture sector. The country’s official unemployment rate for young people aged between 15 and 34 currently sits above 45-percent. Land Bank acting CEO Jabu Mphambo says young people continue to enter the […]
# Die Vryheidsfront Plus sê die Departement van Landbou en Landelike Ontwikkeling se 2026/2027‑begroting toon Gauteng benut nie sy landbouvermoë ten volle nie. Volgens Jaco Mulder van die party moet elke hektaar bewerkbare landbougrond beskerm en optimaal benut word om voedselproduksie, ekonomiese groei en werkskepping te bevorder. Hy sê die onlangse uitbreking van bek-en-klouseer en […]
# The Freedom Front Plus says Gauteng’s agricultural potential is underutilised, as reflected in the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development’s 2026/2027 budget. The party’s Jaco Mulder says every hectare of productive agricultural land should be protected and optimally utilised, to promote food production, economic growth and job creation. He says the recent outbreaks of […]
# AfriForum is angry after a leaked e-mail showed a top official in the Agriculture Department making fun of farmers who asked for help during the foot-and-mouth disease outbreak. The civil rights organisation says the government has been too slow to act and is keeping too much control over vaccines. AfriForum’s Lambert de Klerk wants […]
# A joint agricultural project involving AfriForum, Saai, Nkosi Zweloxolo Stokwe’s office and the Adopt-A-Village initiative has achieved a milestone after successfully planting vegetable seedlings in the Mtingwevu community in the Eastern Cape. After initial training last year, the community faced challenges like water and crop problems, but improved their methods and achieved success. AfriForum’s […]
# AfriForum is ontstel nadat ‘n uitgelekde e-pos wys hoe ‘n senioramptenaar in die Departement van Landbou boere spot wat tydens die bek-en-klouseer-uitbreking om hulp vra. Die burgerregte-organisasie sê die regering was te stadig om op te tree en hou te veel beheer oor entstowwe. Lambert de Klerk van AfriForum wil hê boere, privaat veeartse […]
# ’n Gesamentlike landbouprojek waarby AfriForum, Saai, Nkosi Zweloxolo Stokwe se kantoor en die Adopt-A-Village-inisiatief betrokke is, het ’n mylpaal bereik nadat groentesaailinge suksesvol in die Mtingwevu-gemeenskap in die Oos-Kaap geplant is. Na aanvanklike opleiding verlede jaar is die gemeenskap onderwerp aan uitdagings soos water- en gewasprobleme, maar hulle het hul metodes verbeter en sukses […]
