# Die Johannesburg Ontwikkelingsagentskap het in samewerking met die stad se Departement van ontwikkelingsbeplanning begin begin met infrastruktuur vir ‘n projek om die voorbestaan van stedelike landbou te verseker. Die doel is om voedselonsekerheid te beveg, nuwe boere te bemagtig en volhoubare stedelike boerdery in die metro uit te brei. Die woordvoerder van die metro, […]
# The South African Weather Service says the extremely dangerous veld fire conditions being experienced in Limpopo, Mpumalanga and Gauteng are expected to continue. It says conditions are such that the Fire Danger Index is above 75. The Tshwane Emergency Services spokesperson, Lindsay Mnguni, says the very hot and windy conditions may result in the […]
# The Johannesburg Development Agency, in partnership with the City of Johannesburg’s Development Planning Department, has launched the Urban Agriculture Food Resilience Infrastructure Project. This initiative aims to fight food insecurity, empower new farmers, and expand sustainable urban farming across the metro. The metro’s spokesperson, Virgil James, says the department has created a food resilience […]
# Die DA sê president Cyril Ramaphosa was verkeerd om die grondbesettings van die vroeë 2000’s in Zimbabwe noodsaaklik en ambisieus te noem tydens sy besoek aan Harare verlede week. Die party sê die proses het die buurland se ekonomie vernietig en hongersnood veroorsaak. Hulle waarsku indien dit as ‘n voorbeeld gebruik word, hou dit […]
# The DA says president Cyril Ramaphosa was wrong to praise Zimbabwe’s early 2000s land confiscations as essential and ambitious during his visit to Harare last week. The party says the process destroyed the neighbouring country’s economy and caused famine. They warn that using it as a model risks pushing South Africa’s controversial Expropriation Act. […]
# Die DA sê die Departement van Landbou se optrede om die bek-en-klouseer-uitbreking in die land te bekamp, is bemoedigend. KwaZulu-Natal bly die middelpunt van die siekte. Altesaam 274 van die uitbrekings is nog aktief, waarvan 180 in KwaZulu-Natal is. Willie Aucamp van die DA sê die skepping van ‘n taakspan met lede uit die […]
# AfriForum het kommer uitgespreek oor die omvang van veediefstal in die land. Volgens die polisie se statistiek is daar in die 2024/2025-boekjaar meer as 53-duisend-600 beeste gesteel. Verlede week is ʼn 34-jarige polisieman, wat deel is van die SAPD se veediefstaleenheid, in Standerton, Mpumalanga, gearresteer omdat hy na bewering 450-duisend-rand se beeste gesteel het. […]
# The DA says efforts that are being made by the Agriculture Department to combat the foot-and-mouth disease outbreak in the country are encouraging. KwaZulu-Natal remains the epicentre of the disease. There are currently 274 unresolved outbreaks in five provinces, of which 180 are in KZN. The DA’s Willie Aucamp says the establishment of an […]
# AfriForum has expressed concern at the scale of cattle theft in the country. According to SAPS statistics, more than 53-thousand-600 cattle were stolen nationwide in the 2024/2025 financial year. Last week, a 34-year-old police officer, who is part of the SAPS Stock Theft Unit, was arrested in Standerton, Mpumalanga, for allegedly stealing 450-thousand-rand worth of […]
