# The Freedom Front Plus says MK Party member of Parliament, Mzwanele Manyi’s proposed constitutional amendment on land is a distraction from the real threat, the upcoming Equitable Access to Land Bill. Manyi wants all land to belong to the government and for land claims to go back to 1652. The FF Plus’s Wynand Boshoff […]
# Die onafhanklike hoëronderwysinstelling, Akademia, het die Akademia-landbouskenkingsfonds bekendgestel om die volgende geslag landboukundiges op te lei. Die besturende direkteur, Marthinus Visser, sê deur hierdie fonds te stig, erken hulle die uiters belangrike rol wat die landbou speel, nie net vir kosvoorsiening nie maar ook vir ekonomiese stabiliteit en werkverskaffing. Hy sê deur die fonds […]
# The independent higher education institution Akademia has launched the Akademia Agricultural Endowment Fund to nurture the next generation of agricultural experts. Managing director, Marthinus Visser, says by establishing this fund, they recognise the extremely critical role that agriculture plays, not only in terms of food supply, but also in terms of economic stability and job creation. He says […]
# Die Gautengse Departement van Landbou en Landelike Ontwikkeling kritiseer die DA in Gauteng oor beweerde waninligting rakende werkskepping en die bek-en-klouseer-uitbreking. Die departement sê vertragings spruit uit nasionale befondsingsgoedkeurings, nie ondoeltreffendheid nie. Hy beklemtoon vinnige stappe wat gedoen is, sluit in weeklikse Gesamentlike Operasionele Komiteevergaderings, boere-bewusmakingsveldtogte, inentings, en toesig wat strook met die standaarde […]
# The Gauteng Department of Agriculture and Rural Development has hit back at the DA Gauteng over alleged misinformation regarding job creation and the foot-and-mouth-disease outbreak. The department says programme delays stem from national funding approvals, not inefficiency. It highlights swift actions taken including weekly Joint Operations Committee meetings, farmer awareness campaigns, vaccinations, and surveillance […]
# ʼn Onlangse studie van die Universiteit van die Wes-Kaap het bevind televisieadvertensies vir mielieprodukte in Suid-Afrika maak staat op en gebruik ideologieë uit die koloniale tydperk. Die skrywer Nandi Mhlongo sê die studie toon ʼn groot gaping in akademiese literatuur oor stapelvoedsel, veral in ʼn multikulturele konteks soos Suid-Afrika waar mielies ʼn stapelvoedsel van […]
# A recent study from the University of the Western Cape has found that television advertisements for maize products in South Africa rely on, and perpetuate colonial-era ideologies. Author Nandi Mhlongo says the study highlights a significant gap in academic literature concerning staple food consumption discourses, especially in a multicultural context like South Africa, where maize is a common staple for the majority of […]
# ‘n Voedselverwerkingsfabriek in Ashton in die Wes-Kaap het ‘n nuwe era betree onder Langeberg Foods en begin vandag amptelik met sy werksaamhede. Die nuwe eienaarskap, wat oorneem by Tiger Brands, sluit in Norfund, die Ashton Fruit Producers Co-Operative en die Langeberg-gemeenskapstrust. Dit beoog om werksgeleenthede te verseker, plaaslike boere te ondersteun en gemeenskapsontwikkeling te […]
# A food processing factory in Ashton in the Western Cape has entered a new era under Langeberg Foods, officially beginning operations from today. The new ownership, taking over from Tiger Brands, includes Norfund, the Ashton Fruit Producers Co-Operative, and the Langeberg Community Trust and aims to secure jobs, support local farmers, and drive community […]