# President Cyril Ramaphosa says the transformation of South Africa’s agricultural sector is both necessary for the broader transformation of the economy and critical to food security. In his weekly newsletter, he says through the Proactive Land Acquisition Strategy, government is releasing approximately 2.5 million hectares of state-owned land to black farmers and providing them […]
# Lamb Champs has announced a new team of ten sheep farmers, known as the Baa-Barians, who will take on Team South Africa in the inaugural Lamb Champs invitational in Pretoria on 31 October. The change follows Namibia’s withdrawal from the competition due to foot-and-mouth disease. Lamb Champs founder and Southern African Agri Initiative CEO […]
# Lamb Champs het ’n nuwe span van tien skaapboere, bekend as die “Baa-Barians“, aangekondig wat op 31 Oktober tydens die eerste Lamb Champs-uitnodigingstoernooi in Pretoria met Span Suid-Afrika sal meeding. Die verandering volg op Namibië se onttrekking aan die kompetisie weens bek-en-klouseer. Die stigter van die kompetisie en uitvoerende hoof van die landbou-organisasie Saai, […]
# Die Minister van Bosbou, Visserye en die Omgewing, David Maynier, het ‘n nuwe nasionale park in die Oos-Kaap geproklameer om grasvelde, biodiversiteit en belangrike waterbronne te beskerm. Die Grasslands-nasionale park beslaan meer as tienduisend hektaar tussen Nqanqarhu en Rhodes. Sanparke sal die park bestuur, waar grondeienaars kan voortgaan met bewaringsvriendelike boerdery-aktiwiteite. Maynier sê dit […]
# Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment minister David Maynier has declared a new national park in the Eastern Cape to protect grasslands, biodiversity and important water sources. The Grasslands National Park covers more than ten-thousand hectares between Nqanqarhu and Rhodes. South African National Parks will manage the park, where landowners can continue conservation-friendly farming activities. […]
# TLU SA doen ‘n beroep op verbeterings aan landelike paaie, spoorvervoer en logistiek om die druk op Suid-Afrikaanse boere te verlig. Die landbou-organisasie sê swak infrastruktuur en ondoeltreffende vervoer verhoog produksiekoste in ‘n tyd waarin boere reeds met skerp brandstofprysstygings voor die somerplantseisoen gekonfronteer word. Bennie van Zyl van TLU SA sê die aanspreek […]
# TLU SA is calling for improvements to rural roads, rail transport and logistics to reduce pressure on South African farmers. The agricultural organisation says poor infrastructure and transport inefficiencies are adding to production costs at a time when farmers are already facing sharp fuel price increases ahead of the summer planting season. TLU SA’s […]
# Twee beskuldigdes in die moord op ‘n vrou op ‘n plaas in Noordwes bly in aanhouding tot hul volgende hofverskyning. Die 55-jarige Hannetjie van Zyl is aangeval by hul plaashek op die Doornpan-pad naby Ottosdal. Haar man, Sarel, het haar met ernstige beserings aangetref en sy is na ‘n hospitaal in Klerksdorp gehaas waar […]
# Two accused in the murder of a woman on a farm in North West will remain in custody until their next court appearance. Fifty-five-year-old Hannetjie van Zyl was attacked at the gate of their farm on the Doornpan Road near Ottosdal. Her husband, Sarel, found her badly beaten and she was rushed to hospital […]
