# The DA in Limpopo says illegal sand mining along the Sand River is harming the environment, water quality, and farmers’ livelihoods. Farmers and rural communities report severe impacts on irrigation and water access. According to the party, many operations appear to have bypassed proper public participation processes. The DA’s Jacques Smalle vows to push […]
# Die Nederlandse kaasmaak-kenner Eline van der Velde het studente aan die Universiteit van die Vrystaat ʼn unieke smakie van praktiese leer gegee. Sy het twee weke op die universiteit se proefplaas, Paradys, deurgebring en studente en personeel gewys hoe om die instelling se suiwelverwerkings-afdeling te versterk. Studente het geleer hoe om gekrummelde, halloumi-, feta-, […]
# Cheesemaking expert, Eline van der Velde, from the Netherlands, has given University of the Free State students a unique taste of hands-on learning. She recently spent two weeks at the university’s Paradys Experimental Farm teaching students and working with staff to strengthen the institution’s dairy processing unit. Students learnt how to prepare paneer, halloumi, feta, mozzarella, […]
# Die DA verwelkom die minister van Landbou, John Steenhuisen, se hervormings om die veediefstal-krisis op te los. Woordvoerder Willie Aucamp sê veediefstal het die afgelope jaar tot meer as 36-duisend gevalle toegeneem waartydens 152-duisend stuks vee gesteel is, wat boere en landelike gemeenskap erg benadeel. Hy sê misdadigers word nie gestraf nie weens mislukte […]
# The DA has welcomed Agriculture minister John Steenhuisen’s reforms to combat South Africa’s stock theft crisis. The DA’s Willie Aucamp says stock theft rose to 36-thousand-109 cases in the past year, with over 152-thousand animals stolen, devastating farmers and rural communities. Aucamp says police failures in investigation and prosecution leave criminals unpunished. He commended […]
# Die landbou-organisasie TLU SA is bekommerd oor die staat se gebrekkige vermoë om die bek-en-klouseer-uitbreking doeltreffend te beheer. Die siekte is in minstens vier provinsies aangemeld. TLU SA se woordvoerder, Bennie van Zyl, sê die beweging van lewende hawe sonder behoorlike beheermaatreëls vererger die situasie terwyl ekonomiese druk op boere toeneem. Hy sê die huidige […]
# The agriculture organisation TLU SA says it is concerned about the state’s limited capacity to effectively control the foot and mouth disease outbreak in the country. The outbreak has been reported in at least four provinces. TLU SA’s Bennie van Zyl says the movement of livestock without adequate control measures exacerbates the situation, while the economic […]
# Die Vrystaatse Departement van Landbou en Landelike Ontwikkeling het vier nuwe gevalle van bek-en-klouseer bevestig. Drie van die gevalle is by Kroonstad: twee op kommersiële plase en een op gemeenskaplike weidingsgebied. Die vierde geval is op ʼn plaas naby Cornelia in die Mafube-munisipaliteit. Die departement sê beweging word beperk op alle plase binne ʼn […]
# The Free State Department of Agriculture and Rural Development has confirmed four new cases of foot-and-mouth disease. Three of the cases are in Kroonstad – two of them on commercial farms and one in a communal grazing area. The fourth case is on a commercial farm near Cornelia in the Mafube Municipality. The department […]
