# Vergelegen Estate White 2023 has been crowned the best South African white wine at the prestigious 2025 International Wine Challenge. The globally respected competition praised the vintage from Somerset West in Cape Town for its elegance, minerality, and vibrant flavours. Managing director Wayne Coetzer says Vergelegen’s victory showcases the excellence of local winemakers and […]
# Francois Rossouw is aangewys as Agri Wes-Kaap se Jongboer van die Jaar vir 2025. Hy bestuur ‘n tafeldruifplaas van 300-hektaar by De Doorns in die Hexriviervallei. Die toekenning vier leierskap en uitnemendheid in landbou. Rossouw sal die provinsie later vanjaar in die nasionale kompetisie verteenwoordig. Mogale Sebopetsa van die provinsie se departement van Landbou […]
# Francois Rossouw has been named the 2025 Agri Western Cape Young Farmer of the Year. He manages a 300-hectare table grape farm in De Doorns, Hex River Valley. The award celebrates leadership and excellence in agriculture. Rossouw will now move on to represent the province at the national competition later this year. The provincial […]
# Die organisasie SA Suikerrietkwekers waarsku goedkoop suikerinvoere stel duisende plaaslike werksgeleenthede in gevaar. Hierdie invoere is ‘n bedreiging vir die lewensbestaan van 24-duisend-kleinskaalse en een-duisend-200 grootskaalse kwekers, veral in die landelike gebiede van KwaZulu-Natal en Mpumalanga. Die organisasie se herverkose voorsitter, Higgins Mdluli, sê buitelandse suiker word teen baie lae pryse verkoop as gevolg […]
# Die kabinet ontken bewerings dat plaasaanvalle en -moorde rasgemotiveerd is. Hy sê die jongste misdaadstatistieke ondersteun nie die voorstelling dat wit boere geteiken word nie. Die kabinet herhaal amptelike misdaad-data klassifiseer nie slagoffers volgens ras nie. Die minister in die Presidensie, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, het die publiek aangespoor om staat te maak op bevestigde data […]
# Die minister van Landbou, John Steenhuisen, waarsku die uitbreking van bek-en-klouseer sal verbruikers in die korttermyn raak. Hy het tydens die Rooivleis-abattoirvereniging se 31ste konferensie in Somerset-Wes in Kaapstad aan die media gesê 900-duisend dosisse entstof sal beskikbaar gestel word sodra dit vanaf Botswana se Entstof-instituut ontvang is. Die minister sê vleisvervoerbeperkings het ‘n […]
# The organisation SA Canegrowers has warned that cheap sugar imports are putting thousands of local jobs at risk. This competition threatens the livelihoods of 24-thousand small-scale and one-thousand-200 large-scale growers, especially in rural areas of KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga. The organisation’s re-elected chairperson, Higgins Mdluli, says foreign sugar is being sold at very low prices […]
# Agriculture minister John Steenhuisen has warned that the foot-and-mouth-disease outbreak will affect consumers in the short term. Speaking on the sidelines at the Red Meat Abattoir Association’s 31st conference in Somerset West, Cape Town, he confirmed that 900-thousand doses of vaccine will be rolled out once received from the Botswana Vaccine Institute. The minister […]
# Cabinet has dismissed claims that farm attacks and murders are racially motivated. It says the latest crime statistics do not support the narrative that white farmers are being targeted. Cabinet reiterates that official crime data does not classify victims by race. Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni urged the public to rely on verified […]
