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Fleeing ‘land grabbers’ turn to farms for refuge

Thompson Reuters Foundation -
On an abandoned private farm south of Johannesburg, the sound of hammers bashing nails into corrugated iron, brooms sweeping away the dust and a...
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Food safety and social stability ‘two sides of same coin’

Francois Baird -
The covid-19 pandemic has proven that South Africa is also vulnerable to food insecurity, believes Francois Baird, the founder of the Fairplay movement. He...
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Poultry pricing, the invisible hand and profit margins

Staff Reporter -
Agricultural economist at the National Agricultural Marketing Council Thabile Nkunjana and Lulama Traub from the Regional Network of Agricultural Policy Research Institutes say South Africans are in fact eating...
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It Takes a Village

Campaign to help 2500 struggling households plant home gardens

Sinesipho Tom -
The International Medical Services for Health South Africa (INMED SA) is helping 2500 struggling households in South Africa to plant their own backyard gardens by providing them with free seeds, training and assistance...
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Post-covid agricultural growth is more crucial than ever

Lunathi Hlakanyane -
It is no secret that agricultural and industrial growth are deeply intertwined. Amid the global pandemic this relationship has come the fore, Lunathi Hlakanyane...
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Better food price controls needed to shield poor

The Conversation -
Covid-19 has wrought havoc on poor households in countries across the world. In South Africa, more and more people are facing hunger resulting from...
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‘Brainwashed with booze: my grandmother still remembers’

Heinrich Bothman -
In the wake of the covid-19 pandemic there has been increasing discussions about the role of the alcohol industry social responsibility. Now Heinrich Bothman,...
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Covid-19: Up to 75 000 future cotton jobs at risk

Cobus de Bruyn -
Eight months into the covid-19 pandemic, we're well aware of the devastating impact it has had on the global economy and millions of livelihoods....
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It Takes a Village

Malnutrition is ‘a silent war without weapons’

Noluthando Ngcakani -
The power to overcome the crisis of hunger lies in the acceleration of agricultural productivity in rural and township communities, military veteran Steven Barnard...
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Road trip leads economist to discover ‘the heartbeat of our nation’

Ikageng Maluleke -
Being an expert in the agricultural sector as an economist didn't prepare Ikageng Maluleke for what she would find when actually meeting farmers on...
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Agri SA supports the Land Bank’s request for an R18-billion equity injection. Photo: Supplied
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Treasury’s support to Land Bank is a food imperative, says Agri...

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Following the earlier warning by Futuregrowth that all South Africans should hope that the Land Bank will be rescued from its financial woes, Agri...
Photo: Twitter @SA Gov
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Didiza: ‘Break barriers and see each other as human beings’

Duncan Masiwa -
Instead of taking up arms the agricultural sector should sit down and resolve its problems, urged Thoko Didiza, the minister of agriculture, land reform...
Who needs Superman and Spider-Man when you can spend your eight birthday party on your grandfather’s farm? Meet little Kutlo Mongale and his cousins, the future farmers behind the trending photoshoot. The eight-year-old future farmer Kutlo Mongale (on the far right) and his mother, Ipeleng Mongale (middle) celebrated their birthday's on a farm with friends and family. Samkelo Bangiwe, Kutlo's cousin (on the far left) spend the day with him. Photo’s: Olebogeng Moshoeu
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Step aside, Spider-Man. Kutlo wants a farm-themed party!

Duncan Masiwa -
Yes, farming is a tough and often dirty and sweaty. But that’s clearly not stopping young Kutlo Mongale and his cousins from having fun....
Sinelizwi Fakade gives his unique perspective on why current agricultural systems in place continue hinder new farmers. Photos: Supplied.
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Why does our hit rate in black farmer commercialisation still suck?

Duncan Masiwa -
Sinelizwi Fakade has seen both sides of the efforts by the state and the commercial farming sector to develop smallholder farmers into small-scale commercial...
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Liewe Lulu: Do I marry out of duty?

Noluthando Ngcakani -
Lone Wolf, from Hertzogville in the Free State writes… I am 29, single, straight, run a 200-hectare cattle operation and I am honestly fulfilled by...

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