Tag: Francois Wilken

“Foot and mouth disease could’ve been prevented in Free State,” says FSA president Francois Wilken. This, after outbreaks of the deadly disease were confirmed on two Viljoenskroon farms.

Almost ten years after its launch in 2012, government's controversial Vrede Dairy Integrated Farm Project in the Free State, better known as the Estina dairy project, will finally be handed ...

Criminals were able to cause widespread anarchy due to an intelligence failure, believes Agbiz. Through its nationwide footprint, the agricultural organisation could since help government to crack down on looters.

Free State farmers are not only coughing up millions to fix dilapidated roads in the province, they are also paying a personal price for it. Vehicle maintenance are costing them ...

What is the use of inviting so-called public participation about the Firearms Control Amendment Bill when emails to government simply are not being delivered? This is what Free State farmers ...

R1.138 billion. That is how much the Free State department of police, roads and transport have wasted; much-needed money that could have been used to, among others, fix the province’s ...

What began as a protest against dilapidated roads and potholes have now turned into a symbol of nation-building. This, after Free State farmers and taxi drivers joined forces to draw ...

Government’s land policy, as tool to increase individual land ownership in South Africa, can’t be taken seriously. This is the view of Free State Agriculture (FSA) after the recent publication ...

If the Free State government doesn’t urgently maintain and repair the province’s road network, economic activity might soon come to a grinding halt. Severe floods in the last two weeks ...

While farmers across the country are heaving a sigh of relief following much-needed rain, some Free State farming communities are suffering severe damage to property and crops. Free State Agriculture ...