Tag: Mpumalanga

A soldier by profession and a budding Nguni cattle breeder, Phakade Khanyile is determined to push the boundaries with his herd. Nguni’s have long been the mainstay of traditional Zulu ...

South Africa's mango harvest is expected to be 10% down from last year. Although farmers are concerned about flooding that may occur in February, the quality of fruit is generally ...

When an opportunity to learn more about farming came along, Thandeka and her twin sister, Thando, grabbed it with both hands. While others grew weary, they persisted and landed a ...

When his beloved mother taught him how to nurture plants, this young farmer didn't realise she was also teaching him the skills to recover from loss. When she died, he ...

When single mother Pheladi Madungandaba hit a rough patch early last year, she was forced to find a sustainable career to support her children. After some hard losses and hard ...

Police statistics for the first quarter of the financial year (April to June) show a year-on-year increase in almost all categories of crime in the province, even when compared to ...

South African farmers are ever prepared for the possibility of load shedding and should remain so, says energy expert Ted Blom. The system is perpetually strained and any unforeseen event ...

Sibusiso Mogale is a farmer from eNgodini, Mbombela in Mpumalanga who produces chickens and organic vegetables. He knows the struggles that many small-scale farmers across Mzansi face, but he is ...

More than two months after the killing of two brothers laid bare the fragile relationship between Mpumalanga farmers and farmworkers, the province is reeling from another shocker. Three of the ...

We live in the age of mechanisation: a time where we rely on our technology and our trucks and our elaborate sprinkler systems to do the brunt of the farm work ...