Tag: Northern Cape

The Northern Cape has just over 20 days to combat a brown locust outbreak in parts of the province - before the insects reach their flying stage. The damage these ...

INSPIRATION: Onthatile Nkunika has to deal with petty theft regularly, but also with impounded cattle when the thieves let them escape. But still she encourages others to take up farming ...

Stock theft and veld fires are a continued headache for farmers in Mzansi. Here's a quick rundown of yesterday's agricultural news, in case you missed it.

Farming remains an essential service and the country’s producers are leaving no stone unturned to feed the nation amid the 14-day hard lockdown. This, after President Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday ...

Farmers in the south-western Cape fear that a second cold front set to hit the region this afternoon, might cause further crop damage. The cold front will be accompanied by ...

Solo mother hen from Kuruman, Northern Cape writes… Liewe LuluI am 41, farm with chickens and am currently single. I have two sons and run my farm with the help ...

The Northern Cape MEC for land reform, agriculture and nature conservation and environmental affairs, Mase Manopole, has allocated no less than 34% of her new budget for farmer support and ...

Jobs in the agricultural sector have plummeted to 8% in the first quarter of 2021 – the lowest it has been since 2014. This is alarming, says Agbiz chief economist ...

Locust swarms have been a major issue in parts of South Africa for some months now. The Eastern and Northern Cape provinces have both been subject to lengthy droughts, and ...

The Northern Cape will place no less than 75 unemployed agricultural graduates on various farms throughout the province. This announcement was made by Mase Manopole, provincial MEC for agriculture, environmental ...