In the two months since Bathurst cattle owners made a desperate plea for aid to save their animals, 10 more cattle have died and there are daily reports of weak animals collapsing from hunger and thirst. In a particularly grim and…
On Tuesday, May 20, 2025, the South African People’s Tribunal on AgroToxins (SAPToA) and the South African Human Rights Commission will make representations on Highly Hazardous Pesticides and other Agrotoxins to Parliament’s Portfolio…
The freakiest, the heaviest and the tastiest are some of the titles to be awarded to pineapples during the Bathurst Agricultural Show (22-24 March). The outrageously funky fruit provides entertainment value just by the way it looks –…
Everyone loves watching the horses in action in the showjumping arena at the Bathurst Agricultural Show (22-24 March 2024) – but not everyone knows how much hard work and quick thinking is behind a clear round Discipline, fitness,…
Make your own braai hook under the supervision of a real-life blacksmith; watch mielies being ground – and then take home a bag of mielie meal; and watch a frontier-era wagon wheel getting its metal “tyre” fitted; and buy piping-hot…
Illegal hunting with dogs on private property is getting out of control, agricultural union TLU SA has warned. “This situation creates a huge problem for livestock and game farmers, as no farmer can allow his animals to be wiped out in…
Repair our water resources or get private institutions to get the job done. That is the message agricultural union TLU SA wants to send the Department of Water and Sanitation and the government with a new campaign about water. According…
Agricultural union TLU SA expressed disappointment in President Cyril Ramaphosa and the ANC government’s handling of the riots and looting that has taken place in South Africa over the past few days. “Trying to fix an enormous gaping…
Agricultural union TLU SA expressed indignation at evidence that the department of agriculture, land reform and rural development gave the South African Farmers Development Association (SAFDA) more than R246 million over the past five…
“The punch in the gut was severe,” Stats SA said on Tuesday when it released the Covid-19 “pandemic quarter” GDP data. SA’s economy suffered a significant contraction during April, May and June, when the country operated under stringent…
The latest Milk Producers Organisation (MPO) Pointer released on July 1 states that erratic producer prices for milk farmers over the past five years all but wiped out dairy farm resilience and increased the rate at which dairy farms…
Correspondence and reports from the national Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD), the Eastern Cape Department of Rural Development and Agrarian Reform (DRDAR) and the Department of Agriculture, Forestry…
Agricultural union TLU SA is urging Minister of Police Bheki Cele and President Cyril Ramaphosa to activate the local Farm Watches. South Africans can support this action by signing a petition. Patrolling by the watches has been…
It is critical for landowners to take note of these changes during the lockdown of 21 days, as it is not clear if there will be an extension to the timeframe for appeals Agricultural union TLU SA launched a campaign today to object to…
Agricultural union TLU SA has officially objected to the amendment of Section 25 of the Constitution (nr. 108 of 1996) concerning expropriation without compensation. The deadline for comment was extended to February 29 2020, after various…
