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…
Close to 900 farms, comprising 700,000 hectares of underutilised and vacant state land, will be made available as part of the government’s contribution to land reform in SA. Agriculture, land reform and rural development minister Thoko…
A press statement, written and submitted by MMC Phindile Faxi of the Sarah Baartman District Municipality has certain readers furious at some of the accusations implied in the article. Mark Harris writes: “Please note that the farm…
The Eastern Cape department of rural development and agrarian reform has dismissed concerns by the DA suggesting the death of 249 animals at experimental farms in the province was “excessive”. The DA said on Thursday the deaths raised…
WITH so much uncertainty regarding the rights of land-owners in South Africa, farmers are naturally concerned that their land, much of which has been in their families for several generations, could be taken from them by the state in…
