No land for this promising pig farmer
Ivan Cloete started farming with pigs in Blackheath near Cape Town seven years ago.
View ArticleFarmers celebrate compensation from Zimbabwean government
Three white Zimbabwean commercial farmers are celebrating as one of the attached Zimbabwean-government-owned properties in Cape Town will finally be auctioned off and some of the proceeds used to...
View ArticleWhy agents should attend farmers’ days
Most good market agents make sure they attend as many farmers’ days as possible.
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Staring down the barrel of the land claims shotgun
Theo de Jager stands at a crossroads. He can choose to sell his farm to one of 16 land claimants or he can fight to stay in business. Does Theo’s inside angle, as Agri SA’s deputy president and head of...
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Constitutional Court: the saviour of farm land
The days of the minister of Mineral Resources granting permission to mining companies to operate on farm land against farmers’ wishes seem to be over, thanks to the Constitutional Court’s landmark...
View ArticleLimpopo chiefs’ shameful neglect
While traditional leaders toyi-toyi for bigger salaries, most rural communities live in abject squalor.
View ArticleMunicipal mess
Countrywide, municipal employees are insisting on big salary increases, yet delivering less and less.
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Veggies boost the bottom line
By including vegetables in their diversified farming business the Mongs have been able to make better use of machinery and labour already at their disposal, thus lowering the fixed input cost for each...
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Fire-fighting: why getting involved is important
Beware! Unless you get your own house in order and work with your neighbours this dry season in fighting fires, you are taking a grave risk.
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Giant olives are a mouthful
Olives the size of small plums were recently introduced to industry role players in Cape Town by the Consortium for the Protection of La Bella della Daunia PDO (Protected Designation of Origin) table...
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