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Farmers and climate change
news

Here’s how livestock farmers can help tackle the climate crisis

MEC Bredell to consider new Environmental Impact Assessment and public comments this week for Philippi Horticultural Area
Environment

Development could destroy Philippi farming, say activists

Young South African man SUFFOCATED in soybean silo on US farm
News

ICYMI – Young SA man SUFFOCATED in soybean silo on US farm

Farmers and climate change
News

Here’s how livestock farmers can help tackle the climate crisis

MEC Bredell to consider new Environmental Impact Assessment and public comments this week for Philippi Horticultural Area
Environment

Development could destroy Philippi farming, say activists

Young South African man SUFFOCATED in soybean silo on US farm
News

ICYMI – Young SA man SUFFOCATED in soybean silo on US farm

Young South African man SUFFOCATED in soybean silo on US farm
News

Young South African man SUFFOCATED in soybean silo on US farm

By Corné van Zyl02-11-2022 11:47

A 20-year-old South African, Nantes Lennox , from Springbok, recently died on a US farm after he suffocated in a soybean silo.

Farm
News

Eastern Cape farm pleads for access to electricity and water

By Ground Up01-11-2022 20:18

Farm worker rights lobby organisation, Khanyisa Educational and Development Trust, hosted a dialogue in Alexandria near Port Alfred.

Farmer
Offbeat

Farmer cuts off his TONGUE to please goddess

By Agence France-Presse12-09-2022 11:32

An Indian farmer was in a critical condition on Sunday after slicing off his tongue as a sacrificial offering at a Hindu temple.

Agrotourism
News

Agritourism puts farmers on the map

By GCIS Vuk’uzenzele06-09-2022 13:40

The tourism and agriculture sectors are coming together to ensure innovation and job creation.

Twitter
Lifestyle

Farmers, architects & more: #JobsThatHaveTheMostSex trends on Twitter

By Alicia Naidoo03-08-2022 19:00

#JobsThatHaveTheMostSex topped the Twitter trends list after a UK study revealed who gets lucky the most. And Mzansi also weighed in!

sugarcane farmers
Start-up Africa

Government gets small-scale sugarcane farmers moving

By GCIS Vuk’uzenzele06-07-2022 09:31

The government has donated a rail loading facility which is set to benefit small scale sugarcane farmers in Umkhanyakude District.

Differently-abled farmer
Start-up Africa

Differently-abled farmer creates jobs for locals

By GCIS Vuk’uzenzele17-06-2022 06:44

Wheelchair-bound Lydia Nemafhohoni is on a mission to fight poverty and create jobs for people living with disabilities in Vhembe, Limpopo.

COVID-19
Africa News

COVID-19 controls: How farmers in low income countries in Africa have been hit

By The Conversation27-05-2022 10:38

The economy and food systems world wide have been affected by the measures put in place to contain the Covid-19 pandemic, and farmers in low income countries have not been spared.

winery
Start-up Africa

From farm labourer’s son to winery owner

By GCIS Vuk’uzenzele25-05-2022 14:30

What a motivational story! From being a child of a wine farm labourer, to becoming the owner of Klein Goederust Boutique Winery.

South Africa
News

What can be done to support black farmers in South Africa?

By The Conversation25-05-2022 10:50

Many countries offer some support for their farmers, South Africa needs to revisit their programs for black farmers to aid production.

Zimbabwe white farmers
News

Why SA may have to fork out BILLIONS to Zimbabwe’s white farmers

By Tom Head24-05-2022 10:37

A major court decision has given Zimbabwe’s white farmers a new route to justice – and the South African government could be made to pay.

Ukraine's farmers
Lifestyle

Ukraine’s farmers task change to ‘deminers’ in bomb-strewn fields

By Agence France-Presse07-05-2022 11:26

Ukraine’s farmers this year require more than fuel and fertiliser as they also need flak jackets and deminers to destroy bombs in their fields

Citrus farming, SA farmers, citrus exports, EU, new regulations, extreme cold treatments
News

An unap’peeling’ situation: New regulations could impact citrus exports

By Reeshni Chaslyn Chetty27-04-2022 14:55

The EU could impose new regulations regarding citrus and the implementation of extreme cold treatment rules.

Rain celebrated in Northern Cape with beautiful colorful bows
News

Rainfall celebrated in Northern Cape with beautiful colorful bows

By Corné van Zyl16-02-2022 08:30

Have you seen the colorful bows and wondered what that is all about? It is all about showing gratitude after the rainfall. And we love it!

Dutch cow farmers face tough c
News

Dutch cow farmers face tough climate choices

By Agence France-Presse04-01-2022 15:53

In the flat expanse of the Dutch countryside, Corne de Rooij nostalgically strokes the muzzles of his calves, wondering how long he will be able to keep them.

farmer car.
Lifestyle

Park at own risk: Farmer lifts & drops car that blocked his gate [watch]

By Marilynn Manuel04-01-2022 10:25

One man has learned his lesson about unlawful parking after a farmer lifted and threw his car out of the way using a tractor!

farming
News

Farming: Rural women doing it for themselves, and their neighbours

By Lyse Comins19-10-2021 07:00

Rural women hold the key to poverty alleviation when they harness their farming skills to feed their communities and create rural jobs.

Woman
News

Woman severely injured when caught in a machine, towed by a tractor

By Corné van Zyl15-09-2021 08:30

In a horrific freak accident on Tuesday, a woman sustained an amputation to her left arm and severe injuries to her pelvis and leg.

South Africa: Today’s latest news and headlines, Friday, 30 September 2022
News

No arrests yet in the brutal attack where farmer was killed, wife’s arms broken

By Corné van Zyl08-09-2021 12:39

A farmer was shot in the back and killed while attackers broke both arms of his wife and shot his son during a farm attack in Kinkelbos.

farm murder attack
News

No arrests yet – Free State family of five found butchered on farm

By Corné van Zyl11-08-2021 15:03

Police said on Tuesday no arrests, after the bodies of five family members, including a six-year-old girl, were found on a farm near Harrismith.

Security officer killed farm attack
News

Security officer killed, farmer shot multiple times in Brondal farm attack

By Corné van Zyl02-08-2021 12:55

A security officer was killed, and a critically injured farmer was found with several gunshot wounds after farm attack in Brondal on Monday.

Mpumalanga stolen property
News

Five POLICE officials arrested for stock theft in Free State

By Corné van Zyl14-07-2021 17:45

The Hawks have arrested five police officials and two other men on Wednesday morning for stock theft in the Free State.

Watch: Female farmer
News

Watch: Female farmer gives cellphone thief the beating of his life

By Corné van Zyl09-07-2021 10:41

A female farmer recently gave a thief the beating of his life when he tried to grab her cellphone. The entire fight was caught on camera.

No arrest police
News

No arrest yet for the brutal killing of an Eastern Cape farmer

By Corné van Zyl29-06-2021 09:00

Police have not yet arrested the suspect involved in the brutal attack and murder of 34-year-old Darryl Richter, an Eastern Cape farmer.

bee hive vandalised
News

Watch: Criminals now steal 41 bee hives off KZN farm

By Lyse Comins17-06-2021 18:40

Beekeepers have warned that the theft and vandalism of bee hives in the country is so rife that it presents a threat to food security.

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