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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE LAND REFORM AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT

Applications for state-owned land in Gauteng open for qualified farmers

Some 135 hectares is available to lease as part of the agricultural department’s efforts to free up more land.

  • Eunice Masson
1 min read
Meat consumption is relatively high in South Africa. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
BOTSWANA

Botswana bans SA’s red meat after foot-and-mouth outbreak, Namibia expected to follow

SA’s agriculture department has established a FMD task team to prioritise the outbreak, and a veterinary operational committee is also dealing with it

  • Chris Gilili
3 min read
‘Nil compensation’ is a legally and constitutionally sound tool that parliament has chosen to use to achieve legitimate governmental ends
CYRIL RAMAPHOSA

Thousands of South Africans apply for land online

The department of agriculture has received a plethora of online applications after it released about 500 000 hectares of land last month

  • Tshegofatso Mathe
2 min read
Harsh land: Farming is a high-risk activity because of the unpredictable weather, as shown by this dry riverbed. (Photos: Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
DAAN DU PLESSIS

The promised land? Lack of access to finance hinders farmers

The agricultural sector has grown this year, but an absence of collateral is preventing black farmers from making a go of their business

  • Tshegofatso Mathe
8 min read