Lamola encourages farmworkers to continue fighting for wage increases

Lamola encourages farmworkers to continue fighting for wage increases

26 Jan 2013 16:29 - Sapa
Farmworkers in the Western Cape should not retreat in their fight for a minimum daily wage of R150, ANCYL deputy president Ronald Lamola has said.
Farmers face ruin as consequences of strikes take root

Farmers face ruin as consequences of strikes take root

23 Nov 2012 00:00 - Lynley Donnelly
South Africa's fruit industry is beginning to tally the losses after two weeks of unrest by striking farm workers across the Western Cape.
W. Cape farmer arrested after shooting at protesters

W. Cape farmer arrested after shooting at protesters

07 Nov 2012 07:45 - Sapa
A Western Cape farmer has been arrested for attempted murder after allegedly firing a shot at protesting farm workers in De Doorns, say police.

'Forget about Parliament extensions, help farmers'

14 Jun 2011 19:04 - Staff Reporter
About R1.4-billion intended to build extensions to the existing Parliament should rather be spent on flood relief, farmers' union TAU SA has said.

Small farmers hardest hit by floods

24 Jan 2011 19:06 - Staff Reporter
Developing farmers were the worst victims of the floods that have hit various parts of the country, a parliamentary committee said on Monday.

Tough times for Zimbabwe farmers

21 Jan 2010 06:37 - Dingani Masuku
Once an exporter of grain, Zimbabwe has relied on international food aid for the last decade.

SA farmers in new scramble for Africa

08 Sep 2009 06:00 - Lynley Donnelly
The Republic of the Congo has offered Agri SA 10-million hectares for South African farmers to produce maize and soya beans.

Govt: White commercial farmers won't be discarded

18 Jun 2009 12:53 - Staff Reporter
The government has no intention of driving white commercial farmers off the land, Agriculture Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson said on Thursday.

'Do or die' for KZN dairy farmers

17 Oct 2008 13:01 - Staff Reporter
Escalating input costs and the current low return on milk have placed dairy farmers in KwaZulu-Natal in a financial crisis.

High price for a cheap car

18 Sep 2008 06:00 - Randeep Ramesh
State accused of stealing land and livelihoods for a factory that now lies empty.

Game farmers sit on fences

12 Jan 2001 00:00 - Jaspreet Kindra
A tourism project to boost Gauteng's economic growth is facing resistance.

KZN farmers, land claimants bury the hatchet

07 Sep 2008 07:30 - Staff Reporter
Members of the Landless People's Movement in KwaZulu-Natal and a group of farmers have decided to stop quarrelling with each other.

Zim farmers fight expropriation in regional tribunal

17 Jul 2008 07:25 - Staff Reporter
A tribunal began hearing an appeal on Wednesday by 77 white Zimbabweans against orders to expropriate their farms.

Inside the mealie economy

15 Jul 2008 06:00 - Lynley Donnelly
"No farmers, no future." So says the bumper sticker on farmer Bully Botma's white bakkie, parked in Bothaville, South Africa's mealie capital.

Intellectual property seen raising Africa revenues

05 Jun 2008 18:00 - Staff Reporter
Poor African farmers can boost export revenues from agriculture by billions of dollars if they use intellectual property as part of their business plans, a report released at the World Economic Forum said on Thursday.

Farmers hobbled by high input costs

09 Jun 2008 14:05 - Surika Van Schalkwyk
Food prices are expected to rise rapidly in the next year because farmers are planting less as input costs escalate.