The government is trying instead to build alliances within the G20 as President Trump continues to malign South Africa
Tech billionaire Elon Musk has picked up on the introduction of racial quotas for black shareholding in water use licences, sparking fierce debate
The foundation has injected millions into the project and the Limpopo Department of Agriculture and Rural Development has also approved millions in funding, but farmers say they weren’t consulted
The phenomenon has historically been associated with drier, warmer conditions over the summer rainfall regions of South Africa
In the face of climate change, inadequate urban planning in eThekwini exacerbates flooding and poor road maintenance in KwaZulu-Natal and the rest of South Africa affects food security
Farmers face higher input costs such as hikes in fertilisers and fuel prices as well as the expected 20.5% electricity hike requested by Eskom, says AgriSA
Two bits of law need to be approved before a court can decide if land owners will be compensated
According to Carl Opperman, CEO of Agri Wes-Cape, the agricultural sector was not happy with the delays in decision-making
The presentations are expected to continue until Friday.
Agricultural lobby group AgriSA has called AfriFoum’s release of a list of farms allegedly earmarked for expropriation “irresponsible”
An overwhelming majority of oral submissions called for an amendment of Section 25 of the Constitution
AgriSA has warned that it was essential to have accurate statistics around farm attacks to avoid making unfounded claims
A company that secured contracts worth hundreds of millions of rands was allegedly a conduit to funnel funds to senior provincial politicians
South Africa’s land policy is flailing around in the dark, with the haziest of understandings of how well or how badly land reform is doing
In a highly anticipated debate could lead to amendments to the Constitution so that land can be expropriated without compensation.
There is very little clarity as to who owns what land in South Africa. A lack of reliable data and statistics doesn’t help.
Efforts by AgriSA to win R2-million in compensation for coal rights it claims were expropriated by the state have been unsuccessful.
Cosatu and Agri-SA have blamed one another for stalled talks aimed at ending the Western Cape farm workers’ strike.
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/ 5 December 2011
Agricultural bodies and government have discounted reports of pending doom due a shortage in South Africa’s maize stocks.
Comments made by Human Settlements Minister Tokyo Sexwale did not constitute hate speech, but were insensitive, the SA Human Rights Commission said.
Acquiring 30% of arable land by 2014 is impossible, Land Reform Minister Gugile Nkwinti says, after a "refreshing" meeting with by farmers’ unions.
South African farmers are being courted by African nations to the north with offers of land — but what will happen to the food they grow?
Mineral rights holders, who forfeited their rights when the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act came into effect, are entitled to claim.
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/ 25 November 2010
South African farmers are eager to invest in Mozambique and provide affordable food, farmers said at an agricultural conference.
Rural Development and Land Reform Minister Gugile Nkwinti on Wednesday dismissed suggestions government intends to nationalise land.
The disadvantaged are unlikely to benefit from a high court ruling on mineral rights, the National Union of Mineworkers said on Wednesday.
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/ 23 January 2009
Despite a land audit last year, it is still unclear who owns what land in SA. The land reform programme seems to be progressing at a snail’s pace.
South African farmers will help rebuild Zimbabwean agriculture if the new government can resuscitate the stagnant sector.
Agriculture and Land Affairs Minister Lulu Xingwana’s decision to fire Land Bank chairperson Themba Langa ”will leave the institution in disarray”.
AgriSA on Monday expressed concern over the tariff hike granted to Eskom, saying the increase would cost the agricultural sector about R300-million.
After almost 40 institutions had denounced Eskom’s proposed 53% tariff increase, it was up to the power utility’s CEO on Thursday to convince the regulator why the massive hike was necessary. Eskom chief executive Jacob Maroga was due to be the last speaker after three days of public hearings in Pretoria on the proposed tariff increase.
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/ 13 September 2007
Since the beginning of the year not a single illegal farm eviction has been reported to farming union AgriSA, it said in a statement on Thursday. The union was responding to remarks by Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Land Affairs Dirk du Toit that farmers who illegally evicted tenant workers would have their land expropriated.