Cows on a ship in Cape Town in a horrible situation lead to more calls for it to end
Cattle farmers will either have to provide protection for their animals, or shift to more resilient breeds or to other livestock
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Villages that neighbour the Kruger National Park face the terrors of armed stock thieves and poachers who are involved in cross-border crime
A partnership with chiefs, NGOs and businesses is helping Matatiele’s small-scale farmers adopt conservation practices and so turn a profit
In a three-part series on South Africa’s land question, Tembeka Ngcukaitobi takes a look at the colonial conquests that drove us here
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Clashes between farmers and nomadic herders have resulted in violent retribution
What could have been a simple mischievous dog-chases-cow story turned into a very bizarre one
Violence has spiked in Laikipia this year, with smallholder farms and huge ranches alike invaded by armed herders, leaving dozens dead.
A project in North West is reintroducing an indigenous breed of cattle to the rural farming areas.
A herd of about 150 cattle is frightening the residents of a southern Spanish village, who are afraid to go out for fear of being attacked.