On the back of the announcement that the government would allocate more land to be leased by emerging farmers, President Cyril Ramaphosa says that beneficiaries will also be trained in financial management and enterprise development
Land reform minister announces an intensified programme to allocate arable land to emerging farmers
Photographer Tommy Busakhwe, a participant in the Communities of the Kalahari Advocacy Project, uses his camera to tell stories of home, land and the people who live and work on it
Kenyan farmers have carved their own niche in America’s agricultural landscape, providing speciality crops for the US market
The majority of previously dispossessed people choose money over property, while land reform has become the preserve of the affluent. Is there another way to think about land reform?
The country usually exports 10 000 tonnes of the crop each year. But Covid-19 rules have stopped the trade and are ruining farmers
When South Africa eventually emerges from the fog of the Covid-19 crisis, will policy makers be ready to grasp the nettle of farm scale, and promote the large-scale redistribution of land to small-scale producers?
A high court ruling in Zambia could mean redistributed land and compensation for communities who were evicted for commercial farming
In his swansong, Santu Mofokeng ruminates on mortality, ancestry and dispossession
Rights groups say government needs to intervene and expropriate land in cases where rich farmers don’t maintain labourer accommodation
The impact of climate change on agriculture and food production is clear: the sector will suffer. Here’s what needs to be done
There is a simple way to boost climate resilience for farmers in vulnerable regions: investment in goat markets
Farmers in Ambohitrimanjaka village are facing off with the authorities over a scheme that threatens to engulf a thousand hectares of rice fields
A groundbreaking agreement will see traditional knowledge holders of rooibos earn more than R10-million a year for their rights
After weeks of oppressive heat and decreasing dam levels, recent rains renew hope for farmers
The 139 year old Tongaat Hullet will lease its estate out to black sugar farmers until they are sold for property development
When drafting policies to address this situation, it is important that the voices of the workers themselves are taken into account
New Afrobarometer poll samples Africans’ perceptions of climate change
To secure our long-term future, we need to move away from an extractive, transactional economy
African women, on average, make up 40% of the agricultural labour workforce, but their contributions continue to be barely recognised
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For much of his career, motswako rapper Mo’Molemi has attempted to capture and make sense of the precarious position young black people occupy
Luthuli House ‘comrades-in-farms’ — including former minister Gugile Nkwinti — appear to be profiting from farms earmarked for land redistribution
Tough decisions ahead for humankind, if we hope to save the planet
The young predator is thought to have entered the henhouse at an agricultural school at dusk last week
Our readers write in about President Cyril Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation Address, citrus farming and job creation, and the state of Eskom
Although the problems are enormous, cities can also offer unique opportunities to reduce poverty, deliver prosperity and economic development
Police investigating a major Australian strawberry needle contamination scare on Monday identified a former farm supervisor as their main suspect
An international organisation says small-scale farmers are compromised because of red tape and costs
Dineo Boshomane teaches people about slow-food farming, promoting organic food not boosted by chemical fertilisers
That’s not the research findings the proponents of small-scale, organic agriculture want to hear
They have the skills to farm successfully but need financing from banks and post-settlement support from the state