North West farmer to sue Eskom for R2m after 40 000 broiler chickens die
/ 19 January 2023

North West farmer to sue Eskom for R2m after 40 000 broiler chickens die

An extraordinary low-voltage power supply in the Coligny area caused the deaths of Herman du Preez’ broiler chickens from suffocation

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/ 13 October 2005

SA government expropriates farm in North West

The government was to make its first commercial farm expropriation for the purposes of restitution in Lichtenburg on Thursday. North West farmer Hannes Visser would be given 21 days to respond to the notice of expropriation to be served by the Commissioner for Restitution of Land Rights in Gauteng and North West, said spokesperson Mvusiwekhaya Sicwetsha.