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SOUTPANSBERG

Limpopo farmers forecast crop shortages after cold front, black frost

Farmers want Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen to visit areas in the province where potato and tomato crops, in particular, have been hit

  • Anathi Madubela
2 min read
Then the ANC fave: Julius Malema, the new president of Cosas on 7 May 2001. (Photo by Gallo Images / Sowetan / Sefako Mabuya)
AFRIFORUM

Malema’s militancy has roots in his childhood

​​Once an ardent supporter of the ANC, the Economic Freedom Fighters’ leader began handling firearms at the age of 13

  • Khaya Koko
5 min read
ALCAN

Outrage mounts over power cuts

Outrage over the country’s ongoing power cuts spread among business, agricultural and political sectors on Thursday as Eskom announced that the risk for continued cuts over the…

  • Staff Reporter
5 min read
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Hundreds of farm workers march in Rustenburg

About 500 members of the South African Communist Party (SACP), and farm workers marched through the streets of Rustenburg on Saturday, protesting against the state of clinics and…

  • Staff Reporter
2 min read
CAPE TOWN

Farmworkers to stage mass protest marches

Thousands of farmworkers will hold marches in various rural towns across the country on Saturday, the Food and Allied Workers’ Union said on Friday. The marches are in protest…

  • Staff Reporter
1 min read