The mid-summer drought and animal diseases resulted in reduced crop yields and hurt the poultry, piggery and cattle sectors
Covid lockdowns only applied to humans, while these five invasive species took advantage of the lack of activity to spread their wings
Riverside Piggeries has been a pioneer in biogas to electricity, but not without frustration
In 2015, a protracted legal action was initiated after it emerged that animals had been starving on the multimillion-rand farm of Modise in 2014.
15 Port Elizabeth residents are farming, but they want to keep their piglets safe from traffic and dirty water.
Sow crates will soon be phased out with Pick n Pay and Woolworths announcing its commitment to accelerate the progress on the welfare of pigs in SA.
Two inspectors from the SPCA have dismissed reports that they have racially abused Thandi Modise’s farm manager during an inspection.
Farmworkers claim they had been underfed and underpaid, and that they had begged for food.
Playing the gender card has its merits, but will Thandi Modise also do and say the unthinkable just to stay alive, asks Haji Mohamed Dawjee.
The National Council of Provinces chairperson Thandi Modise has lodged a complaint with the Press Ombudsman against the Sowetan, a spokesperson said.
Playing the gender card has its merits, but will Thandi Modise also do and say the unthinkable just to stay alive, asks Haji Mohamed Dawjee.
A pig the size of a Shetland pony trapped an Australian woman in her village home, the national broadcaster reported on Tuesday.
