Farming
City plans to auction Cape Town farmers’ market site
Mowbray Market promotes smallholder farmers from Cape Town and rural towns as far as Genadendal, Suurbraak, and Calitzdorp
By Liezl Human
News | 12 June 2026
Tongaat Hulett faces liquidation hearing next week
Business Rescue Practitioners say there are no viable alternatives to a rescue plan that has legally lapsed
Law | 11 June 2026
The long road to the market for Lesotho’s wool farmers
From the highlands of Lesotho, quality wool is sold in Gqeberha to the world
Feature | 4 June 2026
The mountain men behind Lesotho’s wool wealth
More than 80,000 herders tend the country’s sheep and goats
Text by Sechaba Mokhethi. Photos by Barry Christianson.
Feature | 3 June 2026
Farm workers march to Parliament calling for land
“I want to create a better life for my children” says evicted farm woman
By Liezl Human
Brief | 21 April 2026
Tongaat Hulett liquidation avoided after government provides R200-million lifeline
Last-minute funding deal allows the struggling sugar giant’s mills to open for the season, buying time for more than 18,000 KZN canegrowers
Law | 16 April 2026
Vision blames government for Tongaat liquidation crisis
The controlling creditor says government failed to implement industry reforms and is “coy” about what it is offering to prevent liquidation
Law | 16 March 2026
Tongaat: A ticking time bomb set to go off in April
The company’s mills must open soon for the sugarcane harvest, but its bank accounts are frozen
Law | 11 March 2026
Canegrowers warn Tongaat liquidation will devastate economy
Minister Parks Tau opposes liquidation, says it will cause a “jobs bloodbath”
Law | 6 March 2026