Farming
Riverlands families struggle to pick up the pieces after flash floods
Clean-up operations are underway
Text by Marecia Damons. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
News | 20 August 2024
Aunty Bettie: a lifetime of fighting for women farm workers
“If you know your rights you can stand up for yourself”
By Liezl Human
Interview | 9 August 2024
Farmers fear loss of land to Motsepe Foundation citrus project
Phalaborwa farming associations sound the alarm
Feature | 22 July 2024
Farm workers demand transparency on pesticide regulations
Newly appointed Minister of Agriculture John Steenhuisen says protest was “premature”
By Liezl Human
Brief | 5 July 2024
Meet the beekeepers of the mangrove forests
Members of the Cwebeni cooperative trek four kilometres to harvest honey deep in the forests of the Wild Coast
News | 18 June 2024
Displaced Limpopo farmers battle to make a living
Farmers had been working communal land near Phalaborwa since 2014
News | 13 June 2024
Pesticides are polluting Western Cape rivers all year round
Studies of three river catchments have found an association between pesticide exposure and poorer brain function in children
News | 12 June 2024
Stun grenades thrown at farm women outside Parliament
200 women were marching to call for a ban on pesticides
By Liezl Human
News | 4 June 2024
Evicted Paarl farm family moved to emergency housing
The Marthinus family lived in a library for a month after being evicted from the farm where they had lived for 20 years
Brief | 18 January 2024