Farming
Families to be kicked off state farm to make way for private farmer
The fate of about 20 households hangs in the air as the Agricultural Research Council moves ahead with plans to lease the farm
By Liezl Human
News | 22 July 2022
Are South Africa’s pesticide rules outdated?
Farm workers and consumers should be worried, says public health expert. But industry body says food security depends on the pesticides in use.
By Liezl Human
News | 4 July 2022
Eastern Cape farmers demand more support from government
Developing farmers marched to the provincial government on Tuesday to call for more security of tenure, more resources, and an end to corruption
Brief | 1 June 2022
Township stock farmers want fewer fines and more help
Theft of stock and lack of grazing are problems
News | 31 May 2022
Farm workers demand urgent ban on 67 pesticides
Women on farms say that pesticide exposure is making them sick
By Liezl Human
News | 6 May 2022
Video: He was in prison. Now he teaches elderly people how to grow vegetables
Thirty-three year old Ludwe Qamata teaches vegetable gardening to older people in Khayelitsha, Cape Town.
By Mary-Anne Gontsana and Ashraf Hendricks
Video | 3 May 2022
Eastern Cape farm workers vow to continue strike
Farmers’ organisation says many farms will struggle to survive this season
Brief | 29 April 2022
Thousands of farm workers face eviction with the end of the National State of Disaster, activists warn
Women on Farms march against evictions in the Western Cape
By Liezl Human
News | 27 April 2022
Eastern Cape court interdicts protesting workers from being 500m from farms
Farmer says the protests and damage to property has costly implications on the already strained citrus industry
News | 25 April 2022