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National Minimum Wage: An impasse looming

The window of submitting written responses on the National Minimum Wage (NMW) officially closed on 20 December 2020. Strong calls against the...

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Smallholder farmers making inroads in National Fresh Produce Markets

According to a study by the National Agricultural Marketing Council (NAMC), the national picture of smallholder farmer participation in the national fresh...

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Patch Mosaic Burning: A model to contain wild fires

During October, large parts of the Western Free State and North West Provinces recorded wild fires, managing to cause havoc and extensive...

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KZN DARD rolls out R57.2m Farmer Support Package (FSP)

Kwazulu-Natal MEC for DARD, Bongiwe Sithole-Moloi says the launch of the Farmer Support Package (FSP), which offers tractors, implements, fertilizer, seeds and...

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World Soil Day 2020: Our soils are our future

World Soil Day is an initiative started a few years ago by the International Union of Soil Sciences, and supported and promoted...

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CRLR: Backlog of 6000 land claims

Parliament’s portfolio committee on agriculture, land reform and rural development, heard on first account challenges gripping the Commission on Restitution of Land...

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NERPO mourns death of its longest serving chairperson, Paradise Mahlangu

The National Emergent Redmeat Producers Organisation (NERPO) mourns the death of one of its longest serving Chairpersons, Dingane Paradise Mahlangu, who passed...

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Minister Didiza announces outbreak of locusts in various provinces

The Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development, Thoko Didiza has announces that the country is currently experiencing outbreaks of locusts...