Farming
Anger over failure of community-owned macadamia nut farm
Government-funded Ncera farm has battled drought and price fluctuations
By Daniel Steyn and Joseph Chirume
News | 5 February 2025
Vhembe’s farmers suffer as roads deteriorate
Farmers say their livelihoods are threatened by poor road maintenance
By Thembi Siaga
Brief | 30 January 2025
Cattle are drinking sewage on this Free State veld
Sewage treatment has broken down in Maluti-a-Phofung municipality
By Steve Kretzmann and Tladi Moloi
News | 27 January 2025
Upington farmers are desperate for water
They are receiving little help from the municipality
Text by Liezl Human. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
News | 10 December 2024
Donkey carts stand idle as tourism dies in Cederberg village
Heuningvlei was devastated by flooding for two consecutive years but the residents are determined to keep their town alive
Text by Liezl Human. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
News | 21 October 2024
How government abandoned a multi-million-rand community dairy farm
After catastrophic floods, Minister Nomakhosazana Meth introduced a mysterious investor to the farm without any due diligence
By Daniel Steyn and Joseph Chirume
Feature | 16 October 2024
Tensions rise over unfenced Kruger Park after predators kill cattle
State vet warns that livestock wandering into the park pose significant disease threat
By Thembi Siaga
News | 14 October 2024
Citrusdal farmers devastated by two years of floods
But they are determined to start over and revive their vegetable gardens yet again
By Liezl Human
News | 3 October 2024
How climate change threatens South Africa’s wine industry
Higher temperatures pose a raft of challenges for vineyards and the jobs that depend on them
By Cole Potgieter, Aisling de Lange and Neil Thomas Stacey
Science | 30 September 2024