Farming
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
Fairtrade suspends local producer over farm workers’ poor conditions
Women on Farms is calling for better policing of the Fairtrade standards on certified farms
News | 27 September 2024
Tensions mount as Cape Town farmers face relocation
The area that the government wants to move them to is already occupied
Text by Liezl Human. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
News | 30 August 2024
Farm workers march in rain and wind to call for ban on pesticides
They want an end to exports of harmful pesticides from Germany
Brief | 27 August 2024
Farmers need support after devastating Riverlands flood
A lack of security of tenure and of agricultural support from government has compounded the disaster
By Brian Adams and David Neves
Opinion | 20 August 2024
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