Farming
Small farmers celebrate victory outside Cape High Court
Housing Development Agency agrees to drop eviction proceedings
By Liezl Human
News | 21 November 2023
Farm worker family evicted, belongings dumped on the side of the road
“I am broken” says Jan Marthinus, in tears after his family was left homeless
News | 20 November 2023
70 small-scale Musina farmers face eviction
The municipality wants the land for a new township
News | 10 November 2023
Women farm workers demand meeting with Minister of Agriculture
Women on Farms Project marched to Parliament on Wednesday
By Liezl Human
News | 9 November 2023
Rural women shed light on food insecurity
“Small household gardens are not enough for women to be able to escape food insecurity” says activist
By Liezl Human
News | 30 October 2023
Small-scale farmers suffer devastating losses after Western Cape floods
At a Genadendal farm, nearly 500 chickens drowned, and over 50 pigs are missing
Text by Liezl Human. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
News | 4 October 2023
Eastern Cape family waits for promised right to farm land where their ancestors worked
Department of Rural Development and Land Reform silent on why it’s taken years to issue a lease promised in 2019
News | 3 October 2023
“I want to take my last breath in this house” says Cape farm dweller facing eviction
The families are refusing the leave, saying life on the farm is all they’ve ever known
By Liezl Human
News | 2 October 2023
Farm workers march against pesticides
They call on European company to stop exporting EU-banned pesticides to South Africa
By Liezl Human
News | 9 September 2023