Farming
Department of Agriculture to ban use of certain pesticides by 2024
This comes nearly three years after Women on Farms raised the alarm over the use of pesticides which had already been banned in the EU
By Liezl Human
News | 21 September 2022
Government needs to speed up cannabis law reform, say protesters
“We’ve been given the constitutional right to grow and consume it, but we haven’t been given the right to trade with it,” says Linda Siboto
Brief | 19 September 2022
Arson threatens fledgling bee business
Police didn’t take Vuyo Myoli’s complaint seriously, he says
Brief | 12 August 2022
City of Joburg demolished Mama Fifi’s urban farm, but she’s determined to start again
June demolition of Bertrams Urban Farm, running for 16 years, disrupted dozens of feeding schemes
Video | 8 August 2022
Seasonal farm workers struggle for months to get their UIF money
Long queues at De Doorns labour office where the system is often offline
By Liezl Human
News | 5 August 2022
High Court victory for former farm worker from Wellington
Drakenstein Municipality failed in its duty to provide emergency housing, Western Cape High Court finds
By Liezl Human
News | 2 August 2022
Gugulethu’s sweetest business
Vuyo Myoli set himself up as a beekeeper in the Cape Town township
News | 29 July 2022
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Are South Africa’s pesticide rules outdated?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