Farming
Video: He was in prison. Now he teaches elderly people how to grow vegetables
Thirty-three year old Ludwe Qamata teaches vegetable gardening to older people in Khayelitsha, Cape Town.
By Mary-Anne Gontsana and Ashraf Hendricks
Video | 3 May 2022
Eastern Cape farm workers vow to continue strike
Farmers’ organisation says many farms will struggle to survive this season
Brief | 29 April 2022
Thousands of farm workers face eviction with the end of the National State of Disaster, activists warn
Women on Farms march against evictions in the Western Cape
By Liezl Human
News | 27 April 2022
Eastern Cape court interdicts protesting workers from being 500m from farms
Farmer says the protests and damage to property has costly implications on the already strained citrus industry
News | 25 April 2022
Farm workers torch immigrant labour hostels, demand R30 an hour
Kirkwood and Addo towns shut down by protesters
News | 22 April 2022
Farm women demand Distell act against suppliers that violate workers’ rights
“We work in the vineyard, we grow it, we prune it, we work with the fruit, but we get the least money” says farm worker
By Liezl Human
News | 24 March 2022
Farm workers demand wealth tax for the 1%
Women on Farms protest outside Parliament ahead of budget speech
By Liezl Human
Brief | 23 February 2022
Meet Koketso Moloko - a successful woman farmer
Starting a farm during lockdown was tough but now she has some big clients
Video | 29 November 2021
Attacks, stock theft, shrinking pastures, drought and a lack of vets: Eastern Cape horse owners in dire straits
As government prioritises food production, horse farmers are left out
News | 17 November 2021