Agriculture Archives - News@Media https://news.media.co.za/category/all/industry/agriculture/ Latest News & Press Releases Fri, 22 Apr 2016 06:11:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://news.media.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/cropped-SA-shines-as-a-prime-conference-destination-32x32.png Agriculture Archives - News@Media https://news.media.co.za/category/all/industry/agriculture/ 32 32 Budget vote debate on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries https://news.media.co.za/budget-vote-debate-on-agriculture-forestry-and-fisheries/ Fri, 22 Apr 2016 06:11:17 +0000 http://news.media.co.za/?p=4294 Parliament 21 April 2016 Dr. Pieter Mulder: FF Plus leader The current drought is being described as the worst drought in 100 years. Thousands of small farmers and subsistence farmer’s livelihoods have been wiped out. Only in the next six months will we truly be experiencing the true impact of the drought. Experience it in […]

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]]> Calls For Immediate Drought Relief For Farmers https://news.media.co.za/calls-for-immediate-drought-relief-for-farmers/ Wed, 04 Nov 2015 08:45:15 +0000 http://news.media.co.za/?p=3259 The IFP in KZN calls on the Provincial Government to offer drought relief assistance to farmers immediately as the drought continues to persist. “We heard that the Department of Water and Sanitation has committed a further R96.62m to finance water tanks and additional drought intervention projects in KZN but we have not heard any word […]

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]]> By Their Fruits https://news.media.co.za/by-their-fruits/ Fri, 23 Oct 2015 10:37:22 +0000 http://news.media.co.za/?p=3134 FEW ISSUES in contemporary South Africa arouse as much emotion as “the land question”. Given SA’s history, it is hardly surprising that land reform should generate so much political heat. Black South Africans were devastated by land dispossession and disparities in ownership. Today, land still remains a symbol of inequality and social exclusion. It is […]

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]]> Kommersiële boere onontbeerlik vir voedselsekerheid in SA https://news.media.co.za/kommersiele-boere-onontbeerlik-vir-voedselsekerheid-sa/ Tue, 28 Oct 2014 14:13:04 +0000 http://news.media.co.za/?p=1899 Om historiese redes is die versugting na bestaansboerdery in Suid-Afrika vanuit ʼn politieke oogpunt verstaanbaar, maar dit is belangrik om te besef dat daar sonder kommersiële landbou nie voedselsekerheid in die land kan wees nie, sê dr. Pieter Mulder, leier van die VF Plus. Dr. Mulder het vandag in ʼn debat rondom voedselsekerheid in die […]

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]]> Regering se verwarrende uitsprake oor grond doen landbou groot skade aan https://news.media.co.za/regering-se-verwarrende-uitsprake-oor-grond-doen-landbou-groot-skade-aan/ Tue, 09 Sep 2014 14:46:34 +0000 http://news.media.co.za/?p=1598 DIE ANC-regering se verwarrende uitsprake oor grond skep onsekerheid wat besig is om groot skade aan landbou in Suid-Afrika te veroorsaak, sê dr. Pieter Mulder, leier van die VF Plus. Dr. Mulder het vandag met ‘n ledeverklaring in die parlement gesê aan die een kant het adjunk-president Cyril Ramaphosa verlede week kommersiële landbouers in Limpopo […]

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]]> IFP: CALLS FOR AUDIT ON FARMS OWNED BY EMERGING FARMERS https://news.media.co.za/ifp-calls-audit-farms-owned-emerging-farmers/ Mon, 01 Sep 2014 06:43:15 +0000 http://news.media.co.za/?p=1513 IFP: CALLS FOR AUDIT ON FARMS OWNED BY EMERGING FARMERS The IFP calls on the KwaZulu-Natal MEC of Agriculture and Rural Development, Cyril Xaba, to urgently conduct an audit to determine how many farms are owned by emerging farmers and are in dire need of support. “Claims that most farms owned by emerging farmers have […]

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]]> IFP: DEMANDS ANSWERS ABOUT TRACTORS DISTRIBUTED BY DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE https://news.media.co.za/ifp-demands-answers-tractors-distributed-department-agriculture/ Thu, 31 Jul 2014 10:37:42 +0000 http://news.media.co.za/?p=1154 The IFP in KZN Legislature has blasted the Provincial Legislature, accusing it of failing its mandate to hold the executive to account. “We have asked the following questions of the MEC for Agriculture, Dr Meshack Radebe last year:  How many tractors were purchased and supplied to individuals in the past five years and their costs? […]

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]]> Voedselsekerheid word bedreig https://news.media.co.za/voedselsekerheid-word-bedreig/ Fri, 11 Jul 2014 06:35:16 +0000 http://news.media.co.za/?p=910 Wouter Wessels, LPW van die Vryheidsfront Plus in die Vrystaatse Wetgewer, het gister tydens die begrotingsposdebat van die Departement Landbou daarop gewys dat die grootste bedreiging vir landbou in Suid-Afrika wanpersepsies en veralgemening is. Hy het daarop gewys dat dit verkeerd is om te dink dat alle swart boere misluk, maar dat dit ook net […]

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]]> 9000 new employees in agricultural sector https://news.media.co.za/9000-new-employees-agricultural-sector/ Tue, 01 Jul 2014 14:19:00 +0000 http://news.media.co.za/?p=747 According to Statistics SA, The number of employees in the formal non-agricultural sector of the South African economy increased from an estimated 8 498 000 employees in December 2013 to an estimated 8 507 000 employees in March 2014. Statistics South Africa released the results of the Quarterly Employment Statistics (QES) survey for March 2014 […]

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