Deputy Minister of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries, Makhotso Sotyu, has urged South Africans to protect land from over-use as it provides food, water and energy. “We all can play a...
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Development in agriculture is fundamental to supporting rural economies and livelihoods, inclusive economic growth, food security and broad transformation in the sector. With the rising unemployment rate in South Africa,...
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Drought conditions persist in the western parts of the country. On the contrary, the majority of summer rainfall areas reported reasonable conditions to good crops, veld and livestock as a...
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Minister of Small Business Development Khumbudzo Ntshavheni said the South African government will at the "latest" take a decision around "advanced lockdown Level 3" on Wednesday. Speaking to news television channel...
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Since April 2019 South Africa has reported twenty-three (23) outbreaks of African Swine Fever (ASF) outside the ASF controlled area of South Africa. Fifteen (15) of these outbreaks have since...
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In order to further support smallholder and communal farmers during the global coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, the Department of Agriculture, Rural Development and Land Reform (agriculture department) is working on plans...
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JOHANNESBURG - For the first time since global crises like World War II and the Great Depression global output will drop, per capita income will fall in most countries globally,...
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South Africa’s biggest business grouping urged the government to accelerate its phased approach to restarting the economy, days after the state began easing a strict nationwide lockdown to control the...
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Below is an extraction from the Gazette on lockdown regulations - complete PDF version of Gazette 432548 Movement of persons 16. (1) Every person is confined to his or her place of residence. (2) A...
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JOHANNESBURG - South Africa plans to reopen its agriculture sector and allow some manufacturing and retail to resume as the country balances the need to restart economic output and curb...
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14 January 2020 Four further cases of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) were reported since mid-December 2019, with 3 cases reported in December and 1 case reported in the first…
In November 2019, an outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) was confirmed on a farm in the Capricorn district of Limpopo Province, which is in the suspended FMD free…
Media StatementFor release: 19 November 2019 JOINT STATEMENT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, LAND REFORM AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND THE NATIONAL ANIMAL HEALTH FORUM ON FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE UPDATEThe…