Rural women in front lines of fight against climate change

Mar 21, 2022

The threat of climate change related events to agricultural production, food security, and human settlements is a matter of grave concern for South Africa, according to Makhotso Sotyu, deputy minister of environment, forestry and fisheries. She was speaking during a...

Mzansi plants more summer crops despite farm floods

Jan 31, 2022

Despite widespread flooding, the farmers of Mzansi planted slightly more summer crops than they did last year. Estimates released yesterday by the department of agriculture, land reform and rural development’s crop estimates committee, point to the 2021/22 summer crop...