SA’s economy grows 1.1% in 2025 as finance and agriculture Lead
Cape Town – South Africa’s economy recorded modest growth in the fourth quarter of 2025, with gross domestic product... Read more
10 Mar
Nigeria’s ‘Mothers of Chibok’ go from farm to factory
Lagos – Four Nigeria women whose daughters were abducted by Boko Haram in the infamous 2014 Chibok kidnapping set foot... Read more
6 Mar
‘Desperate’ white farmers seek Trump help to force Zimbabwe $3.5bn land compensation payout
Zimbabwe – As white Zimbabwe farmers again ask the Trump administration to weigh in on long-promised government compensation for... Read more
23 Feb
WATCH | First batch of FMD vaccines arrives at OR Tambo
Johannesburg – Minister of Agriculture John Steenhuisen has received the first shipment of one million high-potency Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD)... Read more
22 Feb
Food security gets a boost with SA-Brazil agricultural pact
Cape Town – Minister of Agriculture, John Steenhuisen, and the Brazilian Vice Minister of Agriculture and Livestock, Luiz De... Read more
21 Sep, 2025
Trump’s tariffs threaten SA’s ostrich leather exports
Oudtshoorn – The manufacture of iconic “made in the USA” cowboy boots is set to suffer from President Donald Trump’s... Read more
1 Aug, 2025
SA farmers on the frontline of US tariff hikes
Robertson – As winter clouds gathered above South Africa’s prime wine-producing Robertson valley, the mood has been sombre ahead of... Read more
1 Aug, 2025
Save our exports! – Steenhuisen fights to keep SA in AGOA deal
Cape Town – Minister of Agriculture John Steenhuisen on Tuesday presented the Department of Agriculture’s 2025/26 Budget Vote to... Read more
8 Jul, 2025
Farmer’s love affair with protea flowers blossoms into rescue mission
Cullinan – On his farm two hours north of Johannesburg, Nico Thuynsma gestured towards thousands of orange, yellow and... Read more
19 Jun, 2025
WATCH | Fired on his birthday! – Steenhuisen dumps controversial aide Roman Cabanac
Cape Town – Controversial chief of staff to Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen, Roman Cabanac, has had his contract terminated.... Read more
5 Jun, 2025
