Business

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

Business

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

Business

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

Business

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

Countries

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

Countries

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

Countries

Zimbabwe’s farmers push on as land grab compensation flounders

Kwekwe – In a field of paprika plants in the heart of Zimbabwe, fourth-generation farmer Daniel Burger and relative newcomer... Read more

29 May, 2025

Countries

‘This is my country’: Afrikaner farmers speak out at NAMPO amid US resettlement buzz

Bothaville – South Africa’s premier agricultural fair showcased livestock, massive tractors and rows of pick-up trucks on Thursday, a... Read more

16 May, 2025

Countries

South Africa’s land reform rises from ‘the ashes of dispossession’

Malelane – Hectares upon hectares of luxuriant orchards cover the land from which Bernard Shabangu’s ancestors were once brutally... Read more

11 Apr, 2025

Business

Trump’s tariff hikes and South Africa: hunt for new agricultural markets must begin now

Wandile Sihlobo, Stellenbosch University The South African government has underscored the urgent need to diversify the country’s agricultural exports... Read more

8 Apr, 2025