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Card image 05 February 2025 GroundUp

Anger over failure of community-owned macadamia nut farm

Government-funded Ncera farm has battled drought and price fluctuations

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Card image 09 January 2025 Mail & Guardian

Premier, traditional leaders must unlock agricultural potential in Eastern Cape

Such efforts must not leave the former homelands region behind, as has been the case in the first three decades of democracy

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Card image 12 December 2024 The Conversation

Sugarcane trash can produce energy – what South Africa’s small farmers need to make this happen

Burning sugarcane trash is common in South Africa. With support small-scale sugarcane farmers could turn this plant waste into bioenergy.

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Card image 09 December 2024 Sunday World

Prioritise rural development to have effective land reform in SA

The successful implementation of land reform is not only a political and moral imperative but a necessary intervention required

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Card image 11 December 2024 Farmer’s Weekly

Land Bank positions itself to reclaim its former glory

Land Bank recently emerged from a four-year period of default. Themba Rikhotso, CEO of Land Bank, spoke to Glenneis Kriel at Nampo Cape about what lies ahead for the bank.

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Card image 10 November 2024 Daily Maverick

Water crisis — Western Cape’s declining inland water resources pose challenge

While water planning and dam levels have improved in the Western Cape, the province still faces a persistent water resources deficit, which could have a big impact on the region’s economy

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Card image 14 October 2024 GroundUp

Tensions rise over unfenced Kruger Park after predators kill cattle

State vet warns that livestock wandering into the park pose significant disease threat

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Card image 16 October 2024 GroundUp

How government abandoned a multi-million-rand community dairy farm

After catastrophic floods, Minister Nomakhosazana Meth introduced a mysterious investor to the farm without any due diligence

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03 October 2024 GroundUp

From bountiful harvest to soggy nightmare — Citrusdal farmers devastated by floods

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Card image 23 September 2024 The Conversation

Colonialism and apartheid stripped black South Africans of land and labour rights – the effects are still felt today

Corrective policies should be implemented as part of a holistic, long-term strategy to address historical injustices and create a more equitable South African society.

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