Many of South Africa's white commercial farmers see the land-claim process as an attack. For black claimants fighting to get back land stolen by the apartheid government, it's about being made whole again. On Bosparadys farm in North West province, the two groups are trying to find a third way. Read more >>
PRETORIA: The Department of Environmental Affairs has proposed that the listing of brown trout and rainbow trout be regulated in terms of the National Environmental Management Biodiversity Act (NEMBA) and the Alien and Listed Invasive Species Regulations. Read more >>
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson has distanced herself from her department's actions that have allowed two politically connected companies to benefit to the tune of R50m in fishing licences. Read more >>
South African maize futures fell on Monday, 19 May‚ bringing losses in the actively traded July contracts to more than 7% since the start of May‚ amid projections of higher crop yields in the country this year. Read more >>
Poultry producer Astral Foods reported a 308% jump in diluted headline earnings per share to 386c for the six months to March‚ but the strong results come off a low base compared with the prior interim period. Read more >>
A R60m multi-purpose training and development centre, to be built at the Agricultural Research Council (ARC) in Roodeplaat, Pretoria, is expected to give up-and-coming black commercial farmers a boost. Read more >>
