Can land reform feed South Africa?
President Jacob Zuma is talking tough about radical land redistribution and the expropriation of farms. If reform is not well targeted it may threaten food security and benefit only the...
26 April, 2017
farming Tag
Rooibos farmers go wild to survive
Some farmers believe it is the wild rooibos plant that holds the secret to keeping climate change at bay, rather than its domesticated cousin. Yolandi Groenewald reports [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="740"]...
28 February, 2017
SEEDcontrol: SA is losing its real gold
Traditional food crops that have adapted to climate change and poor soils hold the key to food security, but is enough being done to conserve them?...
12 December, 2016
Dairy to dust
Opencast coal mining operations in the Mpumalanga Highveld are destroying the livelihood, grazing and water of rural farmers. Franz Fuls visited an affected community near Carolina...
20 January, 2014