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Department of Agriculture

Explainer: South Africa’s chicken vaccine play may already be too late

Business Maverick

Explainer: South Africa’s chicken vaccine play may already be too late

By Lindsey Schutters

Urgent measures implemented as foot-and-mouth disease spreads to Mpumalanga and Gauteng farms

South Africa

Urgent measures implemented as foot-and-mouth disease spreads to Mpumalanga and Gauteng farms

By Naledi Sikhakhane

Invasive species threaten livelihoods of small-scale farmers

South Africa

Invasive species threaten livelihoods of small-scale farmers

By Naledi Sikhakhane

Steenhuisen ups ante on biosecurity, demands action to curb spread of foot-and-mouth disease

South Africa

Steenhuisen ups ante on biosecurity, demands action to curb spread of foot-and-mouth disease

By Naledi Sikhakhane

Race, land and reform: why SA is changing its deeds process

Business Maverick

Race, land and reform: why SA is changing its deeds process

By Yeshiel Panchia

Deadly pesticides still widely available in Joburg despite spaza shop crackdown

Maverick News

Deadly pesticides still widely available in Joburg despite spaza shop crackdown

By Bheki C. Simelane

Was SA's 2024 third-quarter GDP contraction caused by an overestimation of agriculture's decline?

Business Maverick

Was SA's 2024 third-quarter GDP contraction caused by an overestimation of agriculture's decline?

By Ed Stoddard

Cabanac exit - The process to get rid of Steenhuisen's recalcitrant chief of staff could drag on for months

South Africa

Cabanac exit - The process to get rid of Steenhuisen's recalcitrant chief of staff could drag on for months

By Velani Ludidi

Standards in SA’s agricultural markets need to be properly enforced

Business Maverick

Standards in SA’s agricultural markets need to be properly enforced

By Wandile Sihlobo

Speaker Thoko Didiza faces imprisonment if she fails to comply with land redistribution order

South Africa

Speaker Thoko Didiza faces imprisonment if she fails to comply with land redistribution order

By Estelle Ellis

‘Dinosaur’ pesticide article is alarmist and critically misunderstands the SA legislative position

Our Burning Planet

‘Dinosaur’ pesticide article is alarmist and critically misunderstands the SA legislative position

By Marcel Dreyer

Award-winning Karoo wool farmers win battle to have farms returned after government locked them out

South Africa

Award-winning Karoo wool farmers win battle to have farms returned after government locked them out

By Estelle Ellis