Lester Kiewit speaks to Dr Farai Mtero, a senior researcher from the Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS) at the University of the Western Cape, to discuss the recent separation of ...

Yesterday, the Minister of Agriculture John Steenhuisen together with the Minister of Land Reform and Rural Development Mzwanele Nyhontso and the Deputy Minister in the Presidency Nonceba Mhlauli, ...

Land reform and rural development are implemented within functional economic regions rather than reinforcing marginal ...

Nyhontso inherited a backlog of just over 5 700 land claims from 1998 and a further 130 000 that were lodged in 2014 with the ministry, which was paired with agriculture up until May 2024. In January, ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa and the former Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development, Ms Thoko Didiza, have in the past pushed for the establishment of the Land Reform and Agricultural ...

South Africa has a thriving wildlife economy – enterprises like trophy and meat hunting, ecotourism, live wildlife sales, and game meat production. Government policy considers the sector key to ...

How much land has really changed hands since apartheid? President Cyril Ramaphosa cites a pivotal 25% shift — here’s what that number reveals and what must happen next, say Wandile Sihlobo and Johann ...

As President Cyril Ramaphosa prepares to deliver the State of the Nation Address (Sona) on Thursday evening, questions have arisen on why the Department of Land Reform did not implement the Land ...

The Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development welcomes the announcement today by the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development, Ms Thoko Didiza, on the ...

South Africa has a thriving wildlife economy - enterprises like trophy and meat hunting, ecotourism, live wildlife sales and game meat production. Government policy considers the sector key to ...

South Africa has a thriving wildlife economy – enterprises like trophy and meat hunting, ecotourism, live wildlife sales and game meat production. It is also projected that the GDP contribution of ...

Over the past few decades, private (predominantly white) farmers have converted millions of hectares once reserved for livestock into game ranches. These enterprises generate profits and jobs while ...