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16.07.2025 | Agriculture hosts foot and mouth disease indaba, 21 to 22 Jul | Pretoria – South Africa is currently experiencing significant and ongoing challenges with outbreaks of Foot and mouth disease (FMD) across several provinces, including KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Gauteng and last week it had spread to Free S... |
01.07.2025 | Land Reform and Rural Development on South Gauteng Deeds Office business hours | South Gauteng Deeds Office remains open for business
The Department of Land Reform and Rural Development has noted with concern media reports that the South Gauteng Deeds Office closed. This is despite repeated confirmation to the media and... |
25.06.2025 | Minister Mzwanele Nyhontso presides over NARYSEC pass-out parade of 573 rural youth graduates, 27 Jun | The Minister of Land Reform and Rural Development, Mr Mzwanele Nyhontso, will on Friday, 27 June 2025, preside over the SA Army pass-out parade of 573 National Rural Youth Service Corps (NARYSEC) participants, after they successfully comple... |
16.04.2025 | Minister John Steenhuisen hosts G20 Agriculture Working Group and Food Security Task Force Meetings, 23 to 25 Apr | The Minister of Agriculture, Mr John Steenhuisen, will host the following G20 Agriculture Working Group and Food Security Task Force Meetings on 23 April and 25 April, respectively, in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal. These G20 meetings of the Agricu... |
04.04.2025 | Minister John Steenhuisen and Deputy Minister Nokuzola Capa launch Jozini smallholder farmer programme, 11 Apr | Minister of Agriculture John Steenhuisen and Deputy Minister Nokuzola Capa, together with the KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Agriculture and Rural Development, Ms Thembeni KaMadlopha-Mthethwa, in collaboration with Unilever Southern Africa Chief Exe... |
02.04.2025 | Land Reform and Rural Development implements Electronic Deeds Registration System | The Department of Land Reform and Rural Development, through the office of the Chief Registrar of Deeds is pleased to announce the launch of the Electronic Deeds Registration System (eDRS) today, Tuesday, 1 April. This is a significant adva... |
05.03.2025 | Minister Mzwanele Nyhontso welcomes outcome of engagements with His Majesty King Misuzulu | The Minister of Land Reform and Rural Development Mr Mzwanele Nyhontso says he is pleased with the outcome of engagements with His Majesty King Misuzulu, today, at Kwakhangelamankengane Palace in Nongoma, as part of efforts to resolve chall... |
21.02.2025 | Land Reform and Rural Development on claims that Limpopo Regional Land Claims Commission is imposing financial compensation on successful land claimants | The Limpopo Regional Land Claims Commission has dismissed claims that it is imposing financial compensation on successful land claimants as untrue. Upon finalisation of a land claim, claimants are given a choice of either financial compensa... |
31.01.2025 | South Africa’s border drones deliver big results | Home affairs minister Leon Schreiber. Image: Supplied
Government’s recent deployment of drones at five high-priority border crossings, including Beitbridge between Zimbabwe and South Africa, has already prevented more than 2 000 illegal bor... |
31.01.2025 | Agriculture on adoption of International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture | Millions of farmers in Africa cultivate traditional crop varieties, save seed for the following season and exchange seed with their neighbours and other farmers.
Minister of Agriculture John Steenhuisen explains that farmers manage and cons... |
27.11.2024 | Minister Mzwanele Nyhontso leads commemoration of 30th anniversary of Restitution of Land Rights Act , 2 Dec | The Minister of Land Reform and Rural Development, Mr Mzwanele Nyhontso will lead the commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the Restitution of Land Rights Act on 2 December 2024 at the Freedom Park Heritage Site in Pretoria, under the th... |
01.11.2024 | Minister Mzwanele Nyhontso engages with small-scale growers and NARYSEC participants, 6 Nov | The Minister of Land Reform and Rural Development, Mr Mzwanele Nyhontso, together with the mayor of eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality, Cllr Cyril Xaba, will engage with small-scale growers and supported Rural Youth Enterprises, which form... |
22.10.2024 | Minister Mzwanele Nyhontso hands over title deeds to Rakwadu claimant community in Limpopo, 25 Oct | Minister Nyhontso to hand over title deeds to Rakwadu claimant community in Limpopo
The Minister of Land Reform and Rural Development (DLRRD), Mr Mzwanele Nyhontso (MP), will handover title deeds to Rakwadu Claimant Community in Limpopo, on... |
11.10.2024 | Minister John Steenhuisen commemorates 2024 World Food Day in Northern Cape, 16 Oct | The Minister of Agriculture, Mr John Steenhuisen, will lead the commemoration of World Food Day at Delportshoop in the Northern Cape on Wednesday 16 October 2024. He will be joined by the Deputy Minister of Agriculture Ms Nokuzola Capa, the... |
04.10.2024 | Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development on planned surveillance for African citrus greening disease in Gqeberha and surrounding area | Surveillance for African citrus greening disease in Gqeberha and surrounding area
The Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD) wishes to inform nursery owners, citrus growers, and community members in and around... |
04.10.2024 | Minister John Steenhuisen launches National Food and Nutrition Security Survey, 9 Oct | Minister Steenhuisen launches the National Food and Nutrition Security Survey
The Minister of Agriculture, Mr John Steenhuisen, will launch the National Food and Nutrition Security Survey (NFNSS) in Pretoria on 9 October 2024. The Departmen... |
27.09.2024 | Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development celebrates World Rabies Day on 28 September | The Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development celebrates World Rabies Day on 28 September with an ongoing awareness campaign on how the deadly rabies virus can be prevented in humans and animals
The Department of Agricult... |
26.09.2024 | Minister John Steenhuisen attends G7 Agriculture Forum for Africa in Italy, 26 to 27 Sept | The Minister of Agriculture, John Steenhuisen, will be attending the G7 Agriculture Forum for Africa in Syracuse, Italy, on 26 and 27 September 2024.
The G7 is a political and economic forum for the discussion and formulation of solutions r... |
23.09.2024 | Minister Mzwanele Nyhontso hands over title deeds to former labour tenant and farm dweller communities in KwaZulu-Natal, 26 Sept | The Minister of Land Reform and Rural Development (DLRRD) Mr Mzwanele Nyhontso will on 26 September 2024 officially handover title deeds to Communal Property Associations (CPA) in KZN representing former labour tenants and farm dwellers in ... |
13.09.2024 | Minister John Steenhuisen engages with farming community at NAMPO Cape, 13 Sept | Agriculture Minister Steenhuisen to engage SA’s farming community at NAMPO Cape
Tomorrow, Friday, 13 September 2024, the Minister of Agriculture, John Steenhuisen, will attend Grain South Africa’s NAMPO Cape to engage the country’s farming ... |
12.09.2024 | Minister John Steenhuisen engages SA’s farming community at NAMPO Cape, 13 Sept | Agriculture Minister Steenhuisen to engage SA’s farming community at NAMPO Cape
Tomorrow, Friday, 13 September 2024, the Minister of Agriculture, John Steenhuisen, will attend Grain South Africa’s NAMPO Cape to engage the country’s farming ... |
27.08.2024 | Commission on Restitution of Land Rights addresses delays in financial compensation amid system transition | The Commission on Restitution of Land Rights (CRLR) acknowledges the recent blockage of the N2 in Eastern Cape, reportedly linked to delays in financial compensation payments to land claimants. We deeply regret the inconvenience this has ca... |
12.08.2024 | Agriculture update on outbreak of foot and mouth disease in Eastern Cape | Following the recent outbreaks of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) in the Kouga and Kou-Kamma Municipalities of the Eastern Cape, the Department of Agriculture is committed to providing ongoing updates and ensuring effective measures are in pla... |
22.07.2024 | Agriculture update on outbreak of foot and mouth disease in Eastern Cape Province | The Minister of Agriculture, Mr John Steenhuisen (MP) has, in his budget vote, emphasised that biosecurity remains a priority for the department. He also reflected on the risk that Foot and mouth disease poses for our local production and t... |
02.07.2024 | Agriculture Land Reform and Rural Development notes High Court judgement and refutes incorrect reports regarding former minister | The Department of Agriculture Land Reform and Rural Development has noted media reports pertaining to the former minister Ms Thoko Didiza in relation to West Cape High Court judgement relating to a land allocation dispute.
The department is... |
20.06.2024 | Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development on resolution of land claims | This year marks 111 years since the Natives Land Act of 1913 was introduced in South Africa. This Act significantly impacted the country's socioeconomic landscape by drastically restricting African land ownership, while allocating the major... |
30.05.2024 | Farmyards to restore nutritional value in townships | Farmyards to restore nutritional value in townships: image: Supplied
Gauteng Social Development, Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment MEC, Mbali Hlophe, says the roll-out of farmyards will restore the lost nutritional value in tow... |
16.04.2024 | Soon SA may not be able to afford exporting its famous citrus | South Africa is the second-biggest exporter of citrus, just behind Spain. Image: Pixabay
South Africa has at last launched its dispute with the European Union (EU) on trade regulations imposed on its citrus.
There are also concerns that shi... |
11.04.2024 | Johannesburg High Court Overturns Seizure of Meat Alternatives in South Africa | The Johannesburg High Court has overturned the planned seizure of plant-based meat alternatives marketed using “meat-like” terms in South Africa. These products will now remain permanently available in the country.
South Africa’s Department... |
09.04.2024 | Deputy Minister Nokuzola Capa visits sugarcane irrigation projects in Mpumalanga Province, 15 Apr | The Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD) Ms Nokuzola Capa will visit sugarcane irrigation projects in Nkomazi Local Municipality on the 15th of April 2024, in the Mpumalanga province.
The Department tog... |
06.12.2023 | WATCH: Hemp and cannabis farmers empowered in KZN [VIDEO] | KwaZulu-Natal empowers 664 hemp and cannabis farmers. Image” Pixabay
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05.12.2023 | KwaZulu-Natal empowers 664 hemp and cannabis farmers | Image: GCIS VuK’ZENZELE.
A total of 664 hemp and cannabis farmers received permits granting them authorisation to cultivate, store and transport content with a Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) limited to 0.2% by the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Department... |
27.07.2023 | How buying local boosts job creation and elevates SA’s economy | Image: GCIS VuK’ZENZELE.
Boikano Sikwane (46) believes that it is important for South Africans to buy locally produced goods so that more jobs can be created and the economy can improve.
“The more South Africans consume their products, manu... |
27.07.2023 | Youth-owned agricultural cooperative transforms lives | Image: GCIS VuK’ZENZELE.
A youth-owned agricultural cooperative is helping to end poverty and unemployment in Marapyane, in Mpumalanga, by producing grain and vegetables.
Bakgatla Grain Project
“We were inspired to start the cooperative by ... |
31.01.2023 | SA concern over pit bull attacks | Pitbulls’ concern in SA as attacks continues. Image: Pixabay
The recent trail of vicious pit bull attacks that have cost life and limb is a matter of concern to everyone.
“However, some people like the fact that these dogs are scary and can... |
27.01.2023 | Farms quarantined following African Swine Fever outbreak in Gauteng | An outbreak of African Swine Fever has been detected at a farm in Gauteng. Image: Pixabay.
The Department of Agriculture, Land Reform, and Rural Development has urged pig farmers to only buy pigs directly from known healthy herds following ... |
21.01.2023 | Former civil servant sentence to 10 years for fraud and money laundering | A former civil servant and her two accomplices was sentenced to ten years in prison. Image via Pexels – Rodnae Productions
A former civil servant and deputy director at the Department of Land and Rural Development and two accomplices were s... |
21.01.2023 | Chinese national guilty for illegal dealing in rhino horns | A Chinese national was found guilty of dealing in rhino horns. Photos: Pexels
A Chinese national was found guilty on three counts of unlawful dealing in rhino horns and contravening the Immigrations act.
She assisted in depositing the proce... |
09.09.2022 | How can South Africa keep foot-and-mouth disease under control | How can South Africa keep Foot-and-mouth disease under control: Image: Adobe stock
In mid August, South Africa’s minister of agriculture, land reform and rural development Thoko Didiza responded to outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease with a... |
23.06.2022 | South Africa Bans Meat-Like Terms on Vegan Products, Threatens to Seize JUST Egg From Woolworths | South Africa’s Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD) has banned the use of meat-like terms on plant-based product labels. Shockingly, in the same vein, JUST Egg products may be seized from Woolworths stores i... |
22.06.2022 | Foot and mouth disease: Parts of SA record new cases in recent weeks | Image via Pexels
The Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development has confirmed that several provinces in South Africa have picked up new cases of foot and mouth disease over the past few months.
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07.06.2022 | Government gets small-scale sugarcane farmers moving | Beatrice Ndimande, Chairperson of Thuma Mina Mill Cometee from Makhathini: Image: GCIS Vuk’uzenzele
Nearly 2 000 small-scale sugarcane farmers who could no longer afford to transport their crop by road, are set to boom, thanks to a rail loa... |
07.05.2022 | From banking to farming | Happy Letsitsa is the proud owner of Nooitgedacht farm in the Free State: Image: GCIS Vuk’uzenzele
While Happy Letsitsa (47) was working in the financial sector, assisting emerging farmers with loans, it became clear that his heart belonged... |
22.07.2021 | ICT Tenders: State-owned entities withdraw | It is another far quieter week as state-owned entities (SOEs) take a back seat on the buying front.
This year has seen SOEs cementing their position as government’s big ICT spenders, as players such as Eskom, SABC, State IT Agency, Coega De... |
15.07.2021 | ICT Tenders: National Treasury updates eTenders portal | It's a far quieter week from public sector procurement officers, as only a handful of new ICT opportunities are added to the list of available tenders.
There are several potential causes for the decline: level four lockdown measures could m... |
11.06.2021 | ICT Tenders: Government looks to digital economy | Government procurement officers are in fine spirits, resulting in a plethora of opportunities to consider and respond to this week.
The software sector scores a whopping 70 requests, followed by an equally robust 64 advertisements for the s... |