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Department of Agriculture has joined forces with Potatoes South Africa (PSA) to establish a groundbreaking partnership.

The Western Cape Department of Agriculture (WCDoA) has collaborated with the Red Meat Producers’ Organisation (RPO) to tackle stock theft, which is one of the main obstacles to producers.

The EFF in the province has accused the DA and the Freedom Front Plus of still believing in the notion of divide and conquer in order to separate black people and make sure that the status quo of landlessness remained intact.

To complete the community food gardens created by citizens in Protea Village, 300 trees were planted in Suikerbossie Park on Saturday to create an urban forest alongside the vegetable patches in the 2-hectare public park.

Department spokesperson Reggie Ngcobo said that no live animals and/ or birds and eggs are allowed to be removed from the farms, adding that commercial poultry meat and eggs are safe to eat.

A highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreak has affected five commercial chicken farms in the Western Cape.

Livestock farmers, meat producers and politicians in South Africa are in uproar over the shortage of strategic vaccines caused by ongoing challenges at the state-owned animal vaccine manufacturing company, Onderstepoort Biological Products (OBP).

Western Cape Minister of Agriculture Dr Ivan Meyer has launched the 2023 Western Cape Prestige Agri-Worker Competition in Hermanus, in the Overberg district.

Premier Alan Winde. (Photo: Jaco Marais) As a diplomatic row in between South Africa and the US continues,

Western Cape Government said it was concerned that crucial trade agreements could be at risk as South Africa scrambles to deal with a diplomatic crisis brought on by America's claims that the country sold arms to Russia.