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The Western Cape is preparing for harvest and the local government is urging Eskom to review and adjust its load-shedding schedule.

Meyer said wants the utility to review its load shedding schedules to protect jobs in the agri-sector in the Western Cape.

The DA in the Western Cape stuck to its pledge to get rid of former party member Masizole Mnqasela after a new speaker was elected on Monday morning.

The legislature’s previous Speaker, DA MPL, Masizole Mnqasela, had faced a possible motion of no confidence from his own party last month over allegations of fraud and misconduct levelled against him, in connection with travel and entertainment allowances.

As his predecessor prepared for a legal challenge to his ousting, the DA's Daylin Mitchell took his seat as the newly elected speaker in the Western Cape legislature.

Download logo"The WCDoA's Cape Farm Mapper application has become synonymous with evidence-based and spatially informed decision-making in the Western

Nigel Klaasen, a junior production manager on the farm Fruitways Glen Elgin in Elgin, was named the province’s best worker for 2022 at the Western Cape Prestige Agri-Awards.

South African agricultural producers say the ongoing vegetable import restrictions in Botswana and Namibia have created an unfair playing field in the region. The two countries instituted import restrictions on selected agronomic and horticultural crops to develop their crop industries. This is despite the two countries and South Africa being in a customs union, along […]

Download logoOver 12 000 jobs in the berry industry in the Western Cape, which include 4 000 permanent jobs and 8 000 seasonal jobs, are on the line

Vegetable trade war between Botswana and South Africa escalates