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iAfrica Michal Gum Forest Share with your network! The first massive eucalyptus trees have been felled in the mid-Breede River area in a bold ‘value-adding chain’ project that will return 7 million litres of water per hectare cleared per year to the river system, and will sell much of the gum tree wood back to Australia where it came from. The win-win-win project represents a collaboration between the Western Cape ...

SAs water saving efforts boosted as felled gum trees are sold to Australia 15 April 2021 - 12:12 Felled gum trees along the Breede River will assist with efforts to save water in the Western Cape. Image: Supplied The felling of huge eucalyptus trees has been hailed as the least expensive and most effective way to avoid a water “day zero” in and around Cape Town. The mid-Breede River project to remove alien invasive plants along 25km of the river frontage near Bon...

Table grape industry set for record year The Western Cape Minister of Agriculture, Dr Ivan Meyer, welcomed the news that the South African Table Grape Industry reached a total intake for the 2020/2021 season of 73 million cartons. This is significantly more than the 66.15 million cartons recorded last year. Meyer: "This is great news for the Western Cape. The current pandemic has led to an increased demand for healthy foods worldwide, causing further increased demands for fresh fruit and vegeta...

defenceWeb Written by defenceWeb - Roy Jankielsohn at the Wilge River border between South Africa and Lesotho. Rural security as supplied by police in South Africa’s central province – Free State – is nowhere near able and possibly even willing to protect and safeguard the agricultural community. This is one conclusion from an oversight visit conducted in Free State this week by a Democratic Alliance (DA) delegation. Under the leadership of the party’s agriculture minister in Western C...

Agriculture deserves the support and protection of Government Search Polity Note: Search is limited to the most recent 250 articles. To access earlier articles, click Advanced Search and set an earlier date range. To search for a term containing the & symbol, click Advanced Search and use the search headings and/or in first paragraph options. With... Clear Search Sponsored by Sponsored by DA Federal Chairperson and Western Cape Minister of Agriculture, Dr Ivan Meyer,  accompanied by the Leade...

The wine industry had to change how it did business with international markets during the lockdown.

Ilse Trautmann, Hugh Campbell,Minister Meyer, Bongiswa Matoti and Jannie Strydom AGRICULTURE NEWS - Yesterday, the Western Cape Minister of Agriculture, Dr Ivan Meyer, launched the Western Cape Department of Agriculture’s (WCDoA’s) e-booklets on climate change entitled “The Mercury Rises”. Based on the popular award-winning radio series “Die Kwik Styg", the e-booklets are available in the three official languages of the Western Cape – English, Afrikaans and I...

Should we be calling her ‘Dame’ Natasha Mazzone now? The DA’s Chief Whip has been presented with a prestigious title this week, after she became the proud recipient of the Italian ‘Order of the Star’ – which is their equivalent of a Knighthood. Congratulazioni, Natasha Mazzone! DA Chief Whip gets ‘Italian Knighthood’ According to Italian authorities, the award recognises the preservation and promotion of national prestige. It’s also given out to acknowledge those who foster fr...

Loading Source Monday, 08 March 2021, 16:51 Today, I joined the Minister of Health, Dr Nomafrench Mbombo, the Minister of Agriculture, Dr Ivan Meyer, and religious leaders, all of whom were women, to celebrate International Women’s Day as well as to honour and remember those who have lost their lives to Covid-19 over the last year. WESTERN CAPE NEWS - Today, I joined the Minister of Health, Dr Nomafrench Mbombo, the Minister of Agricultur...

Mfuleni pig farmers hit hard by African Swine Fever outbreak Share Cape Town - Emerging pig farmers who have lost their pigs to the reported African swine fever (ASF) outbreak in Mfuleni, north of Khayelitsha, are reeling following the subsequent ban on pig sales. Agriculture MEC Ivan Meyer announced on Thursday that ASF had been identified on two smallholding farms in Mfuleni and Eerste River. He further placed a ban on the sale and movement of live pigs from Mfuleni to limit the disease’s s...