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South Africa: Western Cape Local Government, Environmental Affairs and Development Planning on declaring a provincial disaster after July floods

Industry needs support to ensure that the infrastructure they need to get their products to market is in place

A recent employability evaluation of graduates of the Western Cape Department of Agriculture’s Elsenburg Agriculture Training Institute (EATI) has found that 68,1% of its youth graduates (18-35) were more likely to be employed. This is 26,4% higher t

An act signed into law by President Cyril Ramaphosa to impose new race quotas in the workplace could cost up to 600,000 jobs, says DA leader John Steenhuisen.

Provincial department wants the area to be declared a disaster zone

Though recent heavy downpours caused extensive damage in the region, the South African Rooibos Council said that very little damage was done to rooibos production area.

Party will fight tooth and nail to make sure that race-based policies are not enacted

Swift disaster declaration needed to help flood-stricken farmers in Western Cape

The Western Cape agriculture sector suffered more than R1 billion in infrastructure damage during recent flooding, and now the provincial agriculture department wants to have the area declared a disaster to free up funding for repairs.

This comes after damaging rains pummeled the province in recent weeks, resulting in severe flooding in several communities.