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ARTICLES RELATING TO: FARMERS

Mining

CoAL rail plan angers farmers

Apr 20 2012 10:00

Farmers are incensed at Coal of Africa's plan to build a railway line to transport coal from its Makhado project to Vanderbijlpark, which will cut across game farms.

Agribusiness

Land Bank overcharged farmers

Mar 09 2012 16:06

The Land Bank has been ordered to pay R3.6m to five farmers plus interest, for the overcharging of interest on their agricultural loans.

Economy

Nkwinti spells out land reform target

Mar 01 2012 14:05

The land reform minister says 30% of 82 million hectares of agricultural land held by white commercial farmers should be transferred to black farmers by 2014.

Agribusiness

Higher prices boost SA's maize plantings

Jan 24 2012 16:45

SA farmers have planted 11% more maize crops this season because of higher prices.

Economy

Land Bank touts leases for black farmers

Jul 19 2011 16:29

SA should consider leasing land to black farmers with an option to buy later to speed up land reform, says the Land Bank.

Agribusiness

Farmers don't bank on Land Bank

Jun 06 2011 07:14

The Land Bank's share of agricultural financing has fallen from 30% in 2000 to 8%.

Economy

Farmers fingered for Eskom power theft

May 17 2011 16:58

Power utility Eskom says an audit has found that farmers are responsible for close to half of all electricity theft incidents.

Economy

Departing farmers not a threat: minister

May 03 2011 15:43

The departure of South African commercial farmers to other African countries is not a threat to local food security, Agriculture Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson says.

Economy

Sugar farmers get funding

Apr 12 2011 12:30

The provincial government and Tongaat Hulett have set up a project to assist small sugar farmers in KwaZulu-Natal access funds for expansion.

Agribusiness

Farmers leaving SA: report

Apr 04 2011 08:56

Two-thirds of commercial farmers have stopped farming since 1994, with with many going to other countries, according to a newspaper report.

Economy

G20 to tackle rising food prices

Jan 07 2011 15:21

As soaring food prices stoke fears of a repeat of the 2008 crisis, world leaders are looking into ways of dealing with the problem.

Economy

'Pragmatic solutions needed for land reform'

Dec 17 2010 14:57

The land reform programme has not always produced the intended results, says Rural Development and Land Reform Minister Gugile Nkwinti.

Economy

Cotton price surge comes at a cost

Dec 01 2010 10:57

In the hub of cheap clothing manufacturing, the record price of cotton is causing havoc for producers and the pain will pass down to buyers in developed countries.

South Africa

'Over third of farmers underpay workers'

Nov 23 2010 11:36

More than a third of black and white commercial farmers in SA pay their workers less than a minimum wage, according to Labour Minister Mildred Oliphant.

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