Topic: Farming | GroundUp

Donkey carts stand idle as tourism dies in Cederberg village

Heuningvlei was devastated by flooding for two consecutive years but the residents are determined to keep their town alive

Text by Liezl Human. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.

News | 21 October 2024

How government abandoned a multi-million-rand community dairy farm

After catastrophic floods, Minister Nomakhosazana Meth introduced a mysterious investor to the farm without any due diligence

By Daniel Steyn and Joseph Chirume

Feature | 16 October 2024

Tensions rise over unfenced Kruger Park after predators kill cattle

State vet warns that livestock wandering into the park pose significant disease threat

By Thembi Siaga

News | 14 October 2024

Citrusdal farmers devastated by two years of floods

But they are determined to start over and revive their vegetable gardens yet again

By Liezl Human

News | 3 October 2024

How climate change threatens South Africa’s wine industry

Higher temperatures pose a raft of challenges for vineyards and the jobs that depend on them

By Cole Potgieter, Aisling de Lange and Neil Thomas Stacey

Science | 30 September 2024

Fairtrade suspends local producer over farm workers’ poor conditions

Women on Farms is calling for better policing of the Fairtrade standards on certified farms

By Marecia Damons

News | 27 September 2024

Tensions mount as Cape Town farmers face relocation

The area that the government wants to move them to is already occupied

Text by Liezl Human. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.

News | 30 August 2024

Farm workers march in rain and wind to call for ban on pesticides

They want an end to exports of harmful pesticides from Germany

By Ashraf Hendricks

Brief | 27 August 2024

Farmers need support after devastating Riverlands flood

A lack of security of tenure and of agricultural support from government has compounded the disaster

By Brian Adams and David Neves

Opinion | 20 August 2024

Riverlands families struggle to pick up the pieces after flash floods

Clean-up operations are underway

Text by Marecia Damons. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.

News | 20 August 2024

Aunty Bettie: a lifetime of fighting for women farm workers

“If you know your rights you can stand up for yourself”

By Liezl Human

Interview | 9 August 2024

Farmers fear loss of land to Motsepe Foundation citrus project

Phalaborwa farming associations sound the alarm

By Bernard Chiguvare

Feature | 22 July 2024

Farm workers demand transparency on pesticide regulations

Newly appointed Minister of Agriculture John Steenhuisen says protest was “premature”

By Liezl Human

Brief | 5 July 2024

Meet the beekeepers of the mangrove forests

Members of the Cwebeni cooperative trek four kilometres to harvest honey deep in the forests of the Wild Coast

By Lucas Nowicki

News | 18 June 2024

Displaced Limpopo farmers battle to make a living

Farmers had been working communal land near Phalaborwa since 2014

By Bernard Chiguvare

News | 13 June 2024

Pesticides are polluting Western Cape rivers all year round

Studies of three river catchments have found an association between pesticide exposure and poorer brain function in children

By Steve Kretzmann

News | 12 June 2024