In order for Avocados to reach their full growth potential they must be irrigated in the right amount: not too much and not too little.

The recent civil unrest has threatened food security in the parts of the country that were affected. To assist in providing citizens who do not have access to food, Standard Bank has assisted in providing 80 tons of fresh food to communities in KwaZulu-Natal. 

The South African Hunters and Game Conservation Association (SA Hunters) has formally submitted their comment on the controversial Draft Firearms Amendment Bill published during May 2021

The battle between the local potato industry and global importers has a longstanding history, with South Africa being considered a prime destination for dumping frozen processed potato products.

The shortages of basic supplies such as food, medicine, baby milk and other provisions in the unrest-stricken areas of KwaZulu-Natal once again, as happened so often during the past two years, mobilised civil structures to take over the state’s responsibility with regard to disaster relief. While the state is establishing committees and convening meetings with willing organisations to plan disaster relief, thousands of tons of supplies already are being moved every day outside the framework of the state on trucks, by air and on bakkies to alleviate suffering in towns and cities.

Fanie Brink, Independent Agricultural Economist