FEEL GOOD NEWS: Jewellery from snares
Wire and cable snares are illegally set by poachers to indiscriminately kill wildlife. Snaring is a low cost and relatively low risk way of poaching, but it has an...
Hippo killed by LEDET to “neutralize” panic
“I am going to make a sjambok”. These were the words of a man who carried a 30-kilogram chunk of hippo-meat to his dwelling in Namakgale, all the way...
VRYSTAAT HULP: Plaaslike boere snel Vrystaat te hulp
Dele van die Vrystaat lê in puin na verwoestende veldbrande wat verlede week in die Hertzogville area uitgebreek het. Volgens dr Jack Armour, Operasionele bestuurder van Vrystaat Landbou (VL),...
Opvolg: Verdagte avodief wéér gevang
Large Sekuriteit in Tzaneen het die naweek wéér die jongman met die wit bakkie langs die R71 buite Tzaneen met vermeende gesteelde avokado’s betrap. Die polisie is wéér ontbied...
No wine of weekends?
Agri SA welcomed President Cyril Ramaphosa’s recent announcement that the national Covid-19 lockdown will move from Level 2 to Level 1 this week. The reopening of all economic sectors...
Their scales are just giant fingernails
The Temminck's Ground Pangolin is the most widespread African pangolin species, recorded from south-eastern Chad, through South Sudan, much of East Africa and southern Africa as far south as...
Mozambique rhino horn traffickers finally head to court
Two Mozambican nationals, accused of being in possession of rhino horns and shark fins are finally heading to the courts to face justice. The duo, a father and...
Drought stricken farmers plead for urgent help
Agri SA welcomed the announcement by the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Dr. Dlamini-Zuma, that the proclamation of drought relief would be extended by a further month.
This...
Increase in crime poses threat to agriculture
The high crime levels, especially farm attacks, which leave the farming community vulnerable, have further escalated over the past weeks after relaxation of the lockdown measures.
“This has once again...