The Northern Cape Government is to unveil on Saturday, 18 April 2009 one of its flagship land restitution projects that had been transformed into an ‘entrepreneurially sound land reform success case.’ The Droogfontein community outside Kimberley were restituted in 2006 to the tune of R43 million with ownership of 12 057 arable and grazing land amid having been forcefully removed from their ancestral land in 1947.
The MEC for Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development Norman Shushu has appealed to all role players to play a meaningful role in improving the leaving conditions of ordinary people. MEC Norman was speaking at the Comprehensive Rural Development Service Delivery Day in Riemvasmaak near Kakamas in the Northern Cape on Saturday.
23 June 2008The Northern Cape’s Department of Agriculture and Land Reform will mark its Provincial LandCare Week, 23-26 June 2008, by setting in motion the delivery of twenty-seven (27) projects worth R6, 4 million. Four-hundred-and-sixty-nine (469) jobs would have been created by conclusion of funding support to the projects by the end of March next
31 August 2009 The Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Ms Tina Joemat-Petterson together with the Office of the Premier of the Free State, Mr Ace Magashule congratulated the winners of the Female Farmer of the Year on Saturday at the evening gala dinner in Bloemfontein. The two were joined by Ms Zodwa Manase, Chairperson
The Northern Cape Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development MEC Norman Shushu says women compensation must be encouraged at all times. MEC Shushu was speaking at the Provincial Female Entrepreneur of the Year Awards in Machand near Augrabies on Thursday 05 August 2010. The Female Entrepreneur of the Year Awards is an instrument
The Northern Cape MEC for Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development Norman Shushu is urging farmers to vaccinate their livestock against insect-borne diseases especially Rift Valley Fever. According to WHO, Rift Valley Fever (RVF) is a viral zoonosis that primarily affects animals but also has the capacity to infect humans. Infection can cause severe disease
The Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development in the Northern Cape urges all farmers in the province especially in the Pixley ka Seme District to report swarms of locust on their farms. The department is faced with the challenge of farmers who are not reporting swarms. These swarms pose a serious threat if
Northern Cape Acting Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development MEC Sylvia Lucas urged women to fight for their development in their respective areas. Acting MEC Lucas was speaking at a two day Women in Rural Development Summit held on the 17-18 August in Douglas. The aim of the summit was to give women in rural
You should• Be a member of a previously disadvantaged group (i.e. African, Coloured or Indian)• Be 18 years or older• Intend to use the land for agricultural purposes only• Intend to farm on a full-time basis (except for safety-net projects)• Neither be a civil servant, politician or hold any position within government structures• Be prepared
Grants will be provided by the Department of Land Affairs, but both the departments of Land Affairs and Agriculture will work in collaboration to oversee the whole process from start to finish.