17 FEBRUARY 2023 MEDIA STATEMENT SOUTH AFRICA TRANSLOCATES 12 CHEETAH TO INDIA IN A COOPERATION AGREEMENT Twelve cheetahs will later today (Friday) depart from South Africa for India as part of an initiative to expand the cheetah meta-population and to reintroduce cheetahs to a former range state following their local extinction due to over hunting
THE NORTHER CAPE REPORTS THE FIRST BROWN LOCUST OUTBREAK.
As the country welcomes spring, a new generation of locust swarm has been sighted in various towns of the Northern Cape.
The Department of Agriculture, Environmental Affairs, Rural Development and Land Reform can confirm that the first brown locust outbreak this season is in Upington, Kliprand, Gamoep, Carnavon and Louriesfontein.
THE NORTHERN CAPE AIMS FOR TEN THOUSAND MARK IN RABIES VACCINATION.
The Northern Cape Department of Agriculture, Environmental Affairs, Rural Development and Land Reform aims to reach a ten-thousand mark of rabies vaccination, after vaccinating 9 891 pets for rabies disease in the Province.
22 August 2022
The MEC for Agriculture, Environmental Affairs, Rural Development and Land Reform, Mme Mase Manopole, has called on the public to report people who are moving live cattle in and around the Province, to the Police or the State Vet Unit.
22 July 2022.
The Northern Cape MEC for Agriculture, Environmental Affairs, Rural Development and Land Reform MEC, Mme Mase Manopole, is calling on the public and land users to be on high alert for veld fires during this fire season. This comes after a preparatory meeting was held with all role player in order to increase the readiness of the Province, in response to the veldfires season.
MEC Mase Manopole visited the Ritchterveld Growers farm,as part of the commitments which were jointly made last year by the Ritchterveld CPA, the strategic partners and Provincial Government. The MEC also unveiled the production implements for potatoes and assessed the readiness of the raisins harvesting season. The MEC was accompanied by the Ritchterveld Local Municipality
Premier Dr. Zamani Saul will today lead a delegation comprising of Members of the Executive Council, Mayors and senior government officials during a stakeholder engagement which is scheduled to take place between the Northern Cape Provincial Government, SASOL and Infrastructure South Africa. This engagement comes after the signing of the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between
06 January 2022 The Department of Agriculture, Environmental Affairs, Land Reform and Rural Development has noted calls from members of the public on the upsurge of the flying brown locust outbreak in various towns of the Northern Cape Province (see supplied visuals below) This is as a result of hoppers in our Province reaching a
TODAY the government led by the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) released water from the Vaal Dam. The release was nescisitated by river flows from the Upper Vaal rapidly filling the Vaal Dam, and the weather forecast which indicated that more rainfalls should be expected in the region. MEC Mase Manopole is calling