Heavy rain leading to flash flooding is expected in places over the western interior of the Northern Cape at first as well as the western, central and southern parts of the Western Cape, clearing over the western and central parts in the morning. Heavy rainfall raises the water level.
The Northern Cape MEC for Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development, Mr. Norman Shushu said agriculture has the potential to grow and boost the local economy of any area.
The Northern Cape MEC for Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development, Mr. Norman Shushu is expected to hand over a Sheep Shearing Shed to the Swart Opkomende Landbou Forum (SOLF) in Loxton at the Ubuntu Local Municipality on the 20th March 2014.
The Northern Cape MEC for Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development, Mr Norman Shushu will be launching three projects in the Pixley ka Seme District Municipality on the 06 & 07 March 2014 respectively.
The Northern Cape Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development is welcoming the increment of farm workers in the province next month with open hands. This after the Department of Labour announced yesterday that farm workers salary will increase by 75 cents per hour in march. Farm workers are leaving under abject poverty and appalling conditions therefore an increment will assist where possible. Hence an integrated approach is vital in solving challenges facing farm workers and farm dwellers.
The Northern Cape Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development has welcomed the good rains that has rained in the past days. The Festive rains will ease the burden on our farmers especially the emerging farmers who are the hardest hit by drought. It will also bring a sigh of relief to our farmers both commercial and emerging.
The Department was noting with concern the dryness of the veld, due to lack of rain in the past months.
The dryness of the vegetation due to lack of rain create perfect conditions for runaway veld fires.
Issued by: Directorate Communication Services. Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
The Northern Cape Provincial Government joins with the rest of the country and the world in mourning the passing of our former state President, Mr. Nelson Mandela.
The Northern Cape Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development will once again mark the province’s LandCare Week, 27-29, by mobilizing the farming community and the broader society to assist in conserving natural resources such as land and water.
The three day conference will be held at the Kopano Centre, Beaconsfield in Kimberley under the theme “Countering land degradation to ensure sustainable food security”.
The Northern Cape Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development will hold a two day workshop on the 26-27 at Kimberley in the Francis Baard District.
The purpose of the workshop is sensitize and to orientate the provincial agricultural stakeholders on the aims and roles of Comprehensive Agricultural Development Programme. (CAADP)
President Jacob Zuma will on Thursday, 24 October, officially launch the government’s food security programme, Fetsa Tlala, in Kuruman in the Northern Cape. The programme is managed by the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. The Government’s Integrated Food Security Production Intervention Programme was introduced last year to afford small holder farmers, communities and households an ability to increase production of basic food. This intervention will be managed over a period of ten years from 2012 to 2022.