R172m for black growers SAFDA’s fight for transformation yields immediate benefits
R172m for black growers SAFDA’s fight for transformation yields immediate...Sugar imports must stop! But industry must transform
By Sfiso Mnguni, Grower Support Services Manager, South African Farmers Development Association (Safda) The South African sugar industry is on the verge of collapse as a result of cheap sugar imports, unless some drastic protection measures are implemented in the form...
AFASA Youth wing all geared up for the youth month
In the build-up into the youth month, AFASA Youth Desk (AFASA-YD) was kept busy in a young farmer mobilization campaign across the country. Supported by Standard Bank, the Youth Desk, spearheaded by Nono Sekhoto, AFASA-YD national chairperson, partnered with local...
Response to press article in the Sunday Times on 10 June 2018
I have been deeply dismayed by the release of an article by the Sunday Times newspaper entitled ‘Something rotten about crayfish poacher penalty. The article states that officials within my department are at loggerheads over what is said to be a missing R 55 million...