It goes without saying that Rift Valley fever (RVF) is a serious disease. All livestock owners must vaccinate their animals as the virus does not necessarily discriminate as to which species are affected. While sheep are the main targets, goats, cattle, and even...
While other girls in her community wanted to become ballerinas and go to university, 24-year-old Salomè Scholtz, from a small farming town in the North West province, wanted to be a farmer. “When I was around 14 years old, I always told people I want to be a farmer....
Thapelo Kgopodithate might be just 33 years old, but he’s already learned one of life’s greatest lessons. He learned that “farming in the Kalahari is like farming on the moon. Sometimes you feel alone – far from everything and everyone. It’s a place where you struggle...
The National Council of SPCAs (NSPCA) has turned to the court to stop a shipment of over 80 000 sheep from the Eastern Cape to Kuwait this month, citing animal abuse concerns. If, on 6 August, the courts rule in the NSPCA’s favour, it would mark the first known...
Ettiene van Wyk says it’s hard to accept that government revoked the classification of drought as a national disaster. It isn’t always easy nor pleasant, but God’s plan is always the better and best plan, both for my life and business.” Ettiene van Wyk, a...
A single Simbra bull sold for a record R370,000 in an online auction this week, just two months after a R310,000 Nguni bull set a new world price record for that breed of cattle. 19 other bulls in the same auction fetched an average price of R95,000 each, said online...
