Terwyl daar baie nuus in die landboubedryf en landswyd is oor die dag Zero wat nader staan vir Kaapstad, kry ander provinsies in Suid-Afrika soos die Oos- en Noord-Kaap ook swaar as gevolg van ‘n watertekort. Dag Zero in die Wes-Kaap gaan volgens voorspellings in Mei...
Emaciated cattle‚ barren land and a livelihood slowly crumbling to dust. This is the reality faced every morning by Wilhelm Stemmet. He has joined the ranks of farmers whose cries for help ring out from far and wide as they try to survive in the midst of a...
Livestock farmers in the Northern Cape had thus far reduced their livestock numbers by more than 30% as a result of the persisting drought, according to Henk van Wyk, the president of Agri Northern Cape. Van Wyk said the total herd reduction was difficult to quantify,...