Enel Green Power South Africa connects Karusa Wind Farm to the national grid
Karusa wind farm in South Africa’s Western Cape province achieved commercial operation giving the national grid access to an additional 147 MW of renewable energy.
Land reform in South Africa: what the real debate should be about
Land reform in South Africa is an emotive and politically fraught subject. That’s because land was at the heart of the dispossession of Africans by colonial settlers.
Pure South African saffron “deserves to be better known”
Recent expansion in saffron planting in South Africa – 22 hectares now dotted across all nine provinces, with most concentrated in the arid Northern Cape – has opened the door to what could be the perfect cash crop for South African farmers.
What’s driving hunger in Gauteng, South Africa’s economic power house
Food serves as one of the critical needs a person requires for daily survival. In South Africa it’s recognised as a fundamental human right under the country’s constitution.
FairPlay Movement proposes five-point plan to stave off hunger as jobless totals rise
More millions out of work means more poverty, more hunger and more malnutrition. The government must act urgently to ensure food security for all as winter approaches.
Ready … Set … Come experience it!
It is with great excitement and a sense of relief that Grain SA’s took notice of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s address last week announcing the adjusted Level 1 regulations, which came into effect and allowing the 2022 NAMPO Harvest Day to be hosted from 16-20 May 2022 at 50% of NAMPO Park’s capacity.
Tackling Youth Unemployment in Free State
The lives of 30 young people in the under-resourced Free State communities of Kroonstad and Bultfontein will soon be transformed, thanks to the generous support from Woolworths.
Rozy Saw it Through the Grapevine!
The unique Iona Wine Farm is situated in Elgin in the Western Cape, surrounded by the UNESCO-certified Kogelberg Biosphere. It is the highest altitude winery in Elgin and home to the coolest-growing season vineyards in South Africa.
Why the dairy sector is cheesed off
Faced with cheap, often subsidised, imports, many local dairy farmers have quit production in recent years. Those who remain have realised that the only way to survive is to increase the scale of operations — an outcome that is often used, incorrectly, as evidence of increased concentration in the sector.
Malnutrition in Africa: Overcoming the long-standing battle to eradicate nutrient deficiencies on the continent
The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic only exacerbated multidimensional poverty conditions across the continent: a look at malnutrition.