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Agriculture Minister Thoko Didiza. Picture: @DAFF_ZA/Twitter.

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Govt's agriculture plan to create over 70,000 new jobs

By Vutivi Business News

According to the document, 6,500 new SMMEs will be created in the sector, there will be an additional 71,487 jobs, and animal production is set to expand by 611...

  • FILE: Minister of Agriculture, Rural Development & Land Reform Thoko Didiza. Picture: GCIS.

    Agri minister says new master plan will increase farming investment, create jobs

    Agriculture Minister Thoko Didiza signed what's been touted as a 'master plan' on Thursday which sets out to increase investment in farming.

    43 days ago
  • FILE: Agriculture Minister Thoko Didiza. Picture: @DAFF_ZA/Twitter

    Didiza: SA won't run out of sugar due to KZN flood damage

    Agriculture Minister Thoko Didiza said that a committee had been set up in KwaZulu-Natal to look at immediate interventions for farmers after the floods.

    64 days ago
  • FILE: Minister of Agriculture, Rural Development & Land Reform Thoko Didiza. Picture: GCIS.

    Foot-and-mouth disease wreaking havoc on farm and communal areas

    Agriculture Minister Thoko Didiza said the country has been currently battling at least 56 foot-and-mouth outbreaks.

    74 days ago
  • FILE: The minister warns the spread of FMD has a severe negative impact not only on the economy but also on individual animal owners. Picture: Sethembiso Zulu/EWN.

    SA currently battling 56 outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease - Didiza

    Foot-and-mouth disease is affecting farms and communal areas in the Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, the North West and Gauteng.

    74 days ago
  • Didiza announces support for subsistence farmers

    Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development Thoko Didiza on Monday announced interventions to support subsistence farmers through the Presidential Employment Stimulus initiative.

    564 days ago
  • Picture: EWN

    Government announces R1 billion boost for subsistence farmers

    Agriculture Minister Thoko Didiza said that more than 75 people - mainly women whose production was affected by the COVID-19 pandemic - would benefit from the programme.

    564 days ago
  • Rural women from the Western Cape marched to Parliament on 15 October 2020, demanding productive land, land expropriation and a basic income grant. Picture: Kaylynn Palm/Eyewitness News

    Female farmers march to Parly to demand farm land

    The demonstrators handed over a memorandum. They also wanted to meet with Land Reform and Rural Development Thoko Didiza.

    617 days ago
  • FILE: Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development Minister Thoko Didiza Thoko Didiza. Picture: GCIS.

    700,000 hectares of state-owned land now available to the public

    Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development, Thoko Didiza, said in the next two weeks, government would issue advertisement notices of 896 farms totalling 700,000 hectares of under-utilised or vacant state land.

    631 days ago
  • FILE: Agriculture Minister Thoko Didiza at a briefing on 6 April 2020. Picture: @GovernmentZA/Twitter.

    Didiza: Women farmers will be prioritised in govt procurement processes

    The minister held a virtual dialogue on Monday with women in the sector who raised many issues centering around the lack of land.

    662 days ago
  • Agriculture Minister Thoko Didiza at a briefing on 6 April 2020. Picture: @GovernmentZA/Twitter.

    COVID-19: Livestock most requested from agriculture disaster fund, says Didiza

    Government has set aside R1.2 billion for farmers struggling amid the coronavirus lockdown.

    768 days ago
  • Agriculture Minister Thoko Didiza at a briefing on 6 April 2020. Picture: @GovernmentZA/Twitter.

    Didiza: Panic buying may lead to unnecessary food price hikes

    Speaking at a briefing in Pretoria on Monday, the Agriculture Minister announced interventions in the agricultural sector to ensure continued food production during the COVID-19 outbreak and beyond.

    809 days ago
  • Minister Didiza outlines plans aimed at continued food production

    Following the coronavirus lockdown in South Africa, Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development Thoko Didiza announced plans to assist the agriculture industry to ensure continued food production.

    809 days ago
  • Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development Thoko Didiza at an inter-ministerial briefing on 24 March 2020 detailing how government will respond ahead of and during the 21-day lockdown announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa. Picture: Kayleen Morgan/EWN.

    Didiza warns panic buying will hinder entire supply chain

    From Friday morning, the country will go into a 21-day lockdown as government tries to curb the spread of COVD-19, which has killed almost 20,000 people around the world.

    822 days ago
  • This plan includes the layout for the redevelopment of the community, including 954 housing units to be allocated to individual claimants. Picture: Kaylynn Palm/EWN

    District Six working comm provides feedback on restitution plan

    In December, Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development Thoko Didiza submitted a plan on the redevelopment of District Six to the Land Claims Court for residents who lodged claims between 1994 and 1998.

    874 days ago
  • Agriculture, Rural Development and Land Reform Minister Thoko Didiza. Picture: @DRDLR_online/Twitter

    Cabinet explains why it’s rejected land reform fund for expropriation

    Cabinet has rejected a recommendation to form a land reform fund to assist with the expropriation of land without expropriation.

    918 days ago
  • Agriculture, Rural Development and Land Reform Minister Thoko Didiza. Picture: @DRDLR_online/Twitter

    Minister Didiza visits troubled Mthwalume area

    In recent weeks, land and sugar cane fields belonging to the Mathulini Communal Property Association were set alight resulting in damage estimated at around R3 million.

    1032 days ago
  • Agriculture and Land Reform Minister Thoko Didiza briefing the media on 16 July 2019 ahead of tabling her department’s budget. Picture: @SAgovnews/Twitter.

    Didiza turns to MECs to help combat African swine flu

    The minister met with her Gauteng, North West Mpumalanga counterparts on Saturday to address the status of the situation.

    1035 days ago
  • FILE: Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development Minister Thoko Didiza. Picture: @SAgovnews/Twitter.

    District Six claimants ready to work with Didiza following court ruling

    Last week, the Land Claims Court found former Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane didn’t comply with a court order to come up with a proper plan for restitution, shifting that responsibility to her successor.

    1055 days ago
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