Most recent news
2011
2011-09-08: Gerrit van Rensburg, Western Cape Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, together with Gesie van Deventer, Drakenstein Mayor, paid a visit to Paarl farmer, JT Basson, earlier today. Basson has been issued with a warning that his irrigation water supply will be cut within 24 hours by the Department of Water Affairs if drinking water is not restored to ten houses on his land. Read more here.
2011-08-31 "Quick response and teamwork from the Western Cape Government has averted potential chaos in the Oudtshoorn Ostrich industry", Gerrit van Rensburg said today in Riversdale, Southern Cape". Read more here.
2011-08-30 Gerrit van Rensburg, Western Cape Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, once again urges anyone with information on the implementation of the "dop-system", where farm workers in the Western Cape are allegedly being paid with wine, to come forth with information. Read more here.
2011-08-18 Gerrit van Rensburg, Western Cape Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, yesterday (17 August 2011) gave his best wishes to the South African wine delegation which will participate in the fifth Yantai International Wine Festival in Yantai, Shandong Province, China. Read more here.
2011-08-03 "In the light of ever-increasing electricity costs, farmers need to investigate alternative measures to offset this production cost," Gerrit van Rensburg, Western Cape Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, said at the recent Agri Western Cape Congress held in Goudini. Read more here
2011-07-21The Western Cape-Burgundy Wine Exhange Programme: New Book Celebrates 10 years. Press release can be downloaded here and photo here.
2011-06-23 The 2011 CAPE Partners' Conference press release can be downloaded here and photo here.
2011-06-21 The 2011 CAPE Partners' Conference will be held on 23 and 24 June 2011 and focuses on the interface between Biodiversity Conservation and Agriculture. This year the conference aims to showcase the successful collaborative interventions that have occurred between Biodiversity Conservation and Agriculture during the first phase of the CAPE programme and is jointly hosted by CAPE Partners: SANBI, the Western Cape Department of Agriculture and WWF-SA through the GreenChoice Alliance. The conference will be held at the Percheron Hall, Elsenburg Agricultural Training College at Elsenburg just outside of Stellenbosch. Read more here and download the full programme here.
2011-04-18 The human side of Avian Flu: After discussions with Western Cape Minister of Social Development, Patricia De Lille, Gerrit van Rensburg, Western Cape Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development today announced a special task team to look into the plight of workers directly affected by the recent outbreak of Avian Influenza in Oudtshoorn, Western Cape. Read more...
2011-04-05 Mnister geniet KKNK produksie saam met plaaswerkers: Ongeveer 2 350 plaaswerkers van die Klein-Karoo omgewing het hierdie jaar die geleentheid gekry om 11 produksies en die Rivierbuurt by die Absa KKNK by te woon. Gerrit van Rensburg, Minister van Landbou en Landelike Ontwikkeling, gaan 3 van hierdie produksies saam met die plaaswerkers geniet. Lees meer...
2011-04-05 Empowering new farmers in Suurbraak, Western Cape: Gerrit van Rensburg, Western Cape Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development recently visited an ambitious agricultural empowerment initiative in the Suurbraak community, outside Swellendam in the Western Cape. Read more ...
