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Nigel Klaasen from Elgin wins Western Cape Prestige Agri-Worker of the Year

Nigel Klaasen, a junior production manager on the farm Fruitways Glen Elgin in Elgin, was announced as the 2022 Western Cape Prestige Agri-Awards winner at the annual gala dinner held on Saturday, 5 November 2022, at the Grandwest Complex in Goodwood. Klaasen won prizes to the value of approximately R100 000, including an overseas study […]

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Western Cape Vets vaccinate 18 000 dogs during Rabies Awareness Campaign

State veterinarians and animal technicians attached to the Western Cape Department of Agriculture vaccinated almost 18 000 dogs last month as part of the annual rabies campaign. Western Cape Minister of Agriculture Dr Ivan Meyer said that his department provides rabies vaccines for animals in informal and indigent communities across the province. Meyer said: “Veterinary

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Western Cape Government recognises International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction

Western Cape Government recognises International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction as an opportunity to renew local disaster preparedness The Western Cape like provinces and regional governments across the world needs to build resilience and disaster preparedness in the face of our current reality of climate change, global instability, rapid urbanisation, and the South African catastrophe

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Food gardens give households affordable access to food, dignity and wellbeing

On Sunday, 16 October 2022, the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organisation and the rest of the world commemorate World Food Day. According to the Western Cape Minister of Agriculture, Dr Ivan Meyer, World Food Day is about placing the focus on food insecurity. Meyer said: “It is about highlighting the devastating scourge of hunger.

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