Departmental News

Western Cape trade visit to Maputo sees “Mission Achieved” for African Agri Strategy

Today, Western Cape Minister of Agriculture Dr Ivan Meyer returned from Maputo, Mozambique, where he led a Western Cape trade mission to the  57th FACIM trade exhibition. FACIM is a trade fair which attracts more than 2,500 exhibitors from 20 countries and 50,000 visitors. Meyer commented that FACIM allowed exhibitors and visitors to interact through […]

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Western Cape Agriculture hosts successful Agriculture Municipal Summit

On Thursday, 4 August 2022,  the Western Cape Minister of Agriculture, Dr Ivan Meyer, officially opened the Western Cape Department of Agriculture’s inaugural Municipal Agricultural Summit at Goudini Spa in Rawsonville. The two-day summit focussed on crucial matters that impact the agricultural sector in the local government arena. These included critical issues such as land

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Western Cape welcomes the extradition of 2019 Bonnievale farm attack suspects

The Western Cape Minister of Agriculture, Dr Ivan Meyer, welcomes the successful extradition of the three suspects sought in the 2019 attack on a farm in Bonnievale. The attack left one person dead and another seriously injured. Following sterling work by the investigation team,  a successful extradition order was granted by the courts in Lesotho

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Integration of security technologies is now the focus as the number of accredited farm and neighbourhood watches continue to grow

Last week  6 July 2022, Western Cape Minister of Agriculture, Dr Ivan Meyer, chaired the Western Cape  Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) quarterly meeting on Rural Safety at Elsenburg, Stellenbosch. The committee received progress reports on integrating systems to optimise technology,  support and recognition for neighbourhood and farm watch use. In addition, I welcomed the news of

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