Departmental News

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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Restrictions in the movement of equids due to increase in AHS cases

Due to the dramatic increase in African Horse Sickness (AHS) cases in the AHS infected (endemic) zone of the country over the last several months, many areas have been closed for direct movement into the AHS controlled area of the Western Cape. All Provinces, including Beaufort West of the Western Cape (which is outside the

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