agriculture

Western Cape contributes 22% to farm employment in SA but AGOA remains a threat

“Agriculture in the Western Cape continues to create jobs in a tough environment,” said Western Cape Provincial Minister of Agriculture, Dr Ivan Meyer. Minister Meyer was commenting on StatsSA’s latest release of South Africa’s Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) which confirmed South Africa’s official unemployment rate of 32.6% in the second quarter of 2023. The […]

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South Africa’s animal vaccines shortage impedes economic growth and jobs creation

“Farmers cannot afford any further setbacks after having survived a drought that decimated many herds. Farmers are still trying to recover and rebuild their herds. No business can survive constant decimation of its asset base repeatedly over a short space of time” says Western Cape Minister of Agriculture, Dr Ivan Meyer. Meyer was responding to

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