News and Speeches for Ministry of Finance
Shock at Farm Murder in Worcester
5 February 2007Statement by Minister Cobus Dowry: Agriculture Read More
Launch of the Micro Agricultural Financial Institutional Scheme of South Africa
25 October 2006About 46% of South African households are considered poor or low-income, more then 15 million poor people living in rural areas in South Africa and over 60% of black households can be defined as low-income and rely mostly on the informal sector for... Read More
Matters Pertaining to Crime in Farming Communities Must be Investigated
12 September 2006Statement by Minister Dowry Read More
Building a New Partnership for Shared Growth in the Cape Winelands
9 September 2006The Cape Winelands District, which includes the Breede Valley, Witzenberg, Drakenstein, Breede River Winelands, and Stellenbosch municipalities wil Read More
Media Alert: Farmer Indaba
3 September 2006Farmer Indaba 5 September 2006 Percheron Hall, Elsenburg Alie van Jaarsveld Spokesperson Ministry of Agriculture: Western Cape Read More
Ban of Ostrich Movement Lifted
27 July 2006The ostriches infected with the H5N2 Avian Influenza virus, as well as the high risk contact animals, in the Riversdale district have been culled during the last ten days. Read More
Avian Influenza has Limited Effect on Export of Meat
5 July 2006Various measures and actions have been instituted to contain the spread of Avian Influenza that has been detected north of Albertinia, between Mossel Bay and Riversdale. After further testing to determine the extent of the outbreak actions to... Read More
Road Forward for Jonkershoek
24 June 2006The first follow-up meeting with regard to evictions and land matters in Jonkershoek is scheduled for 26 June 2006 at 10h00 at the Council Chambers in Stellenbosch. This will be followed by a press conference at the same venue. Read More
Road Forward for Jonkershoek - Follow up
5 June 2006The meeting to discuss and plot the way forward with regard to evictions and matters pertaining land tenure in Jonkershoek, took place in good spirit today. Read More
Status Report on African Horse Sickness
22 May 2006Almost six weeks ago the fact that cases of African Horse Sickness were detected in the Worcester and Robertson districts of the Western Cape Province was made public. To ensure that the public is kept informed about the status of this disease... Read More
Launch of the Agricultural and Agribusiness Strategy
10 May 2006One of the commitments undertaken at the Provincial Growth and Development Summit, held on 14 November 2003, was that strategies should be developed for certain key sectors of the Western Cape economy. Read More
Western Cape Veterinary Services asked to Assist in Movement Control of Pigs
13 March 2006It was reported yesterday that the Eastern Cape veterinary services have detected swine fever at Uitenhage in the Nelson Mandela Metro and that about a thousand pigs needs to be culled during culling operations this week. Read More
Agriculture Opens Yet Another Training Facility
22 February 2006The Department of Agriculture in the Western Cape is committed to the total empowerment of all the people in the Agricultural home for all. Read More
Plea to Banks to Come to the Aid of Farmers Affected by Fires in Overberg
20 February 2006One of the consequences of devastating fires that raged from 1-4 February 2006 in the Overberg over approximately 46 000 hectares is the total destruction of mainly veld and fynbos in the conservation areas. Read More
Budget 2006/07
16 February 2006Accelerated and shared economic growth in the Western Cape Focusing our energy on: Read More
Minister Dowry Appeals to Petroleum Industry Association for Action
13 December 2005Copy of a letter from Cobus Dowry, Minister of Agriculture in the Western Cape to the South African Petroleum Industry Association (Sapia) requesting urgent attention to certain areas in the Western Cape where a diesel shortage is affecting farming... Read More
Vuki Farm Deal Concluded
30 November 2005The name Vuki is a Sesotho word meaning, literally translated, to stand up. The use of the word in Sotho however implies "Arise, be awake. Go and do something for yourself". Read More
Media Alert: Market Access for Africa's Agricultural Products
23 October 2005The Minister for Agriculture and Land Affairs Ms Thoko Didiza will open the very important joint International Conference on Market Access For Africa's Agricultural Products which is hosted by the SA AGRI Academy and CBI from the Netherlands. Read More
Healthy Dogs in the Home for All
19 October 2005Media Alert Please note that the campaign (Free vaccination against rabies and deworming of (± 1000) dogs) will commence today (Thursday 20 October) at 13:30 at Cloetesville Sport ground (Stellenbosch). Read More
Western Cape Celebrates World Food Day in Dialogue
12 October 2005The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations celebrates World Food Day each year on 16 October, the day on which the Organisation was founded in 1945. The World Food Day theme for 2005 is, "Agriculture and intercultural dialogue". Read More
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