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Land Reform and Rural Development Minister Mzwanele Nyhontso. (OJ Koloti/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

Land and reform minister says King MisuZulu acted beyond his powers in suspending ITB members

Minister Mzwanele Nyhontso said the members of the Ingonyama Trust Board would therefore remain in office ‘until the minister decides otherwise’

South Africa has had cycles of foot-and-mouth disease in the cattle industry, multiple strains of avian influenza in poultry, and the African swine fever in the pig industry. (Photo by Eric Lafforgue/Art in All of Us/Corbis via Getty Images)

Rise in animal diseases a global problem 

South Africa must remain vigilant to prevent outbreaks which are costly to farmers and harm the export market

Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Ebrahim Patel. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Patel asks for temporary rebate on poultry imports to avert shortages after bird flu outbreak

The country is grappling with the H5 and H7 variants of the disease, which were first recorded in the Western Cape in April but have spread to other provinces

‘Gold rush’: The cannabis business is flourishing around the world, including in Colorado in the United States (above). Zimbabwe already has opened up the industry and South Africa is now following suit. Photo: Gallo Images

SA’s cannabis growers may bloom

The production of cannabis and hemp for medicinal and industrial purposes finally gets a boost from the government

(File photo by Eric Lafforgue/Art in All of Us/Corbis via Getty Images)

Court stops crossbreeding of wildlife like rhino, lion, giraffe

The listing of wild animals in the Animal Improvement Act would have had ‘catastrophic results’

South Africa has split the animal welfare mandate between the department of forestry, fisheries and the environment (DFFE) and the department of agriculture, land reform and rural development.
 (Photo by David Silverman/Getty Images)

Animal welfare bill being developed in isolation

Two government departments are working separately and animal rights groups are not being consulted, concerned groups say

The distribution of agricultural land in South Africa remains deeply unequal. (David Turnley/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images)

How a land reform agency could break South Africa’s land redistribution deadlock

Things can happen much quicker if the arteries of land reform are unblocked

More than 250 000 tonnes of wheat have been lying in containers at the Durban and Richards Bay ports for about a month after the South African Revenue Services (Sars) withdrew the European Union free duty quota for local millers.

Millers pay for duty-free wheat quota

The South African Revenue Services didn’t gazette the EU quota rates for about month, with no reasons given – and then suddenly published them

Beyond trust: Umnini residents’ land along the South Coast is being sold to outsiders who build holiday homes. (Photo: Ihsaan Haffejee/New Frame)

Illegal land sales head to court

Two state departments have done nothing about the sale of people’s land in Umnini by an inkosi –and R2.5-million has still not been accounted for

The anniversary of King Goodwill Zwelithini’s death was on 12 March; he wished for his successor to bring peace and prosperity.

Didiza intervenes in ‘paralysed’ Ingonyama Trust Board

Labour disputes and withheld funding for noncompliance have rocked the board, which is supposed to administer about three million hectares on behalf of King Goodwill Zwelithini