Sedert die ANC vroeg in Augustus hul steun vir onteiening sonder vergoeding (OSV) gegee het nadat ’n mosie daaroor in die parlement geslaag het, heers onsekerheid in Suid-Afrika en die landbou. Dit het ’n negatiewe uitwerking op ons ekonomie en beleggingsvertroue gehad, en tot ’n verharding in gesindhede gelei. 

On Thursday, a new agricultural organisation called SAAI was launched. SAAI is an acronym for the Southern African Agriculture Initiative, which means "sow" in Afrikaans.

The most recent state-backed land conference in Pretoria was full of sunshine. Through an ionic colonnade, the generous tiled portico of St George’s Hotel gave onto a neatly styled courtyard garden nestled between mosaics of ancient gods and cherubs and fountains and ponds.

AgriSA president Dan Kriek – cattle farmer, and member of President Cyril Ramaphosa's special advisory panel on land reform – is emerging as an increasingly controversial figure in the regathering storm over blood-and-soil politics. 

This media statement serves as an update on the status of the Panel Report and a response to the recent media reports regarding a “leaked copy” as well as the “AgriSA Minority Report”

PRESIDENT Cyril Ramaphosa se paneel van kenners wat hom oor grondhervorming moet raad gee, was toe allesbehalwe eenparig.

Agri SA is heartened by the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development, Thoko Didiza's budget speech delivered at Parliament today.

Two leading farmers, who were part of Pres. Cyril Ramaphosa’s land reform advisory panel, have released a “supplementary report” after publicly distancing themselves from various recommendations in the panel’s much-anticipated original report.

The controversial Land Panel Report does not only hold far-reaching consequences for agriculture but will affect every landowner in the country.

It is with sadness that Agri SA’s Board received Dan Kriek’s notice of resignation as President of Agri SA. After long and thorough consideration, Kriek decided to step down from this position with effect from 31 December 2019, due to health and stress-related reasons. He will now focus on his business interests and farming enterprise.

What does it help if we pull all the stops to protect our health, but we forget to ensure that everyone has an adequate food supply? The Covid-19 pandemic will accentuate levels of inequality in society in ways we have not anticipated, unless we start paying closer attention to food security among the poorest of the poor.