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To drive comprehensive and equitable agricultural growth, food security and the advancement of rural communities through sustained scientific and digital technology practices. View our Values and Strategic Objectives
As part of the uMgungundlovu District Operation Sukuma Sakhe programme, with a firm focus on addressing societal and service delivery issues on Wednesday, 03 March 2026 in Richmond's Ward 6...
Veterinary Services charged with the responsibility of fighting Foot-and-Mouth Disease head-on through mass cattle vaccination, has exceeded expectations by vaccinating more 30 thousand cattle within the first three-day period within...
The KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Agriculture and Rural Development, Hon. MEC Thembeni kaMadlopha-Mthethwa, attended the State of the Province Address (SOPA) of the Seventh Administration on Friday 27 February 2026 in...
The KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Agriculture and Rural Development, Mrs Thembeni kaMadlopha-Mthethwa, has issued a stern warning to individuals involved in the illicit movement of animals amidst the severe outbreak of...
The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Agriculture and Rural Development successfully hosted the inaugural Phezukomkhono Female Entrepreneur Awards on Tuesday 24 February 2025, at the Inkosi Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre in...
The KwaZulu-Natal MEC for the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mrs Thembeni kaMadlopha-Mthethwa, has urged post-matriculation students to pursue agriculture as their chosen field. She addressed hundreds of students on...
The MEC for Agriculture and Rural Development, Mrs Thembeni kaMadlopha-Mthethwa, participated in the Operation Siyahlola at the Department's Mtubatuba local office on 11 February 2026, to assess the viability of...
The KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Agriculture and Rural Development, Mrs Thembeni kaMadlopha-Mthethwa, said that Veterinary Services personnel are actively engaged on the ground, administering antibiotics and spraying farms to mitigate the...
An oversight visit by the KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Agriculture and Rural Development, Mrs. Thembeni-kaMadlopha-Mthethwa and members of the Provincial Legislature to Ingwavuma on Thursday 29 January 2026, is expected to...
KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Agriculture and Rural Development, Ms. Thembeni kaMadlopha-Mthethwa, was among government dignitaries attending the commemoration of the Battle of Isandlwana on Thursday, 22 January 2026 in the northern...
The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development in KwaZulu-Natal, led by the Hon. MEC Thembeni kaMadlopha-Mthethwa, visited the Church of the Holy Ghost in Hammarsdale as part of the Department's...
The KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Agriculture and Rural Development, Ms. Thembeni kaMadlopha-Mthethwa, has expressed congratulations to the provincial Matric class of 2025. The provincial matriculants achieved an outstanding pass rate of...