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The Mahlabathini farming community, outside Highflats within Johannes Phumani Local Municipality could not hold back their tears following the arrival of the KwaZulu-Natal MEC for the Agriculture and Rural Development,...
Graduates of Inkosi Owen Sithole College of Agriculture (OSCA) have been encouraged to use their academic experience into tangible success by setting up their own agribusiness ventures, supporting farming cooperatives...
The MEC for Agriculture and Rural Development in KwaZulu-Natal Mrs Thembeni kaMadlopha-Mthethwa, was amongst the dignitaries presiding over President Cyril Ramaphosa's Title Deeds Handover Ceremony held at the eSayidi TVET...
It was all smiles for a group of female farmers as they received 96 goats for business farming purposes on Thursday, 19 March 2026 at Ixopo's Morningside Stadium. The MEC...
Ensuing from the official handover of irrigation scheme projects and fencing to uMkhanyakude District farmers on 11 March 2026, the KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Agriculture and Rural Development, Hon. Thembeni kaMadlopha-Mthethwa,...
The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Agriculture and Rural Development has begun administering vaccines manufactured by Dollvet from Turkiye. The first batch saw 11 429 cattle inoculated with the vaccines targeting Foot-and-Mouth...
The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Agriculture and Rural Development's MEC, Mrs. Thembeni kaMadlopha-Mthethwa, has officially handed over key infrastructure projects worth R60 million to the Jozini community in northern KwaZulu-Natal on...
The MEC for the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mrs. Thembeni kaMadlopha-Mthethwa, conducted an oversight visit to dip tanks administering mass vaccinations against the Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) in the...
The KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Agriculture and Rural Development, Hon. Thembeni kaMadlopha-Mthethwa, hosted a two-day Strategic Planning Session with Senior Management of the Department from the 5th to the 6th March...
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...