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The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Agriculture and Rural Development MEC, Mrs. Thembeni kaMadlopha-Mthethwa, urged interfaith organizations to motivate their followers to implement the "one home, one garden" concept in their backyards...
The life of a farmer. Regardless of Easter Holidays or not, our focus remains on vaccinating cloven-hoofed animals to ensure their welfare," that's according to the Department of Agriculture and...
The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, led by MEC Mrs.Thembeni kaMadlopha-Mthethwa, embarked on a massive vaccination drive in uMkhanyakude,one of the largest districts in terms of animal population,...
The KwaZulu-Natal MEC for the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mrs. Thembeni kaMadlopha-Mthethwa, has pledged to involve more young people in agricultural activities, saying that the sector is adapting...
The KwaZulu-Natal MEC for the Department Agriculture and Rural Development, Mrs. kaMadlopha-Mthethwa, has voiced her concern about the shortage of dairy farmers among previously disadvantaged communities. She...
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...