{"id":5552,"date":"2026-11-10T08:22:13","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T06:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kzndarddev.kznsshf.gov.za\/?page_id=5552"},"modified":"2026-11-10T08:23:36","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T06:23:36","slug":"kamadlopha-mthethwa-takes-agriculture-to-the-townships","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.kzndard.gov.za\/?page_id=5552","title":{"rendered":"kaMadlopha-Mthethwa takes Agriculture to the Townships"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"5552\" class=\"elementor elementor-5552\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a8641e4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a8641e4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bd71543 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bd71543\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><h2 class=\"itemTitle\" style=\"font-family: Raleway;line-height: 36.4px;margin: 20px 0px;font-size: 36.4px;padding: 30px;text-align: center;white-space: normal\">kaMadlopha-Mthethwa takes Agriculture to the Townships<\/h2><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6dd8d19 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6dd8d19\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9415521 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9415521\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"itemImageBlock\"><span class=\"itemImage\"><a title=\"Click to preview image\" href=\"http:\/\/kzndard.kznsshf.gov.za\/media\/k2\/items\/cache\/4cd4eaee1c7cc4757d33459591114de7_XL.jpg\" data-k2-modal=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/kzndard.kznsshf.gov.za\/media\/k2\/items\/cache\/4cd4eaee1c7cc4757d33459591114de7_L.jpg\" alt=\"kaMadlopha-Mthethwa takes Agriculture to the Townships\" \/><\/a><\/span><div class=\"clr\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><div class=\"itemFullText\"><p>KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Agriculture and Rural Development, Ms Thembeni kaMadlopha-Mthethwa, has urged organisations providing care for children, the elderly and people with disabilities to engage in self-sustainable agricultural activities. kaMadlopha-Mthethwa visited the eNduduzweni Health Care Centre for the Disabled in uMlazi, south of Durban, on the 25<sup>th<\/sup> February 2025, where she encouraged the centre to cultivate vegetables and ensure self-sufficiency in food production. The centre received seedling packs and production inputs, including hand hoes and watering cans. This initiative aims to address food insecurity. kaMadlopha-Mthethwa and her leadership team participated in cultivating the centre&#8217;s land for a vegetable garden.<\/p><p>&#8220;Once we have distributed these packs, we expect the occupants of this centre to develop and make this centre self-sustainable in producing its own vegetables. Our agricultural advisory teams will provide guidance on farming, including the use of small spaces,&#8221; said kaMadlopha-Mthethwa.<\/p><p>The second programme, held at the uMlazi Cinema Community Hall W Section, benefited 500 people with seedling packs.<\/p><p>The initiative to promote agriculture in the sprawling township of uMlazi, encouraged scores of people to utilise innovative ideas for planting in small spaces. &#8220;Agricultural innovation and urban farming, including vertical farming, are crucial in addressing food insecurity. With 282 million people or 20% of Africa&#8217;s population facing food insecurity and undernutrition, it is imperative for policymakers and industry experts to develop strategies to bridge the gap between the poor and the rich,&#8221; said kaMadlopha-Mthethwa.<\/p><p>The MEC also emphasised the importance of vaccinating pets. Following the deaths of three children bitten by rabid dogs in uMlazi last year, kaMadlopha-Mthethwa urged communities to protect the Department&#8217;s Veterinary Services staff, whose vehicles have been hijacked while conducting vaccinations.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/kzndard.kznsshf.gov.za\/images\/Documents\/Events\/2025\/MEC_takes_Agriculture_to_the_Townships\/2.jpeg\" alt=\"2\" \/><\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/kzndard.kznsshf.gov.za\/images\/Documents\/Events\/2025\/MEC_takes_Agriculture_to_the_Townships\/3.jpeg\" alt=\"3\" \/><\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/kzndard.kznsshf.gov.za\/images\/Documents\/Events\/2025\/MEC_takes_Agriculture_to_the_Townships\/4.jpeg\" alt=\"4\" \/><\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/kzndard.kznsshf.gov.za\/images\/Documents\/Events\/2025\/MEC_takes_Agriculture_to_the_Townships\/5.jpeg\" alt=\"5\" \/><\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/kzndard.kznsshf.gov.za\/images\/Documents\/Events\/2025\/MEC_takes_Agriculture_to_the_Townships\/6.jpeg\" alt=\"6\" \/><\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/kzndard.kznsshf.gov.za\/images\/Documents\/Events\/2025\/MEC_takes_Agriculture_to_the_Townships\/7.jpeg\" alt=\"7\" \/><\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/kzndard.kznsshf.gov.za\/images\/Documents\/Events\/2025\/MEC_takes_Agriculture_to_the_Townships\/8.jpeg\" alt=\"8\" \/><\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/kzndard.kznsshf.gov.za\/images\/Documents\/Events\/2025\/MEC_takes_Agriculture_to_the_Townships\/9.jpeg\" alt=\"9\" \/><\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/kzndard.kznsshf.gov.za\/images\/Documents\/Events\/2025\/MEC_takes_Agriculture_to_the_Townships\/10.jpeg\" alt=\"10\" \/><\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/kzndard.kznsshf.gov.za\/images\/Documents\/Events\/2025\/MEC_takes_Agriculture_to_the_Townships\/11.jpeg\" alt=\"11\" \/><\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>kaMadlopha-Mthethwa takes Agriculture to the Townships \u00a0 KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Agriculture and Rural Development, Ms Thembeni kaMadlopha-Mthethwa, has urged organisations providing care for children, the elderly and people with disabilities to engage in self-sustainable agricultural activities. kaMadlopha-Mthethwa visited the eNduduzweni Health Care Centre for the Disabled in uMlazi, south of Durban, on the 25th February [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5552","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzndard.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5552","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzndard.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzndard.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzndard.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzndard.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5552"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzndard.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5552\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5562,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzndard.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5552\/revisions\/5562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzndard.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}