Free State Agriculture (FSA) fully supports the national energy regulating body of SA, NERSA’s media statement of 10 May calling all interested stakeholders to join them in opposing the courts review application. We consider that the Court decision in ESKOM’s…
Free State Agriculture (FSA) confirmed that during 1 April 2016 to 31 March 2021, 298 farm attacks, including 37 murders, had already taken place on agricultural land in the Free State. Agricultural communities are under siege by these types of…
The Free State MEC for Police, Roads and Transport, Mr Sam Mashinini, will meet with various role players from Lesotho and South Africa on 28 April to discuss the illegal influx of Lesotho citizens into the Klaarwater area on specific…
Farmers are hoping for another three weeks of grace against the winter cold so that late crops can reach their full potential. Over the past three mornings frost has occurred in the low-lying parts of the Southern Free State already.…
Recently, the Minister of Public Service and Administration, Senzo Mchunu, announced that 35% of the senior civil servants do not have the necessary qualifications. Free State Agriculture (FSA) last week expressed its concern about the state’s inability to govern the…
Hard work, attention to detail and a strong faith are the pillars on which Free State Agriculture’s new Young Farmer of the Year builds his farming business. Doug Osler (39) from the farm Fourieshoek in the Fouriesburg area, was named…
The police task force that was formed after the murder of Brendin Horner in the Bethlehem Control Room’s service area, meets regularly. This task team, which was compiled at the request of organized agriculture as well as the farming community…
The five finalists in the Free State Agriculture’s (FSA) Young Farmer of the Year competition all believe that there is a future for agriculture in South Africa, provided you are willing to work hard and meet the challenges. According to…
The Auditor General has recently confirmed that the Free State Department of Police, Roads & Transport squandered R1.138 Billion, of which R96 million is unauthorised expenditure. (See report here) The poor state of roads in the Free State has been a central…