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Another year has come to an end without the controversial policy on land expropriation without compensation being completed. EWN reports parliament has not yet formalised a programme on a way forward for land expropriation without compensation. Parliament’s ad hoc committee formulating legislation to amend Section 25 of the Constitution to allow for expropriation without compensation also ended on a not-so-high note two months ago. It’s been three years since the ANC resolved at its Nasrec conference to move ahead with land expropriation without compensation. But court cases, COVID-19 and extended public hearings have further delayed the process. 

In November 2020 the ad hoc committee to initiate and introduce legislation amending Section 25, postponed its meeting to consider the draft report on its public participation programme. Political analyst Ralph Mathekga said the delays were expected as the land policy had not had wide support, even from within the ANC. He said land expropriation was still going to be discussed for some time before it became law.

Boere in Namakwaland en Boesmanland in die Noord-Kaap sê dat reën in hierdie gebied baie nodig is aangesien die streek nog onder erge droogtetoestande gebuk gaan. Die provinsie het sedert die begin van die nuwe jaar wydverspreide reën in groot dele ervaar. Steierkraal, 'n plaas naby Onseepkans in die Boesmanlandstreek, het ná jare ongeveer 50mm reën gekry. Naby Bulletrap, 'n dorp tussen Steinkopf en Springbok, het die reën sommer lekker geval en dit het 'n rivier gevorm. Boere is dankbaar vir die goeie reën en verwag dat die reën nog vir die volgende paar dae sal voortduur en die veld weer mooi sal groei. Intussen sê Nicol Jansen, president van Agri Noord-Kaap, inwoners deel graag videos van strome en riviere ná goeie reënval. Hy sê egter dat alhoewel die reën in die noordelike en oostelike dele van die provinsie voorkom, is daar steeds dele van die provinsie wat nog nie reën gekry het nie.

The poultry industry is filled with competition - but there is plenty of room for newcomers. This is according to 29-year-old Paballo Motumi, who is a poultry farmer in Kuruman in the Northern Cape. She adds that even though there is a lot of competition within the industry, the demand for meat and eggs is ever-growing. Motumi, who is the owner of GG Enterprise, says she farms with Broiler chickens – the Ross 308 – and she adds they grow within a short period of time. Within six weeks’ time, they are ready to be slaughtered. She says she also has indigenous chickens. They are also called ‘hardbodies’ although they take longer to grow, they don’t require much attention and hard work as the broilers do. Motumi says starting a poultry business does not really require a lot of money – especially for those that are starting from their backyard. A shack or a well-ventilated room will do, depending on how many chickens you want to start farming with. She does, however, recommend to anyone who wants to start a poultry business to first do a brief feasibility study in your area, and make sure to market their product even before they start.

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Die DA in die Vrystaat het die Valke versoek om klagte rakende die Openbare Beskermer (OB), Busisiwe Mkhwebane, se verslag te ondersoek wat in Desember 2020 bekend gemaak is met betrekking tot die korrupte Gupta-gekoppelde Vrede-suiwelprojek. Die party se leier, Roy Jankielsohn, sê twee kwessies vereis ondersoekwerk en moontlike vervolging met betrekking tot die verslag. Die eerste kwessie behels die aanduiding deur Mkhwebane dat die voormalige premier van die Vrystaat en huidige sekretaris-generaal van die ANC, Ace Magashule, glo meineed gepleeg het deur valse getuienis onder eed af te lê. Die DA is van mening dat senior ANC-politici bewus moes wees van die korrupsie deur amptenare en individue wat aan die Gupta-gekoppelde maatskappy Estina verbind is. Ondanks die feit dat Estina nooit hul kontraktuele verantwoordelikhede nagekom het nie in terme van 'n belegging van R228 miljoen in die R570 miljoen-projek, het die politici 'n bykomende R106,2 miljoen vir die betaling aan Estina goedgekeur nadat die kontrak met Estina en die Vrystaatse departement van landbou en landelike ontwikkeling gekanselleer is.

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