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Vrystaatse boere se stryd duur voort namate dienslewering in kleiner dorpe verder verswak. Volgens 'n lid van die Tokologo munisipale raad, Johan Steenkamp, het Dealesville-gemeenskapslede en -boere Dinsdag na dié munisipaliteit opgetrek om 'n memorandum vir beter dienslewering te oorhandig. Hy noem dat boere grootliks bydra tot die volhoubaarheid van die Dealesville-ekonomie, maar sonder die munisipaliteit se hulp kan boere nie hul bydraes handhaaf nie. Hy voeg by dat hy hoop voorkeur sal aan dienslewering gegee word.

The DA in the Northern Cape has made an urgent appeal to the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries to scale up its locust combating efforts to better mitigate the impact of ongoing invasions. DA provincial spokesperson for the department of agriculture, Reinette Liebenberg, says that invasions of veld and farmlands by bands of wingless nymphs have been reported over a wide area in the vicinity of Vosburg, Van Wyksvlei, Prieska, Marydale and Hopetown. According to Liebenberg, this comes as district locust officers and workers struggle to contain the growing outbreak due to a number of challenges related to the programme.

Die Vrystaatse LUR vir Polisie, Paaie en Vervoer, William Bulwane, het veediefstal in Qwaqwa, Vrystaat, gekritiseer. Hy het kudde-eienaars, skaapwagters, polisie en tradisionele leiers by die Phuthaditjhaba-polisiestasie ontmoet. Een kudde-eienaar, Samson Kass, sê aan OFM-nuus veediefstal is 'n groot probleem in Qwaqwa, maar beweer polisiebeamptes werk saam met diewe om hierdie misdaad te pleeg. Hy beskuldig die polisie ook daarvan dat hulle voete sleep wanneer dit kom by die soektog na oortreders

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The North West Department of Agriculture’s MEC, Desbo Mohono, encourages farmers to apply for permits as a prerequisite to participate in the hemp industry. The application process is open to all interested groups and individuals. According to a statement released by the department, the hemp permit process follows the Cabinet's decision taken in 2019 to have a plan for industrialisation and commercialisation of cannabis in order to increase economic growth, create jobs and alleviate poverty. Mohono says that the legalisation and commercialisation of cannabis have been at the forefront of public debate and on top of the agenda of policymakers globally. As a role player, the North West agricultural department organised a webinar last year to engage stakeholders in a collaborative effort to advance the Cannabis Masterplan Implementation process.

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