It’s that time of year when we set new challenges for the year ahead. Except this year is different. We
PRIME PLANTATION FARM – 4 300 HA – BARBERTON AREA ON AUCTION... VANS MPUMALANGA AUCTIONEERS will auction four farm portions
While most of South Africa was still living and working under Level 3 lockdown due to the Coronavirus pandemic sweeping
A story about the Manguzi timber growers by forester-at-large, JUSTIN NYAKUDANGA I recently visited Manguzi town on a forestry cruising
The outbreak of the coronavirus and the implementation of the nationwide lockdown may have deferred the land reform programme as
‘We want our land back, jobs and economic opportunities’ … a case of timber gone missing at Richmond Municipality. By
Amandla Emvelo CPA, a community owned and managed tree farming enterprise based in Hermannsburg, KZN, has recently upgraded its forestry
The potential for forestry to bring sustainable jobs and economic development to remote rural areas of the Eastern Cape (former
Agri SA is elated about the outcome of the Melmoth land claim case in favour of the landowners. The outcome
Sappi is making a massive investment in skills training as it moves ahead with its aim of creating ‘shared value’
The establishment of a training academy at a remote rural village in southern KwaZulu-Natal is set to unlock the human
Mentorship is a familiar concept in the context of rural development in South Africa. It refers to the process of
Sappi was one of the early pioneers of forestry outgrower programmes through Project Grow, which started way back in 1983.
This film tells the story of Ozwathini, a remote rural community situated in the midlands of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, where
South Africa’s agribusiness sector has long believed that land ownership should reflect far greater equitability and give effect to the
SA Forestry magazine editor, Chris Chapman reports on the recent FSA Annual General Meeting... The debate around expropriation of land
The world’s challenge today is to balance ecologically sustainable development with economic growth and this is becoming more difficult as
An exciting project to assist small-scale growers in Sokhulu area of Zululand to rejuvenate their forestry businesses by re-establishing their
South African Forestry Company Ltd (Safcol), in collaboration with key government stakeholders, has launched an exciting initiative aimed at raising
By Lize Joubert-van der Merwe Ecological networks (ENs) among forestry compartments can conserve biodiversity and ecosystem services as well as
(Tsitsikamma River Case Study) by Theo Stehle Recently I accompanied Cassie Carstens, Planning Manager of MTO Forestry (Cape), to a
Forestry industry stakeholders have launched an initiative to develop an independent South African certification standard and system that could be
It’s not so much about how you establish your woodlot – it’s more about how you maintain the growing trees
NCT’s Richards Bay Woodchips hosted a field day for small-scale growers from the Zululand region, as the mill gears up
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