The Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Barbara Creecy, and Deputy Minister Makhotso Sotyu, handed over the management of
Five small scale timber growers in KwaZulu-Natal have become the first participants in the award-winning Sappi Khulisa programme to achieve
The Sappi/WWF Water Stewardship Partnership is making a difference in the uMkhomazi catchment, a strategic water resource area serving a
Sydney Qedumona Hlanguza from the Umvoti tribal area has been nominated by the NCT Forestry team as their Small Scale
Story and photos: Samora Chapman Phillip Mpangela has been growing trees in KwaMbonambi, northern KwaZulu-Natal, for 25 years. He started
The NCT forestry team hosted two field days for small-scale growers in the KZN midlands at their Glenside and Ahrens
Mondi Zimele's Forestry Partners Programme is a project that offers multi-faceted support to emerging timber growers in northern KwaZulu-Natal. The
A Cabinet decision – taken in 2008 – to restore 22 000 hectares of state owned forestry plantations in the
Part Two in our focus on the small-scale tree farmers of KZN ... Story and pics by Samora Chapman Enoch
Part One in our focus on the small-scale tree farmers of KZN ... Rejoice Shozi, small-scale timber grower and local
By Justin Nyakudanga The Deputy Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) Hon Ms. Makhotso Sotyu (MP) handed over
NCT’s Small-Scale Tree Farmer of the Year for 2021 demonstrates how to establish and build a sustainable tree farming operation
An agroforestry approach is providing a rural Eastern Cape community with a chance to develop and farm their land more
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
