The Sundays River Valley in the Eastern Cape is one of the top citrus-producing regions in South Africa which, following good winter rains, expects a bumper crop in 2011.

Farmworkers in Addo and Kirkwood in the Eastern Cape went on a day’s strike on Tuesday, accusing some employers of refusing to pay them the recently agreed minimum wage of R20 per hour.

The CGA says the Eastern Cape is the country’s second-largest citrus-producing province after Limpopo. It contributes 25% of the province’s gross domestic product, with 24 508 ha under production.

As the drought continues and with weather forecasters not foreseeing prospects of good rains in the coming three months, farmers in the Eastern Cape, one of the six provinces already declared a ...

Eastern Cape court tells striking citrus workers to stay 500m from farms CEO of Habata Group Hannes Joubert says they are yet to tally the total cost of damaged property and the impact the ...

Nortj said five citrus farmers from other provinces had bought land in the Western Cape in the past 14 months. A farmer from Sundays River Valley in the Eastern Cape has purchased land in the ...

The recent announcement that shipping lines are cancelling calls at the port of Cape Town or implementing a Cape Town congestion surcharge from July, and that large volumes of citrus and other ...