Price of poultry expected to remain same

Cobus Coetzee|Published

Consumers are unlikely to be suddenly paying more for poultry following the provisional duties imposed on imports of frozen bone-in chicken.

Farmhands earn R3 000 of less

Cobus Coetzee|Published

Nearly half of all farmworker households in the Overstrand earn below R3 000 a month.

Firms to recoup half of youth spend

Cobus Coetzee|Published

Businesses will get back up to half of what they spend on salaries of young employees with the new employment tax incentive.

Insurance claims soar after farm violence

Cobus Coetzee|Published

Western Cape farmers claimed R160m from a state-owned insurance company for damages suffered during recent strikes.

Only 15 500 farmworkers get wage hike

Cobus Coetzee|Published

More than 15 500 farmworkers in the Western Cape have not received a new daily minimum wage.

Non-qualifers receiving youth wage subsidies

Cobus Coetzee|Published

People older than 40 have been receiving youth wage subsidies from the provincial government over the past four years.

73-year old gets youth wage subsidy

Cobus Coetzee|Published

Martin Hendricks, 73, might be the oldest intern to receive a youth wage subsidy in the Western Cape.

Study reveals local grape economics

Cobus Coetzee|Published

For every £4. 50 (or R63) a British person pays for a kilogram of green seedless grapes in a UK supermarket, only R11. 37 will reach the farm gates in the Hex River ...

Bid to avert strike on W Cape farms

Cobus Coetzee|Published

A last-ditch meeting with Western Cape farm owners hopes to averting an imminent strike.