Association For Rural Advancement (AFRA)

14/08/2026

📢 Applications Open: Young Farmers Development Programme – Cohort 3, Closing date 24 August 2026

Siyazisiza is pleased to announce that recruitment for the third cohort of its Young Farmers Development Programme is now open.

Applications are currently invited for the following agricultural streams:
* Nursery Management
* Market Gardening

Young people with a genuine interest in agriculture and enterprise development are encouraged to apply for this valuable opportunity to strengthen their technical knowledge, practical skills and business capabilities. Applicants from the following provinces and areas will be considered:
* KZN: Zululand, King Cetshwayo, Ilembe, Big Five and uMgungundlovu
* Eastern Cape: Alfred Nzo
* Mpumalanga: Nkomazi Local Municipality, Mbombela Local Municipality, Bushbuckridge Municipality, Thembisile Hani Local Municipality, Dr JS Moroka Local Municipality
* Limpopo: Maruleng Municipality

Please use the QR code on the attached poster to apply.

Recruitment will open at a later stage for these additional specialisations: Beekeeping, Agro-processing, and Dual-Purpose Poultry Production.

Prospective applicants are encouraged to follow our page for further announcements, application details and closing dates.

12/08/2026

[Grassroots voices at the climate policy table]

Nike Mkhize, a member of Qina Mbokodo, is representing farm dweller women at today’s policy roundtable, Putting Food Systems on the Climate Agenda: Producer, Worker and Community Priorities for Adaptation Plans under the Climate Change Act.

Nike is sharing grassroots perspectives on the direction of climate policy, highlighting the lived realities, priorities and experiences of farm dweller women and communities.

Climate policy must listen to and reflect the voices of the communities most affected.

12/08/2026

The constitutional challenge to the Expropriation Act was heard in the Western Cape High Court last week. While parties opposing the constitutionality of the Act presented their arguments, AFRA’s arguments could not be heard as the allocated hearing time was exhausted.

The Court will set a further date in the last quarter of 2026 for AFRA and other parties to present their arguments.

AFRA maintains that the Expropriation Act is an important constitutional instrument for advancing land reform and addressing South Africa’s deeply unequal patterns of land ownership. For farm dwellers, labour tenants and other historically dispossessed communities, meaningful land reform remains an urgent matter of justice, dignity and equality.

Read full statement below ⬇️

11/08/2026

09/08/2026

Happy Women’s Day.

07/08/2026

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06/08/2026

Tonight on Case In Point

Can expropriation without compensation pass the constitutional test?

Watch Case In Point every Thursday from 20:00 to 21:00 on the SABC News Channel 404 and SABC Plus.

06/08/2026

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04/08/2026

Following today’s LTCRP progress hearing, AFRA welcomes the Land Court’s directives on mediation, reporting and implementation targets.

With approximately 8,913 claims still outstanding, AFRA calls for urgent action to turn deadlines into measurable progress for labour tenant families. Read the full press release above.