Rural women farmers in South Africa: how global promises aren’t translating into support on the ground

By Sive Zintle Mbangiswano, Lecturer in the Entrepreneurship Development Unit and co-ordinator of the Student Women Economic Empowerment Programme (SWEEP), Faculty of Management Sciences, Central University of Technology

It is well documented that women small-scale farmers are hard done by in an environment where they farm without security of tenure, which inhibits their ability to raise finance with which to grow their businesses.

Recent research adds another dimension to the challenges facing women small-scale farmers. Rural…

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~	Wolves have returned to Denmark, and not everyone is happy about it

~	The return of Kokpar as Kazakhstan’s modern national sport

~	Will Trump’s ceasefire plan really lead to lasting peace in the Middle East? There’s still a long way to go

~	How disaster-ready are African countries? Study of 5 shows some progress, but also huge gaps

~	China and the US are in a race for critical minerals. African countries need to make the rules

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~	Diane Keaton thrived in the world of humour – and had the dramatic acting chops to back it up

~	Wild honeybees now officially listed as endangered in the EU

~	Since 2020, 4 of Australia’s natural World Heritage properties have deteriorated

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