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An economically transformed agricultural sector, sustainable environmental management and developed rural and urban communities in Gauteng.

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The Gauteng Department of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment cordially invites South Africans to a meeting that will make them aware of how to apply to become a Gauteng Nguni cattle farmer. #GrowingGautengTogether
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The Gauteng Department of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment cordially invites South Africans to a meeting that will make them aware of how to apply to become a Gauteng Nguni cattle farmer. #GrowingGautengTogether
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Help us to welcome the new MEC for Social Development and Agriculture, Rural Development @MbaliHlopheSA #GDARDatWork #GrowingGautengTogether
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Meet Mr Bumbi Ezekiel Mahlangu the owner of Khalangani Farm in Hammanskraal - one of GDARDE Nguni Project Beneficiaries. #GDARDEatWork #GrowingGautengTogether #VoiceOfTheBeneficiary
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Who said farming can't be cool? Meet Thabo Ramaphala this year's overall winner Young Farmers Awards 2019, he strives to make farming cool & would love to see young people taking initiative and participating in the sector. #GDARDatWork #GrowingGautengTogether @fineliving_farm
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The Day has Arrived where Premier @Lesufi and MEC @MbaliHlopheSA are Launching 6000 Green Army EPWP Program at Dobsonville Stadium. #ThreadOpen 🧵 #ZeroWaste #CleanerGP #BontleKeBotho #TISHSila #TISH #GGT2030 #GrowingGautengTogether #GDARDEatWork
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Second-leg for today, MEC @Morakane_ handed over two poultry structures in Bronkhorstspruit, Tshwane. The capacity of these two structures houses 5000 broiler chickens in total. #GDARDatWork #GrowingGautengTogether
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INVITATION TO APPLY TO PARTICIPATE IN FARM YARD RETAIL TRAINING, INCUBATION AND MENTORSHIP PROGRAMME Closing date: 20 October 2023 #GrowingGautengTogether
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Gauteng MEC for Agriculture and Rural Development @VuyiswaRamokgop to reassess the 'Nguni Project' criteria to support black emerging farmers. #GrowingGautengTogether
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WE ARE HIRING 📢 The Gauteng Department of Agriculture, Rural Development & Environment is looking for the following candidates for the Agricultural Graduate program -X27 livestock farming -X27 Crop farming Closing date: 30 July 2023 #GrowingGuatengTogetger
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Today GDARDE is Launching Moblile Abattoir at Moroka Chicken Abattoir, Plot 53,Ironside, Everton. There are 10 beneficiaries that will be awarded, 8 are movable poultry abattoir and to 2 red meat mobile abattoirs. #GrowingGautengTogether #GDARDatWork #GGT2030 #ThreadOpen 🧵
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CALL FOR APPLICATIONS FOR FARMER SUPPORT AND DEVELOPMENT -COMPREHENSIVE AGRICULTURAL SUPPORT PROGRAMME (CASP) Closing date: 15 March 2024 #GrowingGautengTogether
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The Department in partnership with GDED will host a Cannabis webinar under the theme “Unlocking the Gauteng Cannabis Economy – The special focus on SMME Development” Date: 8 December 2021 Time: 10h00–12h30 Virtual platform #GDARDatWork #GrowingGautengTogether #CannabisWebinarGP
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MEC Mpho Parks Tau cordially invites to the 14th Annual Agricultural Research Symposium under the theme: improved research to achieve transformation, modernisation & re-industrialisation of the Guateng agri food sector. #GPARS2022 #GDRADatWork #GrowingGautengTogether
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6 Thousand Job Opportunities Gauteng Government is hiring!! #GrowingGautengTogether #GDARDEatWork
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CALL FOR APPLICATIONS FOR FARMER SUPPORT AND DEVELOPMENT -COMPREHENSIVE AGRICULTURAL SUPPORT PROGRAMME (CASP) Closing date 8 March 2024 #GrowingGautengTogether
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Program Director Ms @IAmAsandaMagaqa Spokesperson for GDARD-GDED has officially opened the Program tonight
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Trust & GDARD wishes to invite farmers meeting criteria,to apply for participation in the Nguni Cattle Development Project Successful applicants will receive 30 pregnant #Ngunicows & 1 Nguni bull as a conditional loan from the Trust. Closing date: 28 June 2019 at 12 noon.
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INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE IN THE GAUTENG IDC NGUNI CATTLE DEVELOPMENT TRUST The Gauteng IDC Nguni Cattle Development Trust (“the Trust”) is a development oriented partnership of the Gauteng Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (GDARD)
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LIVESTOCK FARMER ALERT: Rift Valley fever virus Above average rainfall was recorded across the eastern half of South Africa this 2020/2021 summer and high levels of mosquitos are expected soon. Since Rift Valley fever (RVF) is spread by mosquito bites,
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The Gauteng Green Army, a progressive greening & cleaning campaign under #BontleKeBotho programme, hit the streets of Johannesburg today to clean the city as part of the build-up towards MEC @MbaliHlopheSA tabulating GDARDE’s budget vote for 2023/24 financial year. #GDARDEatWork
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FEMALE ENTREPRENEUR AWARDS 2019/2020 The Female Entrepreneur Awards were established to showcase and celebrate the important contribution that women have and continue to make within the agricultural sector. #GDARDatWork #WomensMonth2019 #GrowingGautengTogether #FEAwards2019
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Who said you can't wine e'Kasi? Meet Mme Lethoba from Sebokeng in Sedibeng who produces wine from her backyard, and here's her story as GDARD continues to celebrate all women who participate in Agroprocessing. #GDARDatWork #GrowingGautengTogether
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Meet Puleng and Christill Ndlovu, the proprietors of Pheko Development Trust located in Nigel, are among the beneficiaries of GDARDE Nguni Project. #GDARDEatWork #GrowingGautengTogether #VoiceOfTheBeneficiaries
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The Department in partnership with GDED will host a Cannabis webinar under the theme “Unlocking the Gauteng Cannabis Economy – The special focus on SMME Development” Date: 8 December 2021 Time: 10h00–12h30 Virtual platform #GDARDatWork #GrowingGautengTogether #CannabisWebinarGP
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GDARD is now offering free design services to farmers registered with the Department. See pamphlet for more information. #GDARDatWork #GrowingGautengTogether
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Today MEC @MbaliHlopheSA visited Fourways Farmers Market to discuss possible partnerships of broadening market access for GP smallholder farmers Discussions were focused on how farmers can be integrated into their farmers market. #GrowingGautengTogether #GDARDEatWork
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UPDATE ON PAYMENT OF STIPENDS FOR 6000 EPWP GREEN ARMY PARTICIPANTS #GrowingGautengTogether #GDARDEatWork Read below 👇
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Thank you to @YOUFM898 for hosting the MEC of @OfficialGDARD @VuyiswaRamokgop on #LoveandMoney , with @PatCashZA where she touched on her upbringing, her rise in politics and now being at the helm of Agriculture and Rural Development in Gauteng. #GrowingGautengTogether
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Meet Zandile Khumalo who farms on the rooftop of the Morningside shopping centre, practices Climate Smart Agriculture and is currently supplying most of the restaurants with vegetables in the centre. #GrowingGautengTogether
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Today MEC for @GautengDED & @OfficialGDARD at @Morakane_ will today be handing over 16 state of the art refrigerator trucks valued at more than R1 Million each to farmers who have been identified to form part of the Department’s Commercialisation program. #GDARDatWork 🧵
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**Celebrating Success: MEC Visits Kings Co-op in Vanderbijlpark** This morning, MEC @VuyiswaRamokgop paid a visit to Kings Co-op, a thriving commercial farm run by an inspiring female farmer, Loretta Visagie, in Vanderbijlpark. #GrowingGautengTogether
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**Nguni Project at Jameson Park Hall: New Farmers Applications Meeting** #GrowingGautengTogether
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Women #entrepreneurs are playing an important role in transforming global #foodsecurity for economic growth, but they have to work twice as hard as men to succeed in #agribusiness . #Smallholder #Agriculture #Agripreneurs #Africa #WomensMonth2019 #GDARDatwork
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The waste economy in South Africa is worth R17 billion. We want to turn waste pickers into business owners #BontleKeBotho #WastePickers17
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Premier of Gauteng @Lesufi and MEC @MbaliHlopheSA will handover; food parcels, backyard garden starter packs to the community and tractors to Gauteng farmers. #GrowingGautengTogether
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MEC @Kgosientso_R and HOD @GaselamaG of GDARD met with the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform& Rural Development Ms Thoko Didiza today in Cape Town, plotting the role of Agriculture in transforming and growing the economy. #GDARDatWork #GautengatWork #GrowingGautengTogether
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The Department would like to welcome MEC Vuyiswa Ramokgopa for Agriculture and Rural Development and MEC Sheila Mary Peters for Environment. We welcome you with open arms and great enthusiasm. #GrowingGautengTogether
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This evening MEC @MbaliHlopheSA & her team attended the launch of the Cash4Trash,an income generating recycling initiative envisioned by Mary-Ann.The vending machines will be strategically located where locals can bring their recyclable trash to be converted into monetary value.
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Meet Mme Rachel from the East Rand as she shares her journey as one of the beneficiaries of the Gauteng IDC cattle development programme and its success. #GrowingGautengTogether
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The Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development is calling all Black, Indian & Coloured South African medium to larger scale commercial farmers to apply to lease State Land in the City of Tshwane. #GrowingGautengTogether
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The Gauteng Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (GDARD) in partnership with Gauteng Department of Economic Development (GDED) will host a Cannabis webinar under the theme “Unlocking the Gauteng Cannabis Economy – Special Focus on the Regulatory Framework”.
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The Gauteng Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (GDARD) will host a webinar on 25th June 2021 under the theme “Modernising Egg Production through Innovative Technology”. The webinar will be held virtually as follows:
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GDARD continues to celebrate all women in Agriculture and Environment this women's month. meet Mme Cathy from Fochville whose involved in mixed farming and here’s her story. #GrowingGautengTogeher #WomensMonth2021
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MEC @Morakane_ Handing over vouchers to farmers in Eikenhof City of Joburg,as initiative to help them navigate through COVID-19.This distribution will be rolled out in different regions across the Gauteng. 991 farmers will be beneficiaries of this relief. #GrowingGautengTogether
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The Joburg inner city clean up campaign,kicked off today in the surrounding areas of Joubert Park moving along to Park Station side.The inner city clean up is a 5 day programme which will aim towards cleaning the inner city. #BontleKeBotho #GDARDEatWork #GrowingGautengTogether 🧵
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The 15th Agricultural research symposium is currently underway at Indaba Hotel, Fourways. The symposium is intended to address holistic agricultural productivity challenges as well as promoting on farm research development. Here is the link: #15thARSGP 🧵
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Meet Andile Matukane, our Young Farmers Awards winner in the Best Young Subsistence Producer category & Overall Winner! Andile is ready to take the next big step by expanding her project & developing more Young Farmers. Her journey cultivates a brighter future for young farmers.
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Invitation to participate in the Gauteng mobile red meat abattoirs for small stock only excluding pigs. Closing date: 3 May 2024 #GrowingGautengTogether
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Handover of Poultry Feed to 19 Farmers in Ekurhuleni by MEC @MbaliHlopheSA at Springs, Ekurhuleni Fresh Produce Market. #GDARDEatWork #GrowingGautengTogether
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True or False Nguni Cattle Project launched in 2015 it's been one of the most successful small-scale farmer development models with beneficiaries, which is replicated for other species of livestock commodities identified in APAP #HaveYourSay #GDARDBudgetVote18 #GDEDBudgetVOTE18
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#NasiIspani | It’s all systems go this morning at Eldorado Park Secondary School members have arrived in their numbers to apply for #GautengJobs We are moving in Gauteng! #GrowingGautengTogether #Threadopen 🪡🧵
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Female Entrepreneur and Young Farmer Awards hosted by GDARD is underway at Turffontien #Thread #GDARDatwork #GrowingGautengTogether #GautengAtWork #Foodsecurity #FemaleFarmers
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The 6000 posts were open to unemployed South Africans that reside in #TISH areas across Gauteng #GrowingGautengTogether #ZeroWaste #CleanerGP #Sila
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Today at MEC Dr @Kgosientso_R will be at King Farmers Co-Op for engagement with Sedibeng farmers as part of the harvest day celebration. #GDARDatWork #GrowingGautengTogether #GautengatWork #MaizeHarvest 🧵
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Day 4 of the Joburg Inner City clean up campaign is converging next to the Bree Taxi Rank, Queen Elizabeth Bridge Park #GDARDEatWork #GrowingGautengTogether #BontleKeBotho
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The @GautengProvince together with @OfficialGDARD launches 6000 Cleaning and Greening Army Programme. Premier @Lesufi and MEC @MbaliHlopheSA will this Sunday, 14 May 2023,launch the Gauteng #WasteManagement & #Foodsecurity EPWP (Green Army) #BontleKeBotho #ZeroWaste #CleanerGP
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Together Industrializing Cannabis Economy in Gauteng #GDARDatWork #GrowingGautengTogether #GPCannabis
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Premier of @GautengProvince @Lesufi delivering the key note address at the Gauteng Climate Change Summit, under the theme “Towards decarbonisation of the economy and a climate-resilient society”. #GrowingGautengTogether #GCCS23
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Climate Change Summit The Summit under the theme “Towards decarbonisation of the economy and a climate-resilient society”, will officially welcome all delegates from around the world to engage on climate action programmes and remedial actions towards combating climate change.
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The Gauteng Department of Agriculture & Rural Development will be hosting the 13th Annual Agriculture Research Symposium virtually on the 5th of February 2021. #GrowingGautengTogether #GDARDatWork
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Submit your Proposal For Agro-Processing Funding Closing Date for the Application is Monday 24 April 2023 at 17h00. Late applications will not be considered. Here is the link for online submissions Email Submission to Mapaseka.Madindwa @gauteng .gov.za
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The Gauteng Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (GDARD) will host a webinar on 25th June 2021 under the theme “Modernising Egg Production through Innovative Technology”.
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Invitation to livestock farmers for a workshop on, production of Hydroponic sprout for livestock feeding. #GrowingGautengTogether
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Meet Lesiba Teffo from Eden Farm in Soshanguwe. Lesiba is this year's best young farm worker. He shares how the training from GDARDE inspired him to pursue Agriculture as a career. Congratulations once again, keep making Agriculture cool and youthful. #GrowingGautengTogether
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[URGENT NOTICE] Applications closed for the 6000 Waste Management and Greening Expanded Public Works Programme #ZeroWaste #CleanerGP
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MEC @VuyiswaRamokgop keynote address at; Transforming Agri-Food Systems at the World Food Forum 2024 Full video here: #GrowingGautengTogether
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GDARD supports small Scale Farmer's by hosting a farmers day at their offices. 🌾🌽🥕 #foodsecurity
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TODAY: @GautengProvince premier @Lesufi and MEC @MbaliHlopheSA launch the Festive Season Food Relief Programme in Magagula Heights, @City_Ekurhuleni in line with the Province’s festive season campaign on war on hunger and poverty. #GrowingGautengTogether #FetsaTlala
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The Sedibeng SMME conference in currently underway at Vereeninging City Hall, the SMME aims to unlock opportunities in the sectors such as Vaal SEZ, agriculture, cannabis and aerospace. #GrowingGautengTogether #SedibengInvest #SedibengSMMEs 🧵 🪡
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Today @OfficialGDARD and @GautengDED will host a Cannabis webinar under the theme “Unlocking the Gauteng Cannabis Economy – Special Focus on the Regulatory Framework”. Time: 10h00 – 12h30 Virtual platform: Microsoft Teams Live Event :
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The Department in partnership with Gauteng Department of Economic Development (GDED) will host a Cannabis webinar under the theme “Unlocking the Gauteng Cannabis Economy – The special focus on investment and financing”.
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Main act for today’s Township Farmers Market Family Day @BigZulu_ZN currently performing at Thokoza Park, Soweto #GrowingGautengTogether #GDARDEatWork #TISHSila #TFMFD
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Today MEC @TauParks visited Gary Moondance Farm in the West Rand, Gauteng The purpose of the visit was to look at the cannabis value chain and opportunities for the farming sector, this is in preparation for the provincial cannabis masterplan. #GDARDatWork #GrowingGautengTogether
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Today MEC @MbaliHlopheSA and the Green Army are at Doornfontein 47 IQ farm, in Elandsfontein, Randwest Municipality as part of On the job training for the 6000 Green Army personnel. #GrowingGautengTogether #GDARDEatWork 🧵 🪡
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1/2 Women are essential contributors to agriculture around the world. In developing countries, women make up approximately 40 percent of the #agricultural labor force. #GDARDatWork #GrowingGautengTogether
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MEC Mbali Hlophe delivering keynote address at #GautengFEA2023 , with emphasis on women empowerment and role of women and importance of women in the agricultural space. “ Women should be at the forefront of feeding and naturing the nation” #GrowingGautengTogether #GautengFEA2023
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GDARD continues to celebrate all women in Agriculture and Environment this women's month. meet Mme Mahlangu from Midvaal a broiler farmer and here’s her story. #GrowingGautengTogeher #WomensMonth2021
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Bekkersdal Agri Park receives a visit from Kzn Agriculture today to observe and gain insight. #GPAgripark
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Smallholder farmers donated vegetable produce and eggs to Carol Show foodbank in the Westrand. This is GDARDS food production and distribution response plan towards COVID 19. #GDARDCares #GrowingGautengTogether #GautengCovid19
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GDARDE invites all Women and Young farmers in the Agricultural space of Agro Processing and Agriculture , to participate in the Gauteng Female and young farmers awards. Closing date: 28 April 2023 #GrowingGautengTogether #GDARDEatWork
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MEC @TauParks today launched the start of the 2021 summer grain planting season for Gauteng,as part of the GGT2030, the Gauteng Provincial Government commits to sustainable food security and that no Gauteng citizen should go to bed hungry. #GrowingGautengTogether #GDARDatWork 🧵
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@OfficialGDARD
GP_AgricRuralEnviro
5 years
Join Premier @David_Makhura and MEC @LebogangMaile1 today as they kickoff the official Provincial launch of the “Do Good Green Deeds” campaign in Sharpville, Sedibeng. #GoodGreenDeeds #BontleKeBotho #GautengAtWork
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@OfficialGDARD
GP_AgricRuralEnviro
3 years
Programme for the Cannabis webinar under the theme “Unlocking the Gauteng Cannabis Economy – The special focus on investment and financing”. Date: 22nd September 2021 Time: 10h00 – 12h30 Virtual platform: Microsoft Teams Live Event
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@OfficialGDARD
GP_AgricRuralEnviro
1 year
📍MEC @OfficialGDARD and @gpgSocDev @MbaliHlopheSA invites all Farmers in Gauteng to a Meeting: Date: 26 April 2023 Time: 12h00 Venue: Suikerbosrand Nature Reserve #GrowingGautengTogether #GDARDEatWork #GGT2030 #TISH #TISHSila
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@OfficialGDARD
GP_AgricRuralEnviro
9 months
Today marks the GDARDE-hosts Youth in Agriculture and Rural Development (YARD) Conference at the prestigious Focus Room in Sandton. As the conference concludes, YARD is poised for a leadership transition, bidding farewell to the 2019-elected leadership. #GrowingGautengTogether
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@OfficialGDARD
GP_AgricRuralEnviro
3 years
This morning MEC @TauParks visited Discovery Vaccination Site at Gallagher Estate, Midrand. #VacciNation
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@OfficialGDARD
GP_AgricRuralEnviro
6 years
GDARD officials along with other stakeholders are busy conducting African Grass Owl surveys on Suikerbosrand Nature Reserve. Both African Grass Owls and Marsh Owls will be recorded. The African Grass Owl's regional status is Vulnerable #Biodiversitystewardship #GDARD
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@OfficialGDARD
GP_AgricRuralEnviro
2 years
Catch MEC @TauParks on SABC Morning Live discussing Gauteng Cannabis Industrialization Program #GrowingGautengTogether
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@OfficialGDARD
GP_AgricRuralEnviro
1 year
Gauteng Green Army continue with on the job training,On the job training aims at equipping the Green Army with necessary skills to establish household/ Coummunity gardens in our respective communities to combat hunger and to keep GP a food secure province. #GrowingGautengTogether
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@OfficialGDARD
GP_AgricRuralEnviro
6 years
Here is one of our female farmer’s story, we focus on Ms Miriam Mulungo’s Piggery. Me Nthabiseng Suping is handing all Agricultural queries for the Department. Please contact her on 011 240 2500 or Nthabiseng.suping @gauteng .gov.za if you need any help.
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@OfficialGDARD
GP_AgricRuralEnviro
6 years
We are officially opening the #GPYouthExpo at the Nasrec Expo Centre. Youth is encouraged to bring their CVs and business plans as there are over 140 exhibitors on standby to sign them up for Job placement, skills development and entrepreneurship #GPYouthExpo
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@OfficialGDARD
GP_AgricRuralEnviro
4 months
DID YOU KNOW Gauteng is the second highest food secure Province in South Africa, according to Stats SA report published in May in 2019. #GrowingGautengTogether
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@OfficialGDARD
GP_AgricRuralEnviro
1 year
Today is day 3 of the joburg inner city Cleanup at Kwa Mai Mai. Keeping the Inner-city clean. #GDARDEatWork #GrowingGautengTogether #BontleKeBotho
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@OfficialGDARD
GP_AgricRuralEnviro
1 month
**MEC @VuyiswaRamokgop Joins Nedbank and Rise Against Hunger in Mandela Day Preparations** #GrowingGautengTogether
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@OfficialGDARD
GP_AgricRuralEnviro
3 years
Small stock mobile red meat abattoir qualifying criteria application form. Please note last page is in comments. #GDARDatWork #GrowingGautengTogether
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@OfficialGDARD
GP_AgricRuralEnviro
7 years
The Indaba will be held under the theme “Embracing a green culture to create a climate resilient Gauteng City Region”. #GPClimateChange17
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@OfficialGDARD
GP_AgricRuralEnviro
1 year
DID YOU KNOW part of the Green Army’s job is to assist in fighting food insecurity by establishing School/Community/Homestead Food gardens. #GrowingGautengTogether #Foodgardens #FoodSecurity #GDARDEatWork
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@OfficialGDARD
GP_AgricRuralEnviro
2 years
MEDIA BRIEFING: MEC for @gpgSocDev & @OfficialGDARD @MbaliHlopheSA outlines her plans for the two Departments. #GrowingGautengTogether 🧵
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