Staff/Portfolios

The objective of the Rural Safety portfolio within Agri Eastern Cape is to implement safety plans, strategies, and infrastructure to ensure safer farming and rural communities throughout the Eastern Cape Province. The staff members and elected officials within the Rural Safety portfolio also engage with the South African Police Service and other state entities on a regular basis to address various topics that affect the Agricultural Sector. Agri Eastern Cape is a proud member of the E2 Project.

The Marketing & Communications Portfolio focuses on the public image of Agri Eastern Cape as well as ensuring that the members of Agri Eastern Cape are kept informed of all the projects that the organisation is working on.

Agri Eastern Cape works closely with the relevant government departments to ensure a fair, stable, investor friendly, and inclusive agricultural sector with secure tenure rights for all

The Agri Eastern Cape Natural Resources portfolio handles all matters pertaining to water, natural resources base management, mining and shale gas development, square kilometre array and law reform, and litigation. Agri EC regularly meets with the Department and other role-players to discuss natural resource related matters. This portfolio also contributes to forums participating in discussions and remedies relating to drought, climate change, invasive species control, animal health FPA’s, erosion and pest control, promotion of conservation of agriculture and climate smart agriculture. The natural resources portfolio at Agri EC is also taking the initiative to educate themselves in legislative developments and initiatives.

The Agri Eastern Cape Trade and Economics portfolio includes activities that mainly relates to trade and industry as well as economic issues that go hand in hand with trading. Trade cannot take place with damaged infrastructure and this affects the economy of the agricultural sector. This portfolio also contributes to agricultural input costs, the refund on the use of diesel for agricultural purposes and tax issues. We oversee aspects pertaining to local government matters, road infrastructure, telecommunication and electricity tariffs and issues. Agri EC regularly meets with the different Departments. These meetings revolve around discussing economic and trade issues/concerns and engaging about the state of certain roads, property rates, Eskom infrastructure & pricing, working of harbours and taxes. We also regularly share information with our members and the public, as received from the Department, with regards to future implementations and planning.

This portfolio gives attention to policy and formulation of labour legislation, the National Minimum Wages as well as problems experienced in practice. It also provides advice and information to members with regard to latest labour legislation.