ActionSA has called on the provincial treasury to intervene in the Vrede Integrated Farming Trust debacle which has failed to live up to its expectations, and improve the lives of beneficiaries.

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A State witness in the first State Capture trial has testified he knew he was wrong when he wrote a submission to deviate from the Free State Department of Agriculture and Rural Development’s ...

Former Free State finance MEC Elzabe Rockman says she sympathises with the intended beneficiaries of the Vrede dairy project after they were left stranded when it failed, adding she believes the ...

The Free State government continues to fund the collapsed Vrede dairy farm project to the tune of R20m a year, the judicial commission of inquiry into allegations of state capture heard on Monday.

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A witness says they think that if the project was properly managed, it could still ascertain what was initially envisaged. File image: Dairy cows on the Vrede dairy farm in the Free State. Picture ...

The feasibility study led to the controversial Vrede Dairy Project — a flagship project of the Free State Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, with a R280-million price tag.

The state on Monday said it planned to add “two potential accused” to the failed Estina dairy feasibility study case in Vrede in the Free State.

The Vrede dairy project, which already cost taxpayers R220 million allegedly for the benefit of the Gupta family, could cost another R65 million, the Sunday Times reports.

The Zondo commission has heard how the Free State government signed a 99-year lease with Gupta linked Estina for the Vrede dairy farm project with no rent required.