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Musk's father seeking Russian refuge for S.African farmers

Musk's father seeking Russian refuge for S.African farmers

The father of tech billionaire Elon Musk is working on a project to provide refugee status in Russia for South African farmers, he told AFP on Tuesday, in a project similar to one by the US government. The initiative would resettle 50 families from the white Afrikaans minority, descendants of

Global mohair supply flourishes in South Africa's desert

Global mohair supply flourishes in South Africa's desert

On a farm in South Africa's semi-arid south, herds of angora goats foraged across open land stretching to the horizon, their pale fleeces glinting in the harsh sun. Linked by dirt tracks and dotted with remote farms, the sparsely populated Karoo region sits at the heart of

South Africa's livestock farmers reel from foot-and-mouth disaster

South Africa's livestock farmers reel from foot-and-mouth disaster

Pointing at a calf lying motionless in a green field in South Africa's Eastern Cape province, farmer Igsahn Felix let out a heavy sigh. "That one is not going to make it," he said. Home to more than two head of cattle per person, the province