Huge swarms of brown locusts have been an issue in three provinces since September 2021, leaving a trail of destruction in the Eastern Cape, Western Cape and Northern Cape. Reggie Ngcobo, the ...

The rainy weather is the reason for the locust outbreaks as more are expected in other districts in Northern Cape over the past few weeks. Northern Cape residents are saying “not again” as brown ...

Locusts in the Boshof area in the western Free State. Photo: Free State Agriculture From Hertzogville to Boshof, farmers in the western Free State region have been plagued by dark clouds of locusts ...

The current endemic brown locust outbreak, which is razing through large tracts of agricultural land, is one of the worst in a decade, and has the country’s locust-fighting teams overwhelmed, from ...

The brown locust found in this area mainly eats grass but will consume any green plants and has been known to decimate maize fields. The answer lies in the fact that the eggs can survive for several ...

Updating the nation on the outbreak of brown locusts (Locustana Pardalin), Didiza said South Africa has been experiencing this outbreak in the Eastern Cape, Northern Cape and Western Cape since ...

The locust plague in parts of the Northern Cape, Western Cape and Eastern Cape Karoo is by far the biggest outbreak in the past 25 years, according to entomologist and locust expert Dr Roger Price.