Inhlase

A donor-funded garden run by 11 women in eChibini near Lavumisa has stood idle since 2025 after repeated wildlife raids destroyed crops and made farming impossible, according to its members. The women say the animals crossed from the direction of Harloo Private Reserve in South Africa, leaving them without food, income or compensation.

Abandoned at the fence: how a broken colonial-era cordon dispossessed a women’s garden

Following Inhlase investigations revealing that damaged cordon fences, such as those near the Harloo Private Reserve, allow livestock and wildlife to spread diseases—Eswatini’s Minister of Agriculture, Mandla Tshawuka, has joined forces with South African and Mozambican counterparts to combat foot and mouth disease.

fence that isn’t: Wildlife, disease and neglect on the SA-Eswatini border
worth E1,296m hit by FMD after border E8.5m funds
by the State: Living alongside wildlife, bearing the costs