# Die minister van Landbou, John Steenhuisen, sê die landbousektor moet die leiding neem om vennootskappe tussen die openbare en private sektore om doeltreffendheid te herstel en die uitvoermark te vergroot. Steenhuisen sê die regering, finansiële instellings en landboubesighede moet opkomende boere beter ondersteun en in kommersiële waardekettings integreer. Hy sê dit sluit in die […]
# Agriculture minister John Steenhuisen says the agriculture sector should play a leading role in shaping public private partnerships aimed at restoring efficiency and supporting export growth. He says government, financial institutions and agribusinesses needed to work more closely to expand support for emerging farmers and integrate them into commercial value chains. The minister says this includes […]
# Die Sitruskwekersvereniging van Suider-Afrika waarsku ernstige oorstromings sal uitvoervolumes in belangrike sitrusgebiede met minstens vyf-persent verminder. Die gebiede wat die ergste geraak word sluit in Patensie in die Oos-Kaap en Citrusdal en die Boland in die Wes-Kaap. Die vereniging sê skadebepalings word gedoen, met van die produsente wat steeds nie toegang tot hul boorde […]
# The Citrus Growers’ Association of Southern Africa has warned that severe flooding in key citrus-producing regions will reduce export volumes by at least five-percent. The worst-affected areas include Patensie in the Eastern Cape, and Citrusdal and Boland in the Western Cape. The association says damage assessments are ongoing, with some growers still unable to […]
# AfriForum sê die regering swyg steeds oor landelike geweld, al is daar tien plaasaanvalle in Mei aangemeld. Die organisasie sê ook die aanvalle was uiters gewelddadig, met slagoffers wat aangerand, vasgebind en in sekere gevalle geskiet is, insluitend plaaswerkers in Limpopo. Ander voorvalle is in Delmas in Mpumalanga, Stellenbosch in die Wes-Kaap, en De […]
# Die Wes-Kaapse regering sê rampbestuurspanne bly op hoë gereedheidsgrondslag terwyl swaar reën steeds die Sentrale Karoo en Tuinroete beïnvloed. Die N1 by Leeu Gamka is gesluit weens oorstromings en verskeie ander paaie, insluitend die Molteno-pas en dele van die R328 ook gesluit is weens weerverwante skade. Die LUR vir Plaaslike Regering, Omgewingsake en Ontwikkelingsbeplanning, […]
# AfriForum says the government is still silent on rural violence despite ten farm attacks reported last month. The organisation states the attacks were extremely violent, with victims assaulted, tied up and in some cases shot, including farm workers in Limpopo. Other incidents were reported in Delmas in Mpumalanga, Stellenbosch in the Western Cape, and […]
# Hongaarse owerhede het die uitdunning van drie-duisend varke gelas nadat Afrika-varkpes die eerste keer in mak varke aangemeld is. Die Nasionale Voedselketting-veiligheidsagentskap sê die virus, wat onskadelik is vir mense maar hoogs aansteeklik en dodelik vir varke, is op ‘n plaas in die ooste van die land aangemeld. Afrika-varkpes het van Afrika na Europa […]
# The Western Cape Government says disaster management teams remain on high alert as heavy rain continues to affect the Central Karoo and Garden Route. Flooding has forced the closure of the N1 at Leeu Gamka, while several other roads, including Molteno Pass and parts of the R328, have also been shut due to weather-related […]
