# AgriSA says South Africa’s agricultural sector recorded a trade surplus of about 36-billion-rand between April and June this year. This is an increase of 11.6-percent compared to the same period last year. Agricultural exports were worth around 69-billion-rand, while imports totalled 33-billion-rand. Fruit and other horticultural products made up more than half of exports. […]
# AgriSA waarsku die verlies van Suid-Afrika se voorkeurtoegang tot die VSA ingevolge die Wet op Groei en Geleenthede in Afrika, kan landbouprodusente benadeel wat van die Amerikaanse mark afhanklik is. Hoewel die impak van die produkte sal verskil, kan sekere sektore, insluitend lietsjies, sitrus, tafeldruiwe, gespesialiseerde sade en volstruisprodukte, hoër koste en ’n afname […]
# AgriSA warns losing South Africa’s preferential access to the US under the African Growth and Opportunity Act could hurt agricultural producers who depend on the American market. While the impact would vary between products, some sectors, including litchis, citrus, table grapes, specialised seeds and ostrich products, could face higher costs and reduced competitiveness if […]
# Tanzanië en Angola het ooreengekom om hul Indiese en Atlantiese Oseaan-vervoer-deurgange deur Zambië en die Demokratiese Republiek die Kongo te verbind. Tanzanië se president, Samia Suluhu Hassan, sê die Benguela-spoorlyn sal aansluit by die Tanzanië-Zambië-spoorlyn, wat Angola se Lobito-deurgang met die hawe van Dar-es-Salaam verbind. Die projek volg op ‘n Chinese ooreenkoms om die […]
# Die regering het elf privaat spooroperateurs goedgekeur wat na verwagting vanaf April volgende jaar met hulle bedrywighede sal begin. Die minister van Vervoer, Barbara Creecy, sê dit volg nadat vragvermoë die afgelope twee jaar met meer as 20-miljoen-ton toegeneem het. Die nuwe operateurs sal na verwagting nog 24-miljoen-ton byvoeg. Verteenwoordigers sê die herstel van […]
# Tanzania and Angola have agreed to link their Indian and Atlantic Ocean transport corridors through Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Tanzanian president Samia Suluhu Hassan says the Benguela railway will connect to the Tanzania-Zambia railway, linking Angola’s Lobito corridor to the port of Dar es Salaam. The project follows a Chinese agreement […]
# Government has approved eleven private train operators expected to begin operations in April next year. Transport minister Barbara Creecy says the boost comes as freight capacity has increased by more than 20-million tonnes over the past two years. The new operators are expected to add another 24-million tonnes. Industry representatives say infrastructure rehabilitation, reliable […]
# Die Landbou-organisasie TLU SA verwelkom planne om rooibos-saad na die Internasionale Ruimtestasie te stuur. Altesaam 17-duisend-346 saadjies sal gestuur word as deel van ʼn wetenskaplike proefneming om te bepaal hoe ruimte-toestande groei beïnvloed. Die saadjies, wat ongeveer 74,2 gram weeg, word na Voyager Technologies in Texas geneem om die proefneming vir die ruimtevlug voor […]
# Agricultural organisation TLU SA has welcomed plans to send rooibos seeds to the International Space Station. A total of 17-thousand-346 seeds are being sent as part of a scientific experiment exploring how space conditions could affect their growth. The seeds, weighing approximately 74.2 grams, will travel to Voyager Technologies in Texas, where the experiment […]
