# Suid-Afrikaanse verbruikers vind baat by laer pryse vir varsprodukte, met vrugtepryse wat in Mei met 8,5-persent op ‘n jaargrondslag gedaal het. Die Pietermaritzburgse Ekonomiese Geregtigheid- en Bekostigbaarheids-aanwyser toon dat lemoenpryse op ‘n maandgrondslag met 21-persent gedaal het, saam met piesang- en avokado-pryse. Die hoofekonoom van die Landbousakekamer, Wandile Sihlobo, sê goeie vrugte-, groente- en […]
# Die ministers van Buitelandse Sake in die Vereniging van Suidoos-Asiatiese Nasies is bekommerd oor hernude vyandelikhede tussen Amerika en Iran. Asiatiese lande is die swaarste getref deur Iran se sluiting van die Seestraat van Hormoes, ‘n belangrike seevaartroete vir die vervoer van sowat 60-persent van die streek se energievoorrade. Die vereniging sê die hernude […]
# A new study has found that climate shocks are placing growing pressure on South Africa’s agri-processing sector, threatening food security, jobs and economic growth. According to a group of academic researchers, businesses are battling water shortages, rising temperatures and disrupted raw material supplies. While some have adopted water-saving and energy-efficient measures, many lack funding […]
# South African consumers are seeing lower prices for fresh produce, with fruit prices falling by 8.5-percent year-on-year in May. The Pietermaritzburg Economic Justice and Dignity Household Affordability Index shows orange prices dropped 21-percent month-on-month, along with bananas and avocados. Agricultural Business Chamber chief economist Wandile Sihlobo says strong harvests of fruits, vegetables and grains […]
# Foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations have expressed concerns about the renewed hostilities between the US and Iran. Asian countries have been the hardest hit by Iran’s effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz, a critical route for about 60-percent of the region’s energy supply. In a joint statement, ASEAN says […]
# Kaapstad se burgemeester, Geordin Hill-Lewis, verwelkom Transnet se versoek vir vennote in die privaat sektor om ‘n belangrike veeldoelige terminaal in die Kaapstadse hawe te herontwikkel en bedryf. Privaat vennote word genooi ingevolge ‘n konsessie van 25-jaar. Dit volg op ander onlangse versoeke vir privaat sektorvoorstelle om die beweeglike grootmaat- en koue bergingsterminaal te […]
# Cape Town mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has welcomed Transnet’s call for private sector partners to redevelop and operate a key multi-purpose terminal at the port of Cape Town. This will be done under a 25-year concession. This follows recent calls for private sector proposals to operate the liquid bulk terminal and cold storage terminal. Hill-Lewis […]
# Die Vryemarkstigting het aangesluit by die regsgeding teen die Onteieningswet nadat hy as vriend van die hof toegelaat is in ‘n Hooggeregshof-aansoek wat AfriForum en die Instituut vir Rasseverhoudinge aanhangig gemaak het. Martin van Staden van die stigting voer aan die bepaling wat toelaat dat eiendom sonder vergoeding onteien mag word, is ongrondwetlik en […]
# The Free Market Foundation joined the legal challenge against the Expropriation Act after being admitted as a friend of the court in a High Court application brought by AfriForum and the Institute of Race Relations. The Foundation’s Martin van Staden argues that the Act’s provision allowing property to be expropriated for zero compensation is […]
