# Die burgerregtegroep AfriForum vra ‘n nasionale ondersoek na die polisie se betrokkenheid by veediefstal. Dit volg ná die inhegtenisneming van Konstabel Siyabonga Cindi van die veediefstaleenheid op Standerton, wat beskuldig word van die diefstal van beeste ter waarde van 450-duisend-rand. AfriForum het vorige veroordelings en inhegtenisnemings aangehaal van polisiebeamptes wat met veediefstal verbind word. […]
# Civil rights group AfriForum is calling for a national investigation into police involvement in stock theft. This follows the arrest of Constable Siyabonga Cindi from Standerton’s stock theft unit, accused of stealing cattle worth 450-thousand-rand. AfriForum cited previous convictions and arrests of police officials linked to livestock theft. The group’s Jacques Broodryk warns that […]
# ‘n Studie gelei deur die Walter Sisulu Universiteit het ontdek dat die byvoeging van groen Rooibos-ekstrak by kurperkos verbeter die groei van visgetalle en voedingdoeltreffendheid aansienlik. Die proefneming het kommersiële viskos vergelyk met voeding wat met gegiste Rooibos van die bekende rooi of ongegiste groen Rooibos-ekstrak aangevul is. Die studieleier, professor Grace Okuthe, sê […]
# A Walter Sisulu University-led study has discovered that adding green Rooibos extract to tilapia feed significantly improves fish growth rates and feed efficiency. The trial compared commercial fish feed against feed enhanced with either fermented Rooibos, the familiar red variety, or unfermented green Rooibos extract. Leader of the study, professor Grace Okuthe, says the […]
# Die minister van Landbou, John Steenhuisen, sê pogings om bek-en-klouseer te bekamp en te beveg word belemmer deur mense wat diere onwettig vervoer. Die minister het gister Rysmierbult buite Ventersdorp in Noordwes besoek om toesig te hou oor ʼn bees-inentingsveldtog. Daar is sowat 274 uitbrekings van die siekte in vyf provinsies met KwaZulu-Natal wat […]
# Adjunkpresident Paul Mashatile sê die regering versnel die Grondhervormingsprogram terwyl hy landbouproduksie en belegging in die grond ondersteun. Die adjunkpresident, wat voorsitter is van die inter-ministeriële komitee oor grondhervorming en landbou, het die week ʼn oorsigbesoek aan die Wes-Kaap gebring. Mashatile sê as deel van die projek om staatsgrond oor te dra, is die Departement van […]
# Minister of Agriculture John Steenhuisen says efforts to contain and combat the foot-and-mouth disease in the country are being hindered by people illegally transporting cattle. The minister visited Rysmierbult outside Ventersdorp in the North West yesterday, to oversee a Cattle Vaccination Campaign aimed at combating the spread of the disease. There are about 274 unresolved […]
# Deputy president Paul Mashatile says government is accelerating the Land Reform Programme while supporting agricultural production and investment in the land. The deputy president, who chairs the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Land Reform and Agriculture, conducted an oversight visit to the Western Cape this week. Mashatile says as part of the State Land Transfer Project, the Department […]
# Diageo Suid-Afrika verwelkom die Departement van Landbou se gewysigde regulasies vir die Wet op Drankprodukte, wat die minimum alkoholinhoud in sterk drank van 43-persent tot 40-persent verlaag. Die direkteur van korporatiewe verhoudings, Sibani Mngadi, sê die verandering verminder aksynsbelasting met ongeveer sewe-rand per 750-milliliter-bottel, wat onkoste vir vervaardigers en verbruikers minder maak. Mngadi sê […]
