# Diageo South Africa has welcomed the Department of Agriculture’s amended Liquor Product Act regulations, lowering the minimum Alcohol by Volume for spirits from 43-percent to 40-percent. Corporate Relations director Sibani Mngadi said the change reduces excise tax by about seven-rand per 750-millilitre bottle, easing costs for producers and consumers. Mngadi says the amendment aligns […]
# Die Nasionale Raad van Dierebeskermingsverenigings sê hy het ‘n gedetailleerde voorlegging ingedien teen die voorgestelde regulasies vir die uitvoer van lewende diere per see. Die Departement van Landbou het die regulasies in Julie vir openbare kommentaar gepubliseer. Nazareth Appalsamy van die DBV sê daar is geen verpligte embargo in die regulasies op uitvoere na […]
# The National Council of SPCAs says it has lodged a detailed submission in opposition to the proposed regulations for the exportation of live animals by sea. The Department of Agriculture published the regulations for public comment in July. NSPCA’s Nazareth Appalsamy says in the regulations, there is no mandatory embargo on exports to the Middle East […]
# Die vakverbond Cosatu het die polisie geprys vir die vinnige inhegtenisneming van ‘n 80-jarige boer nadat ‘n jong man se liggaam ontdek is op sy Kroonstadse eiendom in die Vrystaat waar hy begrawe was. Die slagoffer, wat na bewering oor ‘n loongeskil vermoor is, was ‘n plaaswerker. Die boer staan tereg op aanklagte van […]
# The Congress of South African Trade Unions has praised police for swiftly arresting an 80-year-old farmer after a young man’s body was found buried on his Kroonstad property in the Free State. The victim, allegedly killed over a wage dispute, was a farmworker. The farmer faces charges of murder and defeating the ends of […]
# Die Departement van Handel, Nywerheid en Mededinging, in vennootskap met die Suid-Afrikaanse Kamer van Koophandel en Nywerheid en die Britse Hoë Kommissariaat, bied vandag ‘n seminaar in Johannesburg aan. Die geleentheid wil bewustheid versterk oor die ekonomiese vennootskap tussen lidlande van die Suider-Afrikaanse Doeaneunie en Mosambiek met die Verenigde Koninkryk. Die ooreenkoms waarvan Suid-Afrika, […]
# The Trade, Industry and Competition Department, in partnership with the South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the British High Commission, is hosting a seminar in Johannesburg today. The event seeks to raise awareness about the Southern African Customs Union Member States-plus-Mozambique-UK Economic Partnership Agreement. The deal, involving South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, […]
# SAT-CARe, wat staan vir Southern African Trees for Climate Adaptation and Resilience, stel ʼn toeganklike instrument bekend wat riglyne verskaf oor die slim gebruik van inheemse bome in Suider-Afrika. Professor Guy Midgley van die Universiteit Stellenbosch sê dié digitale instrument maak staat op data oor klimaat, grond en die omgewing, asook gedetailleerde spesie-kenmerke om […]
# The Southern African Trees for Climate Adaptation and Resilience is building an open-access toolkit based on bioinformatics to guide smarter use of indigenous trees in Southern Africa. This is in partnership with Stellenbosch University. The university’s professor Guy Midgley says the digital toolkit will draw on climate, soil and environmental data, along with detailed […]
