# The Association of Meat Importers and Exporters and the South African Meat Processors Association have welcomed government’s partial lifting of the poultry import ban from Brazil effective today. Imports resume from all states except Rio Grande do Sul, affected by avian flu. The move averts potential protein shortages. The association urges faster finalisation of […]
# Statistiek Suid-Afrika sê inflasie het laasmaand onveranderd op 2,8-persent gebly ten spyte van stygende voedselpryse. Die grootste faktor was ‘n 1,1-persent verhoging vir die maand in voedselpryse en nie-alkoholiese drankies. Die prys van beesvleis styg steeds as gevolg van die bek-en-klouseer-uitbreking, met biefstuk wat 4,5-persent in Mei gestyg het. Ricado Johnson van Statistiek SA […]
# Statistics South Africa says inflation remained unchanged at 2.8-percent last month, despite rising food prices. The biggest driver was a 1.1-percent monthly increase in the prices of food and non-alcoholic beverages. Beef prices continue to climb due to a foot-and-mouth disease outbreak, with beef steak up 4.5-percent in May. Stats SA’s Patrick Kelly says […]
# Noordwes se Departement Landbou het ‘n uitbreking van bek-en-klouseer bevestig in die JB Marks- en die Madibeng munisipaliteit in die Dr Kenneth Kaunda-distrik. Toetse het serotipe 2- en serotipe 3-stamme bevestig in besmette diere wat nou op plase onder kwarantyn is. Aangrensende plase, insluitend dié wat aan Gauteng grens, is as ‘n voorsorgmaatreël ook […]
# The North West Agriculture Department has confirmed a foot-and-mouth disease outbreak in JB Marks and Madibeng Municipality in the Doctor Kenneth Kaunda District. Infected animals were traced to farms now under quarantine, with tests confirming serotype 2 and serotype 3 strains. Linked farms, including those connected to Gauteng, are also under precautionary lockdown. Over […]
# Die DA in Gauteng sê die Departement van Landbou en die Departement van die Omgewing het nie diensverskaffers en werkers van die Uitgebreide Openbare Werkeprogram betyds betaal nie. Die party skryf dit toe aan premier Panyaza Lesufi se onbefondsde Nasi Ispani-program. Bronwynn Engelbrecht van die DA sê volgens die LUR vir Landbou en Landelike […]
# The DA in Gauteng says the Departments of Agriculture and of the Environment have failed to pay service providers and workers in the Expanded Public Works Programme on time. The party says this is due to the extension of premier Panyaza Lesufi’s unfunded Nasi Ispani Programme. The DA’s Bronwynn Engelbrecht says according to MEC […]
# Suid-Afrikaanse boere verdien miljoene deur klimaatsvriendelike praktyke deur handel in koolstofkrediete. ‘n Program wat volhoubare boerdery beloon, AgriCarbon, het in die eerste ronde bykans vyf-miljoen-rand aan boere uitbetaal wat vrystellings verlaag deur metodes soos min- of deklaagbewerking. AgriCarbon se uitvoerende hoof, Herman Oelsner, sê die inisiatief help boere om klimaatsverandering te pak terwyl hulle […]
# South African farmers are earning millions through climate-friendly practices by trading carbon credits. AgriCarbon, a programme rewarding sustainable farming, has paid out nearly five-million-rand in its first round to farmers reducing emissions through methods like low-till farming and cover cropping. CEO Hermann Oelsner says the initiative helps farmers tackle climate change while boosting income. […]
