# Premier Foods is set to brief unions today on alternatives to the proposed closure of its Tulbagh fruit canning factory in the Western Cape. The company has reportedly proposed options including finding investors or buyers, or relocating the facility. It announced the closure last month, just four months after its merger with Rhodes Food […]
# Freight groups South African Freight and Logistics Association and Road Freight Association calls for an urgent recovery plan to restore cargo flow at Durban Gateway Terminal after sustained disruption. RFA CEO Gavin Kelly says July vessels averaged 80-hours at anchorage, throughput fell 26-percent after the August NAVIS N4 cutover, and port call times more […]
# Suid-Afrika en Brasilië het hul verbintenis herbevestig om bilaterale betrekkinge te versterk tydens die agtste sitting van hul gesamentlike kommissie in Pretoria. Die minister van Internasionale Betrekkinge en Samewerking, Ronald Lamola, en sy Brasiliaanse ampsgenoot, Mauro Vieira, het besprekings gelei oor handel, landbou, energie, verdediging, gesondheid, mynbou en tegnologie, en samewerking deur BRICS, die […]
# Standard Bank het die tien finaliste vir sy Nasionale Kasi-kleinsakekompetisie aangekondig. Hulle sal môre tydens die Kasi-kleinsakeberaad in Gqeberha meeding om die groot prys van ‘n miljoen-rand. Die groep bestaan uit nege provinsiale wenners en een deelnemer wat die publiek aangewys het. Die entrepreneurs werk in verskeie bedrywe, insluitend landbou, gesondheidsorg, vervaardiging en bouwerk. […]
# South Africa and Brazil have held the eighth session of their joint commission in Pretoria, reaffirming their commitment to strengthening bilateral relations. Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Ronald Lamola, and Brazilian counterpart Mauro Vieira co-chaired discussions covering trade, agriculture, energy, defence, health, mining and technology, and cooperation through BRICS, the G20 and the […]
# Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Agriculture has elected ANC Member of Parliament Nomasonto Motaung as its new chairperson. Motaung succeeds acting chairperson Nobuhle Nkabane, who took over after Dina Pule was appointed Social Development minister in June. The former Deputy minister in the Presidency says agriculture is critical to food security, economic growth, job creation […]
# Die Verenigde Nasies se sekretaris-generaal, António Guterres, waarsku kritieke voedselstelsels en mense se lewens en voortbestaan word bedreig te midde van verskeie konflikte. Daar was verlede jaar die meeste gewapende konflikte sedert die Tweede Wêreldoorlog en ook van die hoogste vlakke van akute hongersnood wat nog ooit aangeteken is, met minstens 266-miljoen mense wat […]
# Standard Bank announced the Top 10 finalists for its 2026 Kasi SME National Pitch Challenge. The finalists from all nine provinces will compete for the one-million-rand grand prize at the Kasi SME Summit in Gqeberha tomorrow. There are nine provincial winners and one Viewers’ Choice entry. The entrepreneurs work in sectors including agriculture, healthcare, […]
# United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has warned critical food systems and the lives and livelihoods they sustain are under attack amidst several conflicts. 2025 saw not only the highest number of armed conflicts since World War Two, but also among the highest levels of acute hunger on record, with at least 266-million people facing […]
