# President Cyril Ramaphosa says emerging farmers need more support to become successful commercial producers. Speaking during a visit to Redlands Dairy Farm in Stutterheim in the Eastern Cape, Ramaphosa said access to land alone is not enough, with farmers also needing finance, mentorship, skills, technology and access to markets. He highlighted the Land Bank’s […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says access to land alone is not enough to help more black farmers become successful commercial producers. Speaking at Redlands Dairy Farm in Stutterheim in the Eastern Cape, Ramaphosa said the government is working to release about 2.5-million hectares of acquired land to black farmers, while blended finance can help them […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa is calling for the expansion of blended finance to help more emerging farmers grow their businesses. In his keynote address at Redlands Dairy Farm in Stutterheim in the Eastern Cape, Ramaphosa said the Land Bank’s scheme, which combines government grants with loans, can provide more affordable finance and help farmers move […]
# Exporters Western Cape vra dringende ingryping op hoë vlak om Suid-Afrika se betrekkinge met Amerika te bestendig en waarsku verdere verswakking kan gevestigde uitvoerondernemings in gevaar stel. Voorsitter Terry Gale sê toenemende openbare meningsverskille tussen die Departement van Internasionale Betrekkinge en Samewerking en die Amerikaanse ambassadeur, Leo Brent Bozell, skep verdere onsekerheid vir uitvoerders. […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Suikerrietkwekersvereniging vra die minister van Finansies, Enoch Godongwana, om die suikerbelasting te skrap in sy middeltermyn-begrotingsbeleid op 21 Oktober. Die vereniging sê die heffing bedreig die suikerwaardeketting met suikerrietaflewerings wat dié seisoen met 18-persent gedaal het. Hy sê kwekers het ook te doen met buitelandse suiker-invoere en onsekerheid rondom die suikerreus Tongaat […]
# Exporters Western Cape has called for urgent high-level intervention to stabilise South Africa’s relations with the United States, warning further deterioration could put established export business at risk. Chairperson Terry Gale says escalating public exchanges between the Department of International Relations and Co-operation and US ambassador Leo Brent Bozell are adding to uncertainty for […]
# The South African Canegrowers’ Association is calling on minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana to scrap the sugar tax in the Medium Term Budget Policy Statement on October 21st. The association says the levy is threatening the sugar value chain, while sugarcane deliveries have fallen 18-percent this season. It says growers are also facing foreign […]
# Die landbou-organisasie TLU SA sê dis tyd dat plaasaanvalle en -moorde die politieke en sekerheids-voorkeur kry wat die omvang en volgehoue aard daarvan regverdig. Dit volg na die onlangse moord op die 55-jarige Hannetjie van Zyl op haar plaas, Doornpan, in Noordwes. Bennie van Zyl van TLU SA sê 26 plaasaanvalle en drie plaasmoorde is […]
# Agricultural organisation TLU SA says it’s time for farm attacks and murders to receive the political and security priority warranted by their scale and persistent nature. This follows the recent murder of 55-year-old Hannetjie van Zyl at her Doornpan farm in North West. TLU SA’s Bennie van Zyl says 26 farm attacks and three farm […]
