# Die Landbank het nuwe aansoeke vir sy gemengde finansieringskema tydelik opgeskort nadat die vraag na bekostigbare landboufinansiering die beskikbare toekenningsfondse oorskry het. Die skema het sedert sy bekendstelling in 2022 reeds 540 begunstigdes ondersteun. Die opskorting sal vir die res van die 2026/2027-boekjaar van krag bly, tensy bykomende befondsing beskikbaar gestel word. Die skema […]
# The Land Bank has temporarily paused new applications for its blended finance scheme after demand for affordable agricultural finance exceeded available grant funding. The scheme has supported 540 beneficiaries since its launch in 2022. The pause will remain in place for the rest of the 2026/2027 financial year, unless additional funding becomes available. The […]
# Foot and Mouth Disease has been detected in Namibia after ten cattle tested positive at a commercial farm in the Karasburg State Veterinary District in the Khara Region. This comes as South Africa is battling its worst outbreak of the disease, as government plans to vaccinate 80-percent of its national cattle herd of about […]
# Die landbou-organisasie TLU SA verwelkom die aankondiging deur die minister van Landbou, Willie Aucamp, dat kwalifiserende plaaslike en internasionale entiteite entstof teen bek-en-klouseer op groot skaal mag vervaardig deur voorwaardelike lisensie-ooreenkomste met die Landbounavorsingsraad. Die hoofbestuurder van die LNR, Bennie van Zyl, sê die raad se entstof is uiters geskik vir Suid-Afrikaanse virusstamme en […]
# Agricultural organisation TLU SA welcomes Agriculture minister Willie Aucamp’s announcement that qualifying local and international entities may manufacture foot-and-mouth disease vaccine at scale, through conditional licensing agreements with the Agricultural Research Council. General Manager Bennie van Zyl says the ARC vaccine is well suited to South African strains and may provide immunity for up […]
# Die landbou-organisasie TLU SA verwelkom die regering se besluit om die privaat sektor te betrek by die produksie van bek-en-klouseer-entstof in Suid-Afrika. Die Landbounavorsingsraad het ʼn voorstel van die minister van Landbou, Willie Aucamp, aanvaar om privaat maatskappye wat kwalifiseer toe te laat om die raad se intellektuele eiendom te gebruik om die entstof […]
# Agricultural organisation TLU SA has welcomed the government’s move to involve the private sector in local foot-and-mouth disease vaccine production in South Africa. The Agricultural Research Council has approved a proposal by minister of Agriculture Willie Aucamp to allow qualifying private companies to use the ARC’s intellectual property to manufacture its FMD vaccine at […]
# Die Wes-Kaapse regering het die minister van Landbou, Willie Aucamp, se voorstel verwelkom dat maatskappye in die privaat sektor toegang kry tot die Landbounavorsingsraad se intellektuele eiendom oor entstof teen bek-en-klouseer. Die navorsingsraad se entstof is baie doeltreffend teen die plaaslike bek-en-klouseer-stamme, maar weens vervaardigingsbeperkings kan die raad tans nie genoeg vervaardig nie. Die […]
# The Western Cape government has welcomed Minister of Agriculture Willie Aucamp’s proposal to allow qualifying private sector companies access to the Agricultural Research Council’s intellectual property relating to foot-and-mouth disease vaccines. The ARC vaccine is a very effective defence against the domestic FMD strains; however, due to manufacturing constraints, the research council is currently […]
