# 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 […]
# Die DA sê landelike gemeenskappe het vinniger polisie-optrede en beter hulpbronne nodig om misdaad in boerderygebiede te bekamp. Dit volg na die moord op Hannetjie van Zyl naby Ottosdal in Noordwes. Die party voer aan dit het die polisie ongeveer ‘n uur geneem het om die toneel te bereik na Van Zyl by die […]
# The DA says rural communities need faster police responses and better resources to tackle crime in farming areas. This follows the murder of Hannetjie van Zyl near Ottosdal in the North West. The party argues police took about an hour to reach the scene after Van Zyl was attacked at the entrance to her […]
# Agri SA se uitvoerende hoof, Johan Kotzé, sê Suid-Afrikaanse boere verkeer onder toenemende finansiële druk weens bek-en-klouseer, stygende insetkoste, laer winsvlakke en die gevaar van El Niño-toestande. Hy het in ‘n onderhoud met Farmers Weekly sterker ontwikkelings-befondsing gevra vir boere wat nie toegang het tot tradisionele befondsing nie. Kotzé wil ook hê die regering […]
# Agri SA’s CEO, Johan Kotzé, says South African farmers are facing growing financial pressure due to foot-and-mouth disease, high input costs, tight profit margins and the risk of El Niño conditions. Speaking to FarmersWeekly, he called for stronger development finance for farmers who cannot access conventional funding. Kotzé also wants a coordinated response from […]
