# ’n Skaap wat sewe jaar alleen in die Karoo oorleef het, het ’n nuwe beursfonds vir toekomstige boere geïnspireer. Rico het droogte, roofdiere en strawwe toestande oorleef voordat hy gevind is in die Moordenaars-Karoo op die grens van die Wes- en die Noord-Kaap. Hy het daarna ’n plaaslike rekord van 30,7-kilogram wol opgelewer. Die […]
# A sheep that survived alone in the Karoo for seven years has inspired a new bursary fund for future farmers. Rico survived drought, predators and harsh conditions before being found in the Moordenaars-Karoo on the border of the Western and Northern Cape. After his rescue, he produced a local record of 30.7-kilograms of wool. […]
# Graan SA sê byna 700-miljoen-rand kan oor die sojaboon-waardeketting verlore gaan weens die Johannesburgse Aandelebeurs se benadering tot die berekening van liggingsverskille. Die organisasie skat ‘n enkelverwysings-puntestelsel kan gemiddelde vervoeraftrekkings van 333-rand per ton tot gevolg hê, vergeleke met 113-rand onder sy voorgestelde multi-verwysingsmodel. Graan SA sê die verskil kan uiteindelik boere se verdienste […]
# Grain SA says almost 700-million-rand could be lost across the soybean value chain because of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange’s approach to calculating location differentials. The organisation estimates a single-reference-point system could result in average transport deductions of 333-rand a tonne, compared with 113-rand under its proposed multi-reference model. Grain SA says the difference could […]
# Die vakbondfederasie SAFTU steun ten volle die vakbond FAWU se eis vir ‘n loonverhoging van 13-persent in die suiker-vervaardigings- en -raffineringsbedryf. Duisende werkers het hierdie week hulle beskermde staking hervat nadat loononderhandelings op ‘n dooiepunt uitgeloop het. Die Werkgewersvereniging vir die Suiker-vervaardigings- en -Raffineringsbedryf bied ‘n loonverhoging van 5,4-persent aan. Asive Dyani van SAFTU […]
# Union federation SAFTU fully endorses union FAWU’s demand for a 13-percent across the board wage increase in the sugar manufacturing and refining industry. Thousands of sugar workers resumed protected strike action this week following the collapse of wage negotiations. The Sugar Manufacturing and Refining Employers’ Association has offered a 5.4-percent wage increase. SAFTU’s Asive […]
# The Western Cape government says 82-percent of its livestock herd has been vaccinated against foot-and-mouth disease. Nearly 480-thousand vaccine doses have been administered to commercial and subsistence livestock across all districts. The response is aimed at protecting farmers, jobs, food security and the province’s agricultural economy. MEC for Agriculture, Economic Development and Tourism, Ivan […]
# The City of Cape Town says its water supply remains stable, but the risk of restrictions has increased due to rising demand and uncertain rainfall. Dam levels were around 76-percent in early July after good rains, but forecasts suggest below-average rainfall ahead. Mayoral committee member for Water and Sanitation, Zahid Badroodien, says the city […]
# Die Wes-Kaapse regering sê 82 persent van die provinsie veekudde is teen bek-en-klouseer ingeënt. Byna 480-duisend entstofdosisse is aan kommersiële en bestaansveeboere in alle distrikte toegedien. Dit is gedoen om boere, werkgeleenthede, voedselsekerheid en die provinsie se landbou-ekonomie te beskerm. Die LUR vir Landbou, Ekonomiese Ontwikkeling en Toerisme, Ivan Meyer, sê 28 uitbrekings is […]
