# Trade union Solidarity submitted a settlement proposal to the South African and American governments on South Africa’s race-based policies, as part of efforts to retain African Growth and Opportunity Act benefits. Solidarity’s Theuns du Buisson says the White House is reconsidering South Africa’s participation, with an announcement expected by 1 November. He proposes phasing […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa sê die presidensiële Een-miljard-bome-veldtog kan klein- en grootskaalse ekonomiese bedrywighede bevorder en werk skep. Die veldtog is deel van die bestaande Nasionale Vergroeningsprogram wat oor die volgende vyf jaar ʼn miljard bome wil plant. Ramaphosa sê in sy weeklikse nuusbrief die hantering en oorkoming van ongelykhede vereis dat die Vergroeningsprogram ook […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says the Presidential One Billion Trees Campaign has the potential to catalyse both small- and large-scale economic activity and job creation. The campaign, which is part of the existing National Greening Programme, aims to plant one billion trees over the next five years. In his weekly newsletter, Ramaphosa says addressing and overcoming the […]
# AgriSA says South African agriculture needs stronger links between problems on farms and government decisions. The organisation says issues such as poor roads, water delays, safety and labour challenges affect farmers and the wider food system. AgriSA says its network and centres of excellence help gather information from farmers, turn it into evidence and […]
# AgriSA sê die Suid-Afrikaanse landboubedryf het sterker skakeling nodig tussen probleme op plase en regeringsbesluite. Die organisasie sê kwessies soos swak paaie, vertragings met watervoorsiening, veiligheid en uitdagings rondom arbeid, raak boere asook die breër voedselstelsel. AgriSA sê sy netwerk en sentrums van uitnemendheid help om inligting van boere in te samel, verwerk dit […]
# ’n Studie deur Zero Carbon Analytics toon dat uiterste weerstoestande aanhoudende stygings in voedselpryse veroorsaak, aangesien ongekende temperature ontwrigting in voorrade teweegbring. Daar is bevind dat byna alle skerp stygings in voedselpryse wat vanjaar aangeteken is, insluitend dié van stapelvoedsel soos koring, mielies, kakao en suiker, verband hou met droogte, hitte en swaar reënval. […]
# Die DA in Gauteng sê terwyl opkomende boere sukkel om steun te kry, het die regering 45-miljoen-rand bestee aan die Tarlton-agripark wat slegs 11 ondernemings bedien. Woordvoerder Bronwynn Engelbrecht sê die boer, Sakhile Jele, het langer as ‘n jaar gewag op ‘n besluit oor finansiering te midde van veranderende vereistes en burokratiese rompslomp. Sy […]
# A Zero Carbon Analytics study shows that extreme weather is causing persistent food price increases as unprecedented temperatures disrupt supplies worldwide. The study found that almost all food price spikes documented this year, including staples like wheat, maize, cocoa and sugar, were linked to drought, heat and heavy rainfall. Analysts warn that climate change […]
# The DA in Gauteng says, while emerging farmers struggle for support, government has spent 45-million-rand on Tarlton Agripark which serves just 11 enterprises over four-million-rand per enterprise. The party’s Bronwynn Engelbrecht says farmer Sakhile Jele waited more than a year for a funding decision, facing changing requirements and red tape. She says they will […]
