Agri SA could still appeal mineral rights ruling
A play on words resulted in the Constitutional Court ruling against Agri SA’s landmark test case to determine the expropriation provisions in the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act (MPRDA).
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Countering the abuse of cross-border grazing permits
Private and public stakeholders in the South African livestock industry are determined to put a stop to the abuse of livestock grazing permits issued to Lesotho citizens.
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Court victory for municipality in cut power case
A woman, who had her electricity cut by the Moqhaka Municipality in the Free State for withholding her rates and taxes, lost her Constitutional Court appeal.
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Ground-breaking judgement in environmental misuse case
York Timbers will appeal a R450 000 fine meted out by the Nelspruit Regional Court on 4 April. The company was fined for widening a forest road at its sawmill and plywood factory in Mpumalanga in 2007, without environmental authorisation.
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Afgri expects huge decline in its poultry division
The listed agribusiness, Afgri, issued a shareholder trading statement on Wednesday that it was expecting a decrease of 25% to 40% in its headline earnings per share for the financial year ending 30 June 2013, compared to the previous year.
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Are SA’s small dairy farmers becoming extinct?
South Africa’s dairy farmers are operating in an unequal market and more government support needed, says Saijil Singh, lead analyst at international credit insurer Coface.
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Police catch 28 suspected stock thieves in seven days
An intensive seven day joint operation by KwaZulu-Natal SAPS Stock Theft Units resulted in the recovery of stolen livestock, collectively valued at an estimated R900 000.
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Expo brings the farm message home
Throughout the past week the unbreakable bond between the consumer and agriculture was recognised by thousands of visitors to the Bien Donné Agri Cape Week at Simondium, Paarl.
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Draft amendment bill to re-open land claims
Land claimants from rural areas are expected to “come out in numbers” when the window for lodging land claims is re-opened, said Advocate Bheki Mbili, head of restitution at the KZN Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR), at a recent media breakfast in Durban.
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Mines should take greater responsibility – Agri SA
At the Agri SA mining conference in Pretoria recently, delegates said that while mining had an important economic role to play, agriculture should be treated as equally significant. Lindi van Rooyen reports.
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