Nestlé aims to train 300 000 African youth
Multinational, nutrition, health and wellness company, Nestlé Global (Nestlé), recently announced that it intended to offer training and apprenticeships to over 300 000 African youth.
Latest SA dam levels
As the Western Cape weathers the rainy season, dam levels in the province are on the rise, with current water in storage totalling 65 5106m³, which is only 35% of...
Good year for SA mohair industry
Good demand and increased domestic consumption in China, coupled with a weaker South African currency, drove mohair prices upwards consistently during the financial year ended May this year.
Ban on live cattle exports to Namibia lifted
South Africa has resumed live cattle exports to Namibia, following the issuing of revised import documentation by that country’s authorities.
AGOA threatens SA poultry sector jobs
Jobs in the poultry sector will reduce if chicken imports into South Africa increase.
UK votes to withdraw from the EU
UK citizens have voted in favour of leaving the European Union (EU) in a referendum held on Thursday.
Agriculture students call for job creation
The availability of jobs for graduates in the agricultural sector was one of the main concerns raised during a recent dialogue between government and agricultural students held at Elsenburg.
African horse sickness movement controls lifted
Movement restriction that were imposed in the African horse sickness (AHS) surveillance zone to contain the recent outbreak of AHS in the Boland region has been lifted, according to a...
Brexit decision could affect SA’s trade relationship with the UK
On Thursday the British public will decide in a referendum whether the UK should remain a member of the European Union (EU).
Mike Mlengana to take over as director-general of DAFF
It was recently announced that Mike Mlengana, former president of the African Farmers’ Association of South Africa (AFASA), will take over the reins as director-general of the Department of Agriculture,...
Moratorium on rhino horn trade reinstated
According to a statement recently released by the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA), the moratorium on domestic trade in rhino horn has been reinstated after Edna Molewa, minister of the...
Free State water crisis worsening
The water crisis in the Free State is worsening, according to Roelf Jacobs, a member of Free State Agriculture’s Water and Irrigation Committee.
