Sappi agreement before Christmas
Employees of local pulp and paper giant, Sappi, face losing their jobs over the next few months. Trade union, Solidarity, said that it would do all in its power to...
Renewable energy rises to the challenge
Eskom’s request for an annual 16% price increase for the next five years has put pressure on business. Forward-thinking operations are successfully switching to alternative power sources. Robyn Joubert reports.
Damaged roads hamper farming in Ndlambe district
The Ndlambe district, which stretches from Alexandria to the Fish River in the Eastern Cape, received between 330mm and 590mm of rainfall during two weeks in mid-October, with some farmers...
Slight relief for petrol users, but diesel up
The price of petrol will decrease by 10c/l on Tuesday night 6 November.
Mediation agreement in hate speech case welcomed
The agricultural union, TAU SA expressed its satisfaction with the settlement agreement reached between the ANC, ex ANC youth leader Julius Malema, AfriForum and itself, over the struggle song containing...
‘Farm diesel auditors don’t work on commission’ – SARS
The South African Revenue Service has refuted allegations that its farm diesel use auditors work on a commission. This allegation has been doing the...
Prime minus 5% loans for all farmers unlikely
Agricultural economists around the country remain baffled following minister of agriculture Tina Joemat-Pettersson’s announcement at Agri SA’s congress in Johannesburg in October that Land Bank will be offering loans of...
Plans to grow Western Cape agriculture by 10% in 10 years
The Western Cape government has introduced an ambitious plan for agriculture in the province, proposing that provincial authorities support a 10% growth in the agriculture sector for the next 10...
Storm season’ hits farmers hard
Intense rainfall and hailstorms struck Mpumalanga, the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal on the weekend of 19 to 21 October, causing fatalities, infrastructure damage and in some cases, crop losses.
Late rains damage Cape barley crop
Late seasonal rains that fell towards the end of October in many parts of the Western Cape, a winter rainfall area, have caused widespread damage to barley and grain, with...
Land reform proposals: fair compensation will prevail
The latest proposals for land reform have been met with surprise and panic by organised agriculture. But political analysts and the land reform department have stated that no farmer will...
Floods cause deaths, severe damage in Eastern Cape
The recent stormy weather in parts of the Eastern Cape claimed the lives of at least 11 people, resulted in over 2 000 others having to be moved from their...
