Missing millions a ‘misperception’
The Board of provincial conservation agency Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife has called media and public speculation about an alleged loss of R22 million from its coffers, a misperception. This emerged at...
Crafcor closes its doors for good
One of South Africa’s largest livestock production and meat processing businesses, the Crafcor Group, has closed down most of its operations. Founded in 1980 the KwaZulu-Natal-based Crafcor Group had a...
December tractor prices down
December sales of tractors onto the South African market, excluding exports, totalled 261 units. This was roughly 7% lower than the 279 units sold in December last year. For the...
French GM Maize in limbo
On 11 January French President Nicolas Sarkozy announced France will invoke an EU safeguard clause that will allow it to suspend the growing and marketing of a genetically modified (GM)...
Phibro wins interdict against Animate
Multinational company Phibro Animal Heath have succeeded in an interdict application preventing Animate Animal Health and its owner, Hugo Hattingh, and Phibro’s country manager Johannes Groenewald, from continuing with allegedly...
Opportunity for developing farmers
Grain SA, Oos Vrystaat Kaap Operations Ltd (OVK) and the Free State Department of Agriculture have undertaken to work together in an initiative to support developing farmers who aim to...
World news (Issue date: 25 January 2008)
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Hellbent on Badplaas
Both the land Claims court and the Supreme Court of Appeal have ruled that there is no evidence of fraudulently-inflated land values in the Badplaas area.
Food price inflation likely to ‘normalise’
A “normalisation” of food price inflation can be expected by the end of 2008 and into 2009. This is according to Citigroup economist Jean-Francois Mercier who predicts the CPIX inflation...
High potato prices are isolated
The South African potato industry have quashed rumours that prices for pockets of potatoes have skyrocketed over the festive season and will remain high. It said cases of high potato...
Minister’s evictions list welcomed
Farmer unions have welcomed the issuing of a list of farmers that minister of land affairs Lulama Xingwana alleges are guilty of unlawfully evicting farmworkers. Last year Xingwana and her...
10% wage increase
The wage discrepancy between rural and urban workers is expected to close this year. Labour minister Membathisi Mdladlana announced that the rural minimum wage is expected to increase to R1...
