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An old co-op turned into a shopping mall
The Sentraal-Suid Co-op (SSK) buildings in Swellendam's business centre will be developed into a large 7 600m² retail complex worth R70 million, SSK CEO Erenst Pelser announced recently.
Issue date : 20 June 2008
Issue date : 20 June 2008
Fuel costs and bad policy threaten food security
Agriculture business chamber (ABC) CEO Dr John Purchase called on government to develop and implement solutions to address the core cause of the food-cost crisis, currently playing out locally and internationally.
Issue date : 20 June 2008
Issue date : 20 June 2008
A billboard gets a new, bullish lease on life
For 12 years since the 1994 elections, this billboard outside Aliwal North in the Eastern Cape stood bare.
June 2008
June 2008
Land claimants to foot bill for wasting court’s time
The main claimants in SA's BIGGEST land claim, Tenbosch, have been ordered to pay the legal costs of nine legal teams, as well as the financial losses the Land Claims Court incurred to hear the trial in Malelane, Mpumalanga.
Issue date : 20 June 2008
Issue date : 20 June 2008
Call to share Afrikaner expertise with emerging farmers
Former World Bank managing director Mamphela Ramphele has called on South Africa to embrace the expertise of the Afrikaner farming base as part of its strategy to resolve the global food crisis.
Issue date : 20 June 2008
Issue date : 20 June 2008
‘It’s actually going very well for agriculture’
Agriculture is going through a revolution, according to Absa Agribusiness head Ernst Janovsky
Issue date: 20 June 2008
Issue date: 20 June 2008
Haemanthus – Paint Brush Flowers
Paint brush flowers occur naturally in a vast range of habitats and make pleasant garden subjects that are relatively easy to maintain, writes Cameron McMaster.
Issue date 13 June 2008
Issue date 13 June 2008
townie the buitelander
Xenophobia - The latest buzzword IN the SABC's vocabulary.
Issue date : 13 June 2008
Issue date : 13 June 2008
Chickens of the bush
Che-che-chirra! che-che-chirra!" It was an explosive and excited call just outside my tent that shattered the quiet before dawn.
Issue date 13 June 2008
Issue date 13 June 2008
Going bananas for bread
This recipe RELIES ON SWEET FRUIT, which means bananas must verge on over-ripeness.
Issue date : 13 June 2008
Issue date : 13 June 2008
Online livestock auctions
The number and profile of potential bidders at an auction is the Achilles' heel of the auction system. The escalating costs of travel and accommodation make it all the more difficult.
Issue date : 13 June 2008
Issue date : 13 June 2008
Getting on top of bacterial speck in tomatoes
Bacterial speck (psuedomonas syringae) is widespread throughout SA at certain times of the year.
Issue date : 13 June 2008
Issue date : 13 June 2008
Opportunity knocks Get moving and stop complaining about the noise
'It's tempting to gloat about high food prices and get heated up about stupid politics and ignorant politicians, but this is unproductive. Rather focus on the opportunities that have been created.'
Issue date : 13 June 2008
Issue date : 13 June 2008
Bt solving the food shortage situation?
Biotechnology has changed the face of agriculture on a global scale and will continue to do so, says Monsanto's biotechnology manager Kobus Steenkamp. It's been commercially available in SA for 10 years with 57% of our maize being GM maize. But is biotechnology as controversial as it appears? Annelie Coleman reports.
Issue date: 13 June 2008
Issue date: 13 June 2008
The labour dilemma
While farmworkers are suffering due to higher inflation, especially food inflation, farmers are also suffering due to the increased input prices. The labour department will have to take both sides into account in its deliberations for the 2009 to 2011 wage determination.
Issue date : 13 June 2008
Issue date : 13 June 2008
The land reform balance
Government needs to balance social welfare and land restitution against viable economic principles, says Prof Dirk Kotzé, political analyst at Unisa. He was speaking at a recent Agricultural Business Chamber congress where he highlighted the importance of government to view land as an economic entity, not just a social tool, as well as to give organised agriculture a heads-up on who to lobby in the ANC leadership.
Issue date : 13 June 2008
Issue date : 13 June 2008
Nature’s money-making potential
Like many other farmers, the Herholdt brothers learnt through bitter experience that it's better to farm with nature than chase high yields with high inputs. Glenneis Erasmus asked Junior Herholdt from the farm Uitkyk in Philadelphia how they have made their farm more profitable.
Issue date : 13 June 2008
Issue date : 13 June 2008
Hands-on training for apprentice farmers
By arranging SA and overseas apprenticeships for graduates of a Midlands agricultural college, KZN's Top Dairy Woman of the Year Judy Stuart is giving students the opportunity to launch their farming careers. Robyn Joubert reports.
Issue date : 13 June 2008
Issue date : 13 June 2008
Inbreeding threat gets worse in SA
Used wisely, the influence of a star bull can be invaluable, and top genetics are being exported worldwide - at the risk of turning dairy breeds into inbred families plagued by bad health, poor fertility and malformed calves. Robyn Joubert finds out how SA breeders can get peace of mind.
Issue date: 13 June 2008
Issue date: 13 June 2008
Boksburg prison teaches inmates to farm
In partnership with the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality, Boksburg Correctional Services (BCS) has added agriculture to the list of training workshops available to prisoners. Other options include carpentry, textile production, steel production, upholstery and baking.
Issue date: 13 June 2008
Issue date: 13 June 2008
