Transformation: is everyone on board?
Depending on whom you ask, Theo de Jager’s being voted out of the deputy presidency at AgriSA can be interpreted as anything from serious internal differences within the organisation to one man simply being more popular than another.
Can we afford a national minimum wage?
As thousands of matriculants and university students sit down to write their final exams, I bet they’re thinking about the day they can begin making their own way in the world.
Change: are you up to speed?
Change is never easy. It’s far less stressful to stick to the familiar.
It’s about seeking solutions
It is often said that the most innovative and creative solutions to problems are found during tough times. And in many cases, new solutions change the way we live or do business.
Not reporting on problems won’t make them go away
Gwede Mantashe’s comments at the recent Afasa congress regarding the media, and Farmer’s Weekly specifically, left me flabbergasted.
Now real negotiations can begin
Last week saw South Africa’s two largest agricultural farmer unions hold their annual conferences, virtually back to back and at the same venue.
Ebola’s scare factor
The economic effects of contagious, incurable, fatal diseases are well known. During the avian flu epidemic in Asia about 10 years ago, restaurants were empty, and foreign investors and travellers avoided the region.
Are farm workers’ rights a convenient diversion?
Cyril Ramaphosa’s reprimand of farmers in the Boland must have come as a shock. Wasn’t Ramaphosa supposed to be ‘a champion for commercial farmers’?
