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Dr John Purchase
Progress in land reform comes with concerns
[Derick van der Walt] South Africa has made progress with land reform and there is now... read


Agriculture
Partnership makes strides in promoting sustainable land management in Africa
Partnership makes strides in promoting sustainable land management in Africa
Improved land management strategies and technologies being used across sub-Saharan Africa are helping protect the environment, boost agricultural productivity... read
Agribusiness
Salmon Kajie
Rolling out the red carpet for Western Cape agribusiness
In the agribusiness sector, the value proposition for companies looking to locate investments into Western Cape is twofold. This is according to head of investment for Wesgro... read
Alan Winde
Let's make agriculture young again
Alan Winde, Western Cape Minister of Economic Opportunities, sat down with agri-leaders to discuss the joys and woes of agriculture currently in the Western Cape and Africa... read
Agri Tech
Concrete beehive provides possible solution for sustainable beekeeping
Concrete beehive provides possible solution for sustainable beekeeping
As one of the primary pollinators in the world, bees are not only important to human survival, they also play a central role in the evolution of the earth's ecology... read
Agro-processing
Nasele Mehlomakulu
Agri-parks to transform and revitalise rural SA

Derick van der Walt

The government has no intent of running agriculture with its agri-parks concept. Rural South Africa, however, has to be transformed and the government believes... read
Commodities & Fairtrade
Zyxoas via
Clarity on the reporting of prices for frozen chicken in SA
The price collection methodology of Stats SA applicable for compiling the CPI is calculated by averaging the change in the prices of each observed product... read
Hans via
Namibia suspends pork imports

Tuyeimo Haidula

The agriculture ministry has suspended the import of live pigs and raw pork from South Africa due to an outbreak of African swine fever in that country... read
Food Security
#CGFSummit: Food safety, not just a Western luxury
#CGFSummit: Food safety, not just a Western luxury

Leigh Andrews

A customer buys meat and vegetables from your store. He goes home, eats that fresh produce, and contracts a serious illness. Possibly even dies. Here's how to prevent this nightmare from becoming a business reality... read
Sustainability
David Maclennan via
Dry times ahead as dams shrink
Before the next rain season, dam levels are expected to drop by 10% and the Department of Water and Sanitation has warned this will affect water availability and access... read
Business
The magic of Virtual Reality (VR) and how it's going to impact our lives real soon...
The magic of Virtual Reality (VR) and how it's going to impact our lives real soon...

John Sanei

I was inspired by Elon Musk in his recent interview at the Code Conference, where he was saying that games in the next five years will be pretty much exactly like real life... read
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