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 | One of the first pilot projects that will see workers and farm owners become co-owners of a farming enterprise as part of government's 50/50 land policy was officially launched in KwaZulu-Natal... read |
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 | Issued by Peninsula School Feeding Association In a call for Cape Town to unite against hunger at our schools, the Peninsula School Feeding Association's Charity Family Fun Walk, Blisters for Bread, will take place at the Green Point Cricket Club on Sunday, 28 August... read |
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 | Wine enthusiasts, especially those whose preference is for small-batch production of handcrafted wines, conveniently forget for most of the 20th century the Cape wine industry... read |
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 | Colleen Goko The Competition Commission has decided not to prosecute a complaint that it had initiated against Parmalat SA for alleged abuse of dominance... read |
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 | Brett Parker With smartphone usage on the up and IT literacy expanding, bringing Internet of Things (IoT) level connectivity is a natural progression for this tech-hungry continent... read |
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 | Scientific concerns over the use of antibiotics in food-producing animals and the perceived link to resistance to antibiotics in bacteria that affect human health are growing... read |
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 | Ntsakisi Maswanganyi SA's worst drought in decades has cost the country billions of Rands in lost export revenue. The country's agricultural exports declined in 2015 for the first time in 10 years... read |
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 | South African wine exports are projected to grow 13% in the next decade‚ according to the latest Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy baseline report‚ which provides a snapshot of the country's wine industry and the broader agricultural sector... read |
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 | Cari Van Wyk We spoke to Adam Orlin, head of Investec Import Solutions, to find out more about the impact of the drought on the import and export of agriculture commodities... read |
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 | Alex Cilliers The lamb and mutton market has shrunk from 16% of consumers' average meat basket three years ago, to just 13%, as shoppers choose other products... read |
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 | As a net importer of rice, trends in the global rice markets are crucial to South Africa. According to Wandile Sihlobo, economist at Agbiz, the nation's rice imports have increased by... read |
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 | SU's two-year MSc programme in Food and Nutrition Security will begin 2017 and will help policy makers and people in non-government organisations make educated decisions... read |
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 | The main planting season is winding down in Ethiopia, but there is still a small window of opportunity for farmers to plant the last set of crops in September and grow food for millions... read |
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 | Scott Zambonini Location-based mobile game Pokémon Go is perhaps the best commercial example of augmented reality (AR) gaming to date... read |
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