A South African court on Tuesday (21 May) froze plans to charge motorists using two roads from Cape Town to the country's scenic winelands
22 May 2013 08:05
The Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance (Outa) has applauded the Catholic church's stance against the e-tolling of Gauteng highways.
22 May 2013 08:14
[Zeenat Moorad] Trading across Pioneer Food's product categories is expected to be challenging for the rest of the year as consumer spending remains constrained‚ the company‚ which reported its half-year results on Monday (20 May)‚ said.
21 May 2013 08:16
The National Energy Regulator of SA (Nersa) has granted Eskom a licence for its Sere wind farm in the Western Cape, the power parastatal said on Monday (20 May).
21 May 2013 12:33
South Africa needs to increase its use of rail freight to boost economic growth and preserve the country's roads, deputy president Kgalema Motlanthe said in Phalaborwa, Limpopo, on Monday (20 May).
21 May 2013 09:30
Project Southern Cross, supported by Voermol, is a fundraising initiative to promote rural safety. The project was launched on 14 May 2013 in Bothaville during an Agri SA luncheon function. The objective of this project is to provide financial assistance for the work done by the Agri Securitas Trust Fund towards prevention of farm-related crime.
21 May 2013 08:35
Astrapak optimists are betting heavily on the new chief executive Robin Moore's ability to restore the troubled packaging firm to health. Reflecting this confidence, Astrapak is trading on a 75,5 price:earnings ratio despite a 61% fall in headline earnings per share for the year to February and a 90% fall in earnings over the past three years.
17 May 2013 11:16
[Edward West] Sovereign Food Investments‚ which has operations in the struggling broiler industry‚ lifted headline earnings 10% to 74.5c per share for the year to February due to a more profitable product mix‚ good agricultural and production numbers and a focus on cost controls.
17 May 2013 08:58
[Edward West] Cargo Carriers (CRG) raised its dividend 76.5% for the year to February after its logistics and transport related operations performed well in an operating environment of low economic growth and industrial relations interruptions.
16 May 2013 08:07
The 2013 harvest season exceeded the expectations of the South African wine industry and this will be the biggest wine grape crop ever produced, although it had a late and slow start.
16 May 2013 11:52
[Linda Ensor] The classic public-private partnerships both in SA and Africa are plagued by delays‚ with the projects sometimes taking seven years to get going‚ Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan said on last week at a media conference on accelerating infrastructure investment in Africa‚ at the World Economic Forum on Africa.
13 May 2013 13:40
Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe has called for co-operation between farmers and farm workers, the SABC news reported on Saturday (11 May).
13 May 2013 12:35The public hearings on the Agricultural Produce Marketing Agencies Bill started on Monday, 13 May 2013, in Irene, outside Pretoria.
13 May 2013 10:53PRETORIA: The City of Johannesburg has made food resilience and agricultural development a priority to ensure that no one goes hungry, said Executive Mayor Parks Tau.
13 May 2013 10:56
During the last week of April the Dutoit Group held a picking competition between the winning picking teams for each of its six estates, situated in the Koue Bokkeveld, Ceres, Western Cape.This is the first time this competition has been held and it was hosted at Lindeshof Estate.
13 May 2013 09:57
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