The Agriculture community of South Africa

Hard roads for Cargo Carriers

Thu, 16 May 2013 08:07:00 +0200

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.
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Tongaat Hulett, Ingonyama Trust Board sign agreement

Mon, 06 May 2013 10:36:00 +0200

Tongaat Hulett and the Ingonyama Trust Board (ITB) have formalised a framework for joint co-operation and collaboration in raising the economic and social well-being of rural people on ITB land in KwaZulu-Natal.
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Karoo offers mixed farming opportunities

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 10:18:00 +0200

Many commercial farm investors looking to diversify into different regions and away from core farming activities are viewing the Karoo as an area of high potential.
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Agriculture offers real growth potential

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 13:24:00 +0200

Although structural impediments such as poor logistics render the search for new avenues of deeper intra-African trade challenging‚ there is an immediate and compelling growth potential in the trade of agricultural products‚ Standard Bank research analyst Simon Freemantle said last week.
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Judgement on Agri SA welcomed

Sat, 20 Apr 2013 13:47:00 +0200

The Department of Mineral Resources has welcomed the judgement handed down by the Constitutional Court of South Africa, in the long and embattled case brought against it by commercial agricultural organisation, Agri SA.
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Mislabelling of meat products - just distasteful? Or criminal?

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 07:26:00 +0200

Food labelling has been in the spotlight following the European horse-meat scandal and the findings of a recent study by the University of Stellenbosch where undeclared ingredients were found in a number of meat products in South Africa.
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State would need to prove public use, interest in expropriation

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 10:47:00 +0200

Government departments and municipalities wishing to expropriate property under a new Expropriation Bill will have to conduct a thorough investigation to prove that any expropriation will be done so in the interest of the public, or that property will be put to public use, the Deputy Minister of Public Works Jeremy Cronin says.
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Claim: N1-N2 Winelands improvements to create jobs

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 12:41:00 +0200

The South African National Roads Agency Limited (SANRAL) has rejected reports that the planned upgrades along the N1-N2 Winelands route will affect the poor communities along the route, saying these reports are "misleading".
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Farmers, consumers want right prices

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 07:57:00 +0200

The Competition Tribunal has asked for revised conditions before approving a joint-venture between two of SA's leading agriculture firms - Afgri Operations and Senwes - to ensure there will be no exchange of information between the divisions that will be competing.
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Human DNA in meat samples

Wed, 27 Mar 2013 09:20:00 +0200

Scientists have found traces of human tissue in meat meant for public consumption, but this poses "no threat" to the consumers who eat it.
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