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Agriculture, Horticulture & Forestry
The South African rand went up to 8.15 to the US dollar on Friday (30 September) and, boosted by the weaker local currency, South African maize futures lifted. Preliminary I-Net Bridge data indicates that the December white maize contract was up R42 to R2,214 per ton, the March white maize contract gained R37 to R2,218 per ton, while July 2012 white maize added R23 to close at R1,765 per ton. Read more >>
Agriculture
 According to a new report by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), South Africa is one of the countries where support to agriculture is well below the average. In spite of an ever-increasing food-demand, food prices, market-volatility and resource pressures, the average government agricultural support in OECD member-countries fell in 2010 to 18% of total farm receipts - mostly due to high commodity prices. Read more >>
Farming
A ban on some meat exports after a foot-and-mouth disease outbreak could cost South Africa over US$490 million a year, an industry group said Monday, 3 October 2011. Read more >>
 [Emily van Rijswijck] Black emerging farmers are beginning to find their feet in the tough environment of commercial farming, with success stories being recorded in the Eastern and Northern Cape provinces. Read more >>
[Nthambeleni Gabara] African negotiators at the upcoming COP 17 in Durban should push for a binding and responsible climate deal on agriculture. Read more >>
Forestry
South Africa's minister of agriculture, forestry and fisheries, Tina Joemat-Pettersson and Swaziland's tourism and environmental minister, Macford Sibandze signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cross-border fires, hoping to integrate the way the two countries manage devastating cross-border fires. Read more >>
Horticulture
 [Wilma den Hartigh] South Africa's reputation as a top performer and trend-setter in the global gardening industry was recently confirmed when the International Garden Centre Association (IGCA) appointed a South African as its president, for the first time. Read more >>
Environmental Management
A huge new transfrontier park that will stretch from Angola in the west to Zimbabwe in the east - and estimated to be 15 times larger than the Serengeti in Tanzania - is being planned for Africa. Read more >>
Human Resources & Recruitment
 Workers who have been with Kumba for five years or more will get a R500 000 bonus in December as part of a generous employee share option scheme that will see the company paying out more than R2,5-billion to its employees. Read more >>
Retailers
 Pick n Pay, late last week, announced the opening of latest addition to its expanding African footprint - its first Mauritian store in Bagatelle's Mall. The company will open a further two stores in Mauritius in the next year. Read more >>
Women's health
 PRETORIA: With October being International Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the Cancer Association of South Africa (CANSA) is encouraging all women to invest in their health by learning how to detect various female cancers early. Read more >>
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