| 25 Oct 2011 |
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Agriculture, Horticulture & Forestry
 State-owned Land Bank is now ready to expand its lending, chief executive Phakamani Hadebe told MPs. Speaking at the company's annual report briefing in Midrand, Hadebe said he believed that within five years, the bank could grow its share of the agricultural funding market from the current 28 to 30 percent market share to at least half of the market. Read more >>
Speaking at the Agribusiness Forum in Johannesburg last week, Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said that starvation and acute food shortages, especially in the Horn of Africa, are a warning to take agriculture as a serious industry and to find ways to harness Africa's collective effort, in order to offer relief to those who need it most. Read more >>
Farming
Small-holder and commercial farmers should get involved in the implementation of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP), says acting director-general at the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Sipho Ntombela. Read more >>
Iowa, USA-based natural and organic products company Frontier Natural Products Co-op is partnering with tea growers in South Africa. As part of its Well Earth program, Frontier donated US$20,000 to help revamp the rooibos tea production and fermentation process at a farmers' cooperative in the Cederberg Mountains. Read more >>
 With an increased focus on the environment, more and more corporates are developing and implementing 'green' policies to reduce their carbon footprint and waste to landfill. This greater collective consciousness has simultaneously created a new and viable space in which entrepreneurs can operate as 'eco-entrepreneurs'. Read more >>
Forestry
 As one of the fastest growing economies in Africa, Botswana has funded extensive infrastructure development including schools, hospitals and major road projects in recent years. The country's needs in this respect are now basically fulfilled and the emphasis in terms of infrastructure has shifted towards maintenance. Read more >>
Digital
[Duncan McLeod & Craig Wilson] President Jacob Zuma's decision to redeploy communications minister Roy Padayachie and his deputy, Obed Bapela, has drawn mixed reaction from the information and communications technology industry, with one analyst saying he was "stunned" by the move and that it would delay several important projects, including the migration to digital terrestrial television. Read more >>
 [Chris Moerdyk: @chrismoerdyk] When the new communications minister was shifted out of her role as deputy minister of the department last year and into the presidency, I wondered if she breathed a huge sigh of relief. And I wonder now whether she is really as happy as she seems about going back, in spite of being promoted to full minister? Read more >>
Regulatory
[Paul Vecchiatto] The Competition Appeals court hearings into the Wal-Mart/Massmart merger turned mainly around labour and economic efficiency issues that the giant US retailer could bring into the local market. Read more >>
Motion Pictures and Film
Cape Town movie director Tim Greene has scooped the Audience Choice award for "Skeem" at the Abu Dhabi Film Festival, according to Channel24 and Sowetan Live. "Skeem" is a comedy adventure story about a group of small-time crooks and greedy holiday-makers who scheme to get their hands of a box of cash at a run-down resort. Read more >>
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