South Africa's apple, pear and table grape exports to other African countries have increased in the wake of depressed demand from Europe,
Fresh Fruit Portal reports.
Read more >>Western Cape Minister of Agriculture, Gerrit van Rensburg, together with newly empowered farmers, Edwin and Hendrik Gouws, met with the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwell during a visit by the royal couple to Kirstenbosch Gardens in Cape Town.
Read more >>According to
IOL, agricultural organisation AgriSA agreed with deputy president Kgalema Motlanthe's views that the law did not need to be changed to achieve land reform, saying that Motlanthe's remarks were a "breath of fresh air".
Read more >>Engineering News reports that the decline in South African wine exports might cause the industry to contract, which will, in turn, result in jobs losses and less income to reinvest in wineries, vineyards and marketing.
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Legatum, a private international investment group and Omidyar Network, a philanthropic investment firm, have announced the ten finalists of the 2011 Africa Awards for Entrepreneurship. The finalists underscore the diversity of entrepreneurs in the competition, representing eight countries including Ethiopia, Gambia, Kenya, Mauritius, Nigeria, Senegal, Uganda, and Zimbabwe.
Read more >>John Davids, reports
allafrica.com, is a rare land reform success story in an equally uncommon partnership with white farmers among hundreds of failed government attempts to close the racial divide in commercial farming.
Read more >>South Africa will host international negotiators in Durban between 28 November and 9 December 2011 to work on a new global climate pact to succeed the Kyoto Protocol, but expectations are low as rifts from previous summits continue, says
IOL.
Read more >>Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson is harming the local chicken industry as the state continues to export maize to the detriment of poultry producers, says Astral chief executive Chris Schutte, according to a report in
Business Day.
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