At this rate there will be very few, if any, of the current SAA board left after
CEO Siza Mzimela quit, closely followed yesterday by the resignations of
commercial general manager Theunis Potgieter, and legal and risk head Sandra Coetzee.
On the technology front, America's National Science Foundation has created a new program to
find new paths forward for sustainable energy.
Many people reckon she deserves an 'F' - despite Angie Motshekga awarding herself a very good pass mark after the Limpopo textbook debacle. Now she has to
give a report on the issue. What's the bet she comes out smelling of roses.
Think of El Nino and you usually think of wild weather. Well, according to Santam,
El Nino offers an opportunity for SA farmers.
Still on the agriculture front, in a way, Goodyear, the tyre manufacturer, has announced plans to
replace petroleum oil in tyres with soya oil.
Still on the automotive front proper, our intrepid motoring editor Henrie Geyser rates the new Chevrolet Cruze hatches as
nifty - which is just the way we rate Henrie ourselves.
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As food prices soar because of the ailing global and domestic economies, South Africans should also start worrying about the availability of something to eat. 
The Cape Dairy Experience, which takes place from 2-3 November 2012 at Sandringham outside Stellenbosch, has included Youth Shows in its programme lineup. Begun last year, the event offers children the opportunity to show their ability to handle farm animals in a show ring. 
Gareth Ackerman, chairman of Pick n Pay, warned that South Africa was extremely vulnerable and all that was needed to shake its food security was one severe drought, TimesLIVE reports. 
The Neutrog range of organic and semi-organic fertilisers has been rebranded in bright and eye-catching new foil bags, with the foil bag retaining the smell of the essential chicken manure component that will keep the fertiliser fresh. 
According to International Business Times (IBTimes), two of the world's most dynamic and promising emerging markets, Brazil and South Africa, are engaged in trade war over chickens. South Africa, which joined BRIC last year, has charged that Brazil is damaging its poultry industry by dumping too many of its cheaply priced, fine-feathered birds onto South African market, endangering jobs. 
