It's going to be a good festive season for Jelly Beanz after they were handed a cheque for R500,000 by Bernhard Maier, a member of Porsche's executive board. It's the
second sizeable donation by Porsche in as many years.
On the agriculture front,
farmers and unions have been urged to negotiate in good faith. Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson has urged representatives of Agri-SA and unions to negotiate in good faith for the minimum wage demand for farmworkers. That's all very well, but in the meantime perhaps she can also urge farmworkers to remain peaceful and also not damage crops and equipment.
Come fly with me... if you can afford it!
IATA says airlines will carry 3,6bn passengers by 2016 - a rise of at least 28% in the coming years to hit 3.6 billion in 2016, with China accounting for nearly one-in-four new travellers. Keeping ticket prices reasonable would go some way towards ensuring that that prediction comes true.
Don't come fly with me...
Budgets and mechanical setbacks are hurting SANDF, which is buckling under the strain of crippling budget and mechanical setbacks. We have submarines up on blocks and Gripen fighters flying only a tiny portion of the time they should be flying. So we have all these shiny new weapons platforms... but we can't afford to run them. Brilliant!
Equally brilliant, but in a good way, is our tame motoring editor, Henrie Geyser, who waxes lyrical on the new Honda CR-V, which he reckons has
added market traction. And a lot of attractions... in action, and even when not in action.
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Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson has urged representatives of Agri-SA and unions to negotiate in good faith for the minimum wage demand for farmworkers. 
The Minister of Trade and Industry (dti), Dr Rob Davies, officially launched the Kuvusa maize mill, as part of the industrial policy action plan (IPAP) small-scale maize milling initiative, which forms part of the dti's contribution to improving food security by reducing the cost of maize meal. 
Many of the thousands of workers who went on a two-week strike for better pay last month got only a fraction of their wages. Some of them got nothing. 
Rainbow Chicken is to raise R3.9bn of new equity by way of a renounceable rights offer‚ it said on Thursday (6 December). 
While farmers are counting millions of rands in losses incurred during the farmworkers' strike in Western Cape, the effects of the protests could soon hit consumers. 
According to Independent Online, Cosatu's announcement that the province's agricultural sector strike was called off has met with mixed reaction from farmworkers - many were split on whether they supported the decision. Criticism of Cosatu's lack of direct consultation with workers was key to some workers decision to oppose the union's announcement. 
BDLive reports that Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) provincial secretary Tony Ehrenreich confirmed in a statement early on Wednesday, 5 December 2012, that workers accepted a proposal put forward by Agri SA, the largest employers' organisation. 
