Today sees our last newsletters for 2012, with the first of our new industry newsletters to be published on 15 January 2013, but we will keep on updating the new industry portals over the festive season.
We'd like to take this opportunity to thank you all for your continued support; our subscribers across all our portals continue to grow; in fact, in our new industries alone, we are now closing in on 70,000 subscribers, and for that we thank you.
We want to wish all of you a very enjoyable end-of-year break and - assuming the world doesn't end on Friday (You've heard about the predictions around the Mayan calendar, right?) - we wish you a highly successful 2013.
All the best from the Bizcommunity team!
Rod Baker: Content Director
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As of the academic year 2013 onwards, the Taung Agricultural College (TAC) will offer a Diploma in Agriculture, specialising in irrigation, Allafrica.com reports. 
Agri SA president Johannes Möller has welcomed the Appeal Court ruling in the case of AS Makhanya, N.O & the Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs vs. Goede Wellington Boerdery. 
Support that Anglo American's enterprise development arm, Zimele provided towards an emerging female farmer in Musina, Limpopo, is creating a real difference in the local community by ensuring that they have better access to affordable fresh fruits and vegetables. 
Foodcorp has reached a settlement with the Competition Commission relating to its investigation into collusive practices in the white maize and wheat milling industries between 1999 and 2007 and will pay an administrative penalty of R88.5m. 
PRETORIA: Dozens of employers in the farming sector on Monday, 10 December 2012, said the farmworkers' demand of a daily wage of R150 was too excessive, and it could lead to thousands of workers being laid off should the new sectoral determination decree agree with the employees. 
