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 | ONE.org, a campaigning and advocacy organisation taking action to end poverty and preventable disease in Africa, has launched one of the continent's biggest musical collaborations ever, Cocoa na Chocolate, in support of a new campaign to boost investments in agriculture, 'Do Agric, It Pays'. Read more >>
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 | HORTGRO, an umbrella communication platform for a number of horticultural sectors, has invested more than R20m during the past decade in bursaries for students who want to follow a career in the deciduous fruit industry. Read more >>
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 | The president of Agri SA, Johannes Möller, and a delegation of the organisation are currently in Argentina to attend meetings of the Cairns Group's Farm Leaders (CGFL) and the World Farmers' Organisation. Read more >>
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 | Browns The Diamond Store, in partnership with Food & Trees for Africa (FTFA), has donated 300 fruit trees to be planted at Kanana Park Extension 3, south of Johannesburg. Read more >>
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 | Hilton Durban will be marking Earth Hour 2014 on Saturday, 29 March 2014. The hotel will join hundreds of the more than 4,000 hotels and timeshare properties that are part of the Hilton Worldwide portfolio of brands by switching off lights, as well as organising other projects for guests in demonstration of their commitment to live sustainably and take action by caring for the planet in the year ahead. Read more >>
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 | Despite trying times for food producers and retailers, the dairy sector is doing fairly well, and heading the sector is Clover Industries' according to Vunani Securities analyst Anthony Clark. Read more >>
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 | Approximately 100 delegates from South Africa, Angola, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Kenya, Senegal and Nigeria accompanied the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) officials to the Gulfood trade expo which was held from 23-27 February in Dubai. Read more >>
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 | Tru-Cape Fruit Marketing aims to further expand into Africa and Middle Eastern markets to accommodate the 17 million cartons of apples and pears expected by 2018. This is according to newly appointed managing director of Tru-Cape, Roelf Pienaar. Read more >>
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 | NAIROBI: Cattle raiding in Kenya is often viewed in the legitimising context of tradition, climate change and resource conflict, but increasingly it has much more to do with organised crime meeting a rising demand for meat, and political violence resulting from a new devolutionary constitution. Read more >>
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 | The annual African Farmers Workshop and Expo (AFWE) aims to empower emerging and subsistence farmers across South Africa, and boost the national farming sector generally. The next AFWE event in Gauteng will take place from 12 to 14 August at the Johannesburg Expo Centre (Nasrec). Read more >>
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 | In a special edition of the Daily Maverick's Election Edition of The Gathering, top politicians Zille, Gigaba, Ramphele; top trade unionists Vavi, Jim, and more - including the ANC's biggest pain, Thuli Madonsela - will be grilled by Daily Maverick and eNCA editors. And you can be there... Read more >>
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