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Land offensive
[Kingdom Mabuza, TJ Strydom and Penwell Dlamini] Land ownership by foreigners will be prohibited and South Africans will be entitled to own no more than two farms, or an equivalent of 12,000ha... read more>>



Agriculture
France told to repay US$1.2bn in EU farm aid
France must repay €1.07 billion euros (US$1.2 billion) to the EU in agricultural aid that was claimed through fraud or error over a four-year period, the European Commission said Tuesday... read more>>
Children, ethics vs big business
Make sure that you don't violate the rights of children and that the stakeholders with whom you do business in Africa and elsewhere also uphold a strong sense of ethics. Your company's reputation depends on it... read more>>
BEE: Business to bite the (silver) bullet?

Derick van der Walt

President Jacob Zuma signed the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) Amendment Act 46 of 2013 into law in January 2014, while the new Phase 1 and Phase 2 B-BBEE Codes of Good Practice were gazetted in respectively October 2013 and October 2014... read more>>
Commodities & Fairtrade
Salary increase for farm workers
Labour Minister Mildred Oliphant has announced an upward adjustment to the minimum wage of farm workers with effect from 1 March 2015... read more>>
Food Security
Feed a Child feeding scheme is making a difference

Annelie Coleman

A visitor to the Feed a Child feeding scheme is greeted by a heartwarming and humbling sight: laughing children anticipating a nutritious hot meal. The project, started in 1988 with the help of regular volunteers from the local township, is a blessing to the lives of many poverty-stricken children. Project managers William Wessels and Johan Meiring spoke to Annelie Coleman... read more>>
AU launches agriculture strategy, roadmap
High poverty levels in Africa, driven by lack of access to food compounded by diminishing food supplies, have pushed the African Union to put in place a roadmap to guide African countries to increase investments in the agriculture sector so as to achieve the 2025 vision for shared prosperity and improved livelihoods... read more>>
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