Tag: Agriculture

Local news Perfect storm has hit this industry in South Africa – and in turn, consumers (BusinessTech) South Africa is staring down the barrel of yet another huge fuel hike in ...

Local news AfCFTA holds opportunities for South African industry (Engineering News) With progress being made on negotiations for the implementation of the African Continental Fre...

Local trade news Inclusivity, resiliency focus of South Africa’s tourism sector recovery (Engineering News) As South Africa rebuilds its Covid-19-devastated tourism sector, foc...

Local news SA Cangegrowers calls on government to honour Sugar Masterplan commitments (Engineering News) When Minister Ebrahim Patel delivers the budget for the Department of Tra...

Public stockholding (PSH) for food security purposes continues to be a contentious issue in the WTO Agriculture negotiations. While contending positions are put forcefully in the n...

Local news South Africa to Host Investment Forum at African Mining Indaba (the dtic) Team South Africa will host a mining investment forum at the Investing in African Mining Inda...

Domestic news AfCFTA not quite the SMME trade silver bullet SA hoped (Daily Maverick) A draft ANC policy document, which was among several discussed at the ANC’s national ...

Local news Proposed EU pest regulations to hurt domestic citrus exports, says association (Engineering News) Newly proposed European Union (EU) regulations threaten the export of...

Local news Removal of poultry import tariffs will destroy domestic jobs, says SAPA (Engineering News) Requests by the Association of Meat Importers and Exporters (AMIE) to suspen...

Local news South African chicken prices set to soar (IOL) South Africa is facing a chicken price increase tsunami due to inflation, rising costs, supply chain disruptions and glo...

Local news ‘Raw material export detrimental to growth’ (The Herald) PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has challenged industrialists to enhance value addition and diversify exports to help ...

Local news South Africa takes massive digital leap forward, says Ramaphosa (Engineering News) Last week, government concluded the auction of high-demand spectrum for mobile telec...

Local news Zim only processing two percent tobacco (The Herald) Zimbabwe has earned US$245 million after exporting 48 000 tonnes of tobacco, as the country is only processing two...

Local news CDC prioritizes jobs, SMME development (SAnews) The Coega Development Corporation (CDC) continues to prioritise access to economic opportunities for the development of...

Domestic, country-related news Motor, agri industries urge govt to suspend fuel levy amid skyrocketing crude oil prices (Engineering News) Industry organisations the Motor Indust...

On December 30, 2021, the United States International Trade Commission (USITC or I.T.C.) received a request from Ventura Coastal LLC, an American firm, to undertake an investigatio...

Country-related news Poultry industry winning battle against unfair trade (Farmer’s Weekly) The fight against unfair competition and illegal imports is starting to reap benefit...

Country-related news Smuggling of Illegal Consignments of Clothing into South Africa Presents Ongoing Threat to the Viability of South Africa’s Clothing Industry (GlobeNewswire)...

Country-related news SA’s agricultural exports hit a new record high (Cape Business News) The need to improve logistics efficiency and curb the deterioration of infrastructure ...

Country-related news Investment in SA a boost for economic sectors (IOL) South Africa will this year continue with concerted efforts to attract new investments into the country t...