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President Cyril Ramaphosa kicked off Wednesday's commemoration of the ANC’s 108th birthday by paying tribute to the first secretary-general of the organisation, Sol Plaatje
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“Farmers can only be allowed to do online auctioning and trading; however the department will be making sure that no one is moving any animals."
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Only two years after buying the Fish River Resort for R75m despite warnings it would run at a loss, the department of rural development & land reform wants to hand over operations to someone else. ...
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Data from the National Stock Theft Prevention Forum (NSPF) shows farmers lost more than R2 billion through stock theft between 2018 and 2019.
17 January 2020
Mail & Guardian
Two legislative changes are required to allow a court to decide how much will be paid for expropriated land.
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16 January 2020
Daily Maverick
Have your say: The Draft Constitution Eighteenth Amendment Bill has been published by the Ad Hoc Committee to Initiate and Introduce Legislation Amending Section 25 of the Constitution to allow for land expropriation without compensation. The committee has called for comments on the bill by the end of January 2020.
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16 January 2020
News 24
Any desperate farmer on his or her knees will gratefully accept any assistance from the government, but the assistance being rolled out to the Eastern Cape Department of Rural Development and Agrarian Reform is far too little, far too late, says Agri-Eastern Cape.
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17 January 2020
BusinessTech
The Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development says it has had no negotiations with the country’s banks about being compensated for any loans against a property that is expropriated.
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16 January 2020
Times Live
Revelations that nearly 250 animals had died at the Eastern Cape government’s six experimental farming facilities have raised serious concerns around care and possible neglect at these facilities.
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16 January 2020
GroundUp
Landlord pushed up rent by 37%
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15 January 2020
The Citizen
Premier Zamani Saul announced that 80% of the Northern Cape was affected by drought, while 60% was declared severe drought areas.
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15 January 2020
Eurofruit
South African stonefruit industry continues to combat prolonged drought, although optimism is high over future volumes
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16 January 2020
Farmer's Weekly
Dr Sifiso Ntombela, a trade economist at the National Agricultural Marketing Council, writes that as technological advances are being achieved at an ever-faster rate, countries that fail to invest sufficient resources in research and development risk falling behind and becoming uncompetitive.
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16 January 2020
Cape Business News
The Association of Meat Importers and Exporters (AMIE) has welcomed the introduction of a new poultry sector masterplan which was devised by the DTI, brokered by Trade and Industry Minister, Ebrahim Patel and Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development Minister Thoko Didiza. The masterplan process included AMIE, the South African Poultry Association (SAPA), several government …
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Hull: "It is ineptitude, mismanagement, maladministration, greed and corruption that are at the heart of the slow pace and, in some cases, failure of land reform" https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-01-16-the-land-bill-is-a-curates-egg-and-right-now-its-a-bit-scrambled/
Far too little, far too late - Agri-EC on governments drought assistance https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/far-too-little-far-too-late-agri-ec-on-governments-drought-assistance-20200116 via @News24
OP-ED: The land bill is a curate’s egg and, right now, it’s a bit scrambled https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-01-16-the-land-bill-is-a-curates-egg-and-right-now-its-a-bit-scrambled/
Drought-stricken Northern Cape declared a disaster area http://bit.ly/2TAx1Gl via @TheCitizen_News
Privately funded AGDA established as a non profit led by a board constituted of an equal number of representatives from government and the private sector. Opportunity for membership. https://www.farmersweekly.co.za/agri-news/south-africa/new-agriculture-development-agency-to-be-launched/
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