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24 January 2023
GroundUp
Doring Bay Abalone, 37% owned by the community, produces about 60 tonnes of abalone per year, mostly to legally export to China.
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23 January 2023
Engineering News
Business organisation the Agricultural Business Chamber of South Africa (Agbiz) has urged for less loadshedding in areas under irrigation and food-processing facilities. In crucial field crops, roughly 20% of maize, 15% of soybean, 34% of sugarcane and nearly half of the wheat production are produced under irrigation and these face severe challenges owing to persistently hot and dry conditions, coupled with constrained ability to irrigate. Fruits and vegetables also heavily rely on irrigation, and thus face similar challenges.
Food security read moreOne-quarter of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions result from food and agriculture.
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16 January 2023
Moneyweb
Unless these are addressed, our agricultural sector won’t achieve its potential growth and job creation prospects.
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16 January 2023
The Citizen
Thokozile Didiza has expressed deep concerns about the impact of load shedding in agriculture and agribusinesses in the country.
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22 December 2022
Daily Maverick
The revisions appear to have lowered several of the predicted risk profiles for harbour workers should fires or explosions break out accidentally around the proposed gas-to-power ships and pipelines in Richards Bay, Ngqura or Saldanha Bay.
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06 December 2022
Daily Maverick
Agroecology has the potential to uplift South Africa’s food system, yet there is no government programme for it, according to those who work in the sector.
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01 December 2022
GroundUp
This infectious disease has hit the pockets of many families in Nelson Mandela Bay who rely on pigs to generate an income
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29 November 2022
Mail & Guardian
Refining wheat, maize and rice removes their nutritional value, which contributes to preventable diseases such as strokes, diabetes and obesity
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30 November 2022
Daily Maverick
Karen Washington is a food justice activist and community organiser best known for helping to start food gardens in New York City’s Bronx neighbourhood. She coined the term ‘food apartheid’ to describe neighbourhoods – like many in South Africa – without access to healthy food to reveal the intersections of food, race, demographics and socioeconomics. Washington recently spoke to community gardeners in Mamelodi northeast of Pretoria. This is an edited excerpt from her speech, as told to Laura Lopez Gonzalez.
Food security read moreHow to Maintain Mental Hygiene as an Open Source Researcher https://www.bellingcat.com/resources/2022/11/23/how-to-maintain-mental-hygiene-as-an-open-source-researcher/?fbclid=IwAR0k6pKfFvTOqkHxoeA4nj834mumUkG8uG5Ua4gHTW8-lasQFWXGgBcjkxs
Forcibly removed 60 years ago: Simon’s Town land claimants return https://www.groundup.org.za/article/forcibly-removed-60-years-ago-simons-town-land-claimants-return/
Botswana's Bushmen community has been the victim of forceful evictions and discriminatory harassment. https://www.fairplanet.org/story/the-forced-eviction-of-botswanas-indigenous-people/
Renewable energy worldwide is now cheaper per MWh than fossil fuels, especially in Africa given their favorable geographic situation. Much like the tobacco industry, when polluting and dangerous fossil fuels are pushed out of Europe & the US, they push their products on Africa.
Activist @BarigyeBob1 is yet to be released two days after being arrested for organising a debate on the environmental, human rights and economic impact of the controversial #EACOP. We demand his immediate release! See press statement ~> https://www.stopeacop.net/our-news/press-release-stopeacop-campaign-demand-for-the-release-of-activist-barigye-bob
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