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05 August 2020
Imbibe
With the ongoing curfew and ban on alcohol sales, the South African wine industry is experiencing seriously challenging times. Malu Lambert offers an on-the-ground report.
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05 August 2020
GroundUp
“We as rural women don’t exist for the government”
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04 August 2020
IT-Online
Microsoft South Africa has announced an investment of up to R40-million in South Africa’s agriculture sector, one of the country’s critical industries driving growth and job creation. The investment is aimed at driving sustainability in the sector for smallholder farmers, who form an important part of the agricultural workforce in the country. More than 2-million […]
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31 July 2020
BizCommunity
The industry body Vinpro, Agri Western Cape, the agricultural interest group Saai and Western Cape wine producers met last week to discuss the impact of the second ban on alcohol sales on the wine industry.
Rural development read more5 men are due in court today after the “unscrupulous and barbaric” murders of Breggie, Danie and Elzabie Brand from the Northern Cape. Meanwhile, more than 7 800 people are demanding justice for slain KZN farmer Zakiyyah Ahmedjan Ismail.
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29 July 2020
EWN
The farmer's body has met with wine industry representative, Vinpro, the Southern African Agri Initiative and local wine producers last week to discuss the impact of the ban.
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29 July 2020
EWN
Vinpro said that in addition to scores of people that had already been laid off from work as a result of COVID-19 regulations, an estimated 18,000 more jobs could be lost.
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28 July 2020
News 24
Parliament's land reform committee chairperson Nkosi Zwelivelile Mandela has condemned the "callous and inhumane" attacks on farmers.
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24 July 2020
Farmer’s Weekly
The recent decision by government to reinstate the ban on domestic alcohol sales under Level 3 of the lockdown regulations to contain the COVID-19 pandemic will result in an even larger surplus of wine in South Africa.
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23 July 2020
Fin24
South Africa's wine producers continue to be battered by the ban on alcohol sales but the balancing saving the economy and people's lives has been tough for government
Rural development read moreIn one scene, migrants shouted ‘no camera’ at the reporting crew filming them from a larger chartered vessel. https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/maps-and-graphics/2020/08/12/cartoon-British-TV-media-migrant-boat-coverage?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social
Green revolution is locking African farmers into a system that is not designed for their benefit, but for Northern multinational corporations. https://theecologist.org/2020/aug/14/gates-failing-green-revolution-africa
Allegations of corrupt land deals in Okahandja. Resident calls for a probe by the Anti Corruption Commission https://www.namibian.com.na/index.php?id=93685&page=read
JOEVA ROCK & RACHEL SCHURMAN - Seeds of Neo-Colonialism: Why GMO's Create African Dependency on Global Markets | The Elephant https://www.theelephant.info/op-eds/2020/07/31/seeds-of-neo-colonialism-why-gmos-create-african-dependency-on-global-markets/#.XzZcQfjfzfs.twitter
Zim weighs using land as security for the $3.5bn bond meant to compensate white farmers https://www.news24.com/fin24/Economy/Africa/zim-weighs-using-land-as-security-for-the-35bn-bond-meant-to-compensate-white-farmers-20200813 via @fin24
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