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23 February 2023
GroundUp
“Difficult operating environment for the sugar industry” cited by Finance Minister as reason
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19 February 2023
Daily Maverick
The body of a six-year-old was recovered on Sunday afternoon while workers are still searching for his mother and his four-year-old sister. Another two boys are missing but presumed drowned after devastating floods ripped through Coffee Bay on the Wild Coast.
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21 February 2023
Daily Maverick
As the trial against those accused of corruption linked to the Gupta-owned firm Estina and the Vrede dairy farm project grinds on, cattle on the farm have been found by the NSPCA to be starving, without water and in shocking condition.
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30 January 2023
Daily Maverick
The first State Capture trial has entered its second week. Officials from the Free State Agriculture and Rural Development Department have made up the majority of the witnesses.
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12 January 2023
Engineering News
The Importance of Wetlands (Showroom): According to the US: PEA (2020), wetlands are considered one of the world’s most productive ecosystems, which is even on par with rainforests. Wetlands are referred to as ‘biological supermarkets’ due to their ability to provide various foods to several different fauna. Furthermore, wetlands act as a refuge to a diverse range of flora and fauna (e.g: mammals, insects, fish, amphibians and birds). Wetlands contain imperative ecological infrastructure which ...
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13 December 2022
Farmer’s Weekly
Education is vital to the transformation of South Africa’s agriculture industry, as well as the country’s economic growth. However, many agricultural colleges are in disarray. Magda du Toit reports on this crucial issue.
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08 December 2022
Biofin
By Mafela Simon, Secretary of Tshivhula Communal Property Association, South Africa
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25 November 2022
The conversation
South Africa’s policies need to do more to protect vulnerable and marginalised small-scale fishers and fishing communities.
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13 November 2022
Daily Maverick
The Green Connection believes that pursuing fossil fuels does little to address South Africa’s economic crisis, much less address the energy crisis, and proposes an alternative vision for the future of the country’s energy and economic landscape.
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07 November 2022
Daily Maverick
The state-owned lender is profitable again. The Land Bank is lending money to emerging and established farmers after suspending such activity for nearly two years. It has also started to repay money owed to lenders. But the Land Bank still faces smothering operational problems.
Rural development read more117 dead in storms and floods https://clubofmozambique.com/news/117-dead-in-storms-and-floods-234842/ via @twitter
The real Johannesburg: Six powerful photos from a gritty new book on the city https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-03-09-the-real-johannesburg-six-powerful-photos-from-a-gritty-new-book-on-the-city/?utm_source=socialshare&utm_medium=twitter
KZN rural residents beg high court to save their homes and livelihoods and rein in rampant Tendele coal mining https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-03-12-kzn-rural-residents-beg-high-court-to-save-their-homes-and-livelihoods-and-rein-in-rampant-tendele-coal-mining/?utm_source=socialshare&utm_medium=twitter
Cyclone Freddy’s deadly trail of destruction a grim reminder of the need to prioritise climate adaptation https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-03-15-cyclone-freddys-deadly-trail-of-destruction-a-grim-reminder-of-the-need-to-prioritise-climate-adaptation/?utm_source=socialshare&utm_medium=twitter
Framed as a crisis response, corporate-led strategy to promote industrial agriculture remains at the core of the AfDB development agenda
https://africanarguments.org/2023/03/why-is-the-afdb-food-siding-with-the-agrochemical-industrial-complex/
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