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15 July 2021
The drinks business
Nearly half of black-owned wine brands in South Africa believe their businesses won’t be able to survive the next year due to ongoing alcohol bans in the country, according to a Vinpro survey.
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09 July 2021
Mail & Guardian
The industry is hoping the government will scrap the latest ban on alcohol during the next national address on the Covid-19 pandemic, expected on Sunday
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14 June 2021
Daily Maverick
On a small plot of land outside Hoedspruit, a fight has been brewing that goes to the very heart of South Africa’s environmental legislation. One of the country’s largest citrus exporters is taking on 15 of the biggest brands in nature conservation, with the provincial authorities so far favouring the former. If the final battle is lost, say the conservationists, it will be open season on the region’s ecological treasures.
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15 June 2021
SowetanLive
Sixty-two black commercial farmers were identified across the country to benefit from the programme. They lease land reform farms from the department.
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10 May 2021
GroundUp
South Africa is the most carbon-intensive G20 economy with the highest coal reliance
Rural development read moreDeveloping a sustainable agriculture sector means growing both the farm and the farmer, writes head of the Jobs Fund Najwah Allie-Edries, the same level of effort put into the crops must also be put into the farmer and their business. Despite the impact of Covid-19, the agriculture sector has...
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08 May 2021
Daily Maverick
An ambitious programme to commercialise and boost indigenous goat production across KwaZulu-Natal is in jeopardy because the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development has throttled funding of millions of rands.
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02 May 2021
Daily Maverick
The two major dams for the Eastern Cape’s biggest metro, Nelson Mandela Bay, are running dry and with no major rain forecast, the city is facing an unprecedented water crisis.
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29 April 2021
Daily Maverick
South Africa’s water resources are at a critical point. Numerous studies show that by the beginning of the next decade the country will face its biggest water crisis yet — if we don’t act now.
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29 April 2021
OFM
The Free State High Court has granted a seizure order to the Asset Forfeiture Unit (AFU) to seize property of R249 million, which belongs to senior government officials and businesswoman Lenah Mohapi (55).
Rural development read moreMining-led dispossession has led to limited access to farming land and local elite control over mineral rents exacerbates inequality and conflict. https://twitter.com/KnowledgebaseL/status/1417442195578163201
Land, conflict and radical distributive claims in South Africa's rural... https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214790X21001374
AGE OF ANARCHY: Abahlali baseMjondolo: We need to build a just peace amid unrest in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2021-07-15-abahlali-basemjondolo-we-need-to-build-a-just-peace-amid-unrest-in-kwazulu-natal-and-gauteng/
Vinpro survey highlights lockdown impacts on black owned wine brands https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2021/07/nearly-half-of-black-owned-wine-businesses-wont-survive-the-next-year/
Plan to ensure food gets to all communities after unrest https://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/plan-to-ensure-food-gets-to-all-communities-after-unrest-2100a1e5-f662-42ff-b7e2-446898cd4f6b
Keys to their homes still missing for 108 District Six claimants https://www.iol.co.za/capetimes/news/keys-to-their-homes-still-missing-for-108-district-six-claimants-d4058f28-ee6e-44a8-ae29-0eb7ac2f96a9
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