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The South African department recently published, for comment, the draft revised regulations regarding the procedural requirements for water use licence applications and amendments. The draft revised regulations were published in a government gazette on 19 May. The deadline for submitting comments is 18 July. According to the draft regulations, enterprises applying for water use licences to take or store water will, in future, have to allocate shares of up to 75% to black South Africans. The legal and policy executive at Agri SA, Janse Rabie, said the proposed legislation would have severe consequences for the agriculture sector. "The consequences for food security and the sustainability of the agricultural sector, should these regulations be passed in the current form, cannot be understated. It would have a devastating impact on the sector and its ability to provide the country with a secure food supply.
Dit is kenmerkend aan sakelui in Suid Afrika dat hulle openbare uitlatings oor aktuele sake eerder vermy, en dat politieke partye en die burgerlike samelewing eerder hierdie spasie opneem en verandering bewerkstellig. Dit is te verstane dat sakelui in die agtergrond bly wanneer daar onstuimighede in die openbare- of politiese- sfeer is, want hulle loop ʼn risiko om as aktivisties of bevooroordeeld voor te kom sou hulle wel in die kryt klim. Die krisis wat teweeggebring word deur die regering noop egter die sakegemeenskap om baie beslis in die openbare kryt te klim, die stand van sake te veroordeel, die regering as sondebok onbeskaamd uit te wys, en saam aan oplossings te werk. Sakelui moet toenemend tot hierdie gesprekke toetree, en kan gerus wees dat hulle getroue, lojale en vasbeslote bondgenote sal hê in die vorm van georganiseerde gemeenskappe wat reeds ywerig te werk gaan om ʼn nuwe werklikheid te bou, en ʼn verskil te maak waar jy woon.
Agriculture remains one of the success stories in SA’s economic progress, irrespective of the challenges the country has faced over the past few decades. While primary agriculture’s share in the economy has declined from about 10% in the 1960s to just under 3% today, the sector has grown tremendously in real terms. This share decline only illustrates the classic story of how the SA economy has advanced over time, with industries such as finance, manufacturing and transport having grown far faster than agriculture.In 2021 and 2022 SA’s agricultural exports in terms of volumes and value broke records, reaching $12.8bn in 2022. Our export basket is diverse, with fruits, wine, grains, beef and wool topping the list. SA’s Agricultural Food System (AFS) share (primary agriculture and agro-processing) of GDP adds up to about 10%, with the private sector leading, in most African countries the AFS share of GDP is well above 30%-40% and much of the development is driven by government.
The biggest story in urea circles this week is the launch of the latest Indian tender, which was originally slated for late April/early May. It was pushed back because Indian domestic urea stocks are very high and it served the Indians to postpone and thereby contribute to urea prices falling. As always, the Indians have been very astute in placing this tender – it was previously indicated that they would target around 1 million tons but they have revised that down to 800,000 tons READ MORE
Artificial intelligence (AI) is one of the fastest growing and most disruptive technologies in the world today. Because it has the potential to drastically impact society, it’s important to measure how people are feeling towards it. READ MORE
As a key dynamic in the growth of the sheep to a fully contributing production unit, the time/cost ratio for the achievement of the best body weight at the appropriate age is a critical management metric. READ MORE
Hierdie weeklikse oorsig word totaal en al vertaal in 5 tale en word reg oor die wereld gepubliseer.
Dis lankal tyd om aan die werk te spring- Ons landbouers is nie praters nie- ons is doeners.
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Ons span het ver gery die afgelope 2 weke- maar is terug Pretoria vir die week- Dit het lekker gereen oor groot dele van die land en dis 'm koue naweek en nat in die Kaap. Mielies is besig om vinnig af te droog met die koue en ryp. Rentekoerse is besig om ons landbouers hard te slaan en daarmee saam vernietig dit mense se lewens en rykdom. Die Reserwebank met sy 5 lede moes maar weer besin het voordat hulle die rentekoers weer verhoog het. Banke lag al die pad saam elke keer as die rentekoerse verhoog word. Die rand dollar gaan ons landbouers baie hard slaan en insetkoste gaan die hoogte in skiet. Die regering wil nou met sy waterwet die landbou infiltreer met rasse kwotas op waterlisensies. Voedelsekuriteit sal beslis skade lei met die besluit.
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Women in agriculture deserves recognition. These women are in most cases graduated or with some form of post-school tertiary qualification and a leader in hear community, church, at the local school, clinic and plays a role in keeping the daily activities on the farm, running.A Women who forms part of the decision making on the farm, support her husband to adapt to the changes in weather, government rules, managing the finances of the farm as a business.A Women who offers an input before agricultural meetings and conferences. This Women has a direct input in the management of the farm and allows her husband to be a farmer and allows him to farm. A Women without a platform to raise her own voice.The reality is that men as farmers compete in competitions, wins luxury vehicles and invited to international agricultural trade and study tours, but never such an opportunity for women in agriculture.
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The UK government's trade deals with Australia and New Zealand "are not good enough" for Scottish farmers, Holyrood has warned. The deals, which entered into force on 31 May, will provide Australian and New Zealand exporters with unfettered access to the UK market.
Agriculture remains one of the success stories in SA’s economic progress, irrespective of the challenges the country has faced over the past few decades. While primary agriculture’s share in the economy has declined from about 10% in the 1960s to just under 3% today, the sector has grown tremendously in real terms. This share decline only illustrates the classic story of how the SA economy has advanced over time, with industries such as finance, manufacturing and transport having grown far faster than agriculture.
The latest update on global food price inflation from the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) showed a further decrease of 2.6% month-on-month (m/m) in May 2023 and was 21.3% lower year-on-year (y/y). Decreases in prices in the cereals, vegetables oils, and dairy products categories underpinned the recent decrease in the food price index.
Reserve Bank governor Lesetja Kganyago accepts that the economy is in dire straits. However, in seeming disregard for the severity of the problem, the monetary policy committee on May 25 unanimously ordered a further 50 basis point increase in short-term borrowing costs for mortgages and overdrafts.
According to a statement by the Namibian Ministry of Health and Social Services, the male patient initially sought treatment at a private health facility in Gobabis, and succumbed two days later to the disease while in the Windhoek Central Hospital’s isolation unit.
Die Wes-Kaapse LUR vir Landbou, Ivan Meyer, sê al het die getal melkboere in Suid-Afrika sedert Januarie 2015 met 46 persent afgeneem, het produksie met 7,2 persent toegeneem. Die provinsie is die tuiste van 33 persent van die land se melkboere. Meyer sê hulle is verantwoordelik vir 30,6 persent van die land se varsmelkproduksie, gevolg deur die Oos-Kaap en KwaZulu-Natal:
The Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development is willing to reopen negotiations on the Agriculture Master Plan to develop a more inclusive and credible document.
Die Wes-Kaapse Rooivleisprodusente-organisasie (RPO) het onlangs sy jaarvergadering op Delsma Plaas naby Riebeek-Kasteel gehou. Buiten algemene sake is daar ook spesifiek na die toekoms van die RPO gekyk en was die tema van die vergadering “die relevansie van die RPO”.
In this third article of my series on the mitigation of risk in the farming of sheep, I will illustrate how the inclusion of risk mitigation strategies and innovative solutions, in combination with the traditional value analysis of a defined element of production, can work to add new perspectives to farming operations.
Die Wêreld Meteorologiese Organisasie het sy kommer uitgespreek oor die uitwerking wat smeltende see-ys op seevlakke, natuurrampe, ekostelsels en ekonomieë kan hê. Die Verenigde Nasies se weeragentskap waarsku gletsers en ysplate wat in Groenland en Antarktika smelt, dra 50 persent by tot die stygende seevlak.
Dr Theo De Jager beskryf die plan as kruipende grondonteiening: “Dis nie onteiening wat skielik plaasvind nie, maar stadig deurdat verskuilde regulasies op ons afgedwing word. Dit is absoluut drakonies. “Elke plaas is afhanklik van water, en 95% van Suid-Afrika se kommersiële boerderye is familieboerderye. Hoe pas jy SEB (swart ekonomiese bemagtiging) toe op ’n familie?” Volgens De Jager skuil die regering nou agter die feit dat verskeie landbou-organisasies in Mei verlede jaar ’n “meesterplan” onderteken het wat hulle verbind tot betekenisvolle transformasie in die landbousektor. Die meesterplan stippel geen spesifieke transformasieteikens uit nie. Baie ander landbou-organisasies, soos Agri SA, TLU SA en Agbiz, het ook hul misnoeë oor die plan uitgespreek. Dié organisasies is almal besig om kommentaar oor die konsepregulasies voor te berei, maar maak hulle intussen ook reg vir ’n moontlike hofstryd. Janse Rabie, regs- en beleidsbestuurder by Agri SA, sê in ’n verklaring die regulasies sal “verwoestende” gevolge vir voedselsekerheid hê. Daar is nou geen meer twyfel nie dat die ANC, gelei deur Cyril Ramaphosa, besig is om rassediskriminasie in te stel oor alle sektore van die samelewing op ’n skaal wat laas voor 1994 gesien is.
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IETS OM OOR TE DINK
*Die Dae toe Honde en Bicycles nog Lisensies gehad het.*
Was die Dae toe die leë Bottel en die 2 shillings saans moes uitgesit word, anders was daar nie ‘n vol Bottel Melk op die Stoep Môreoggend nie.
Die boonste stukkie van die Bottel was geel van die Room en daar was ‘n blink Foelie Deksel op.
Niemand het in die Nag die Geld kom steel nie … ook nie die Bottel Melk in die oggend nie.
Die Dae toe ons Kaalvoet Skool toe gestap het en nie ons tone gestamp het nie, want ons het nie op die selfoon geloop en tik en lees nie.
Ons was ook nie laat nie, want niemand wou met 3 houe sy dag begin nie.
Ons het opgestaan as die onnie instap en soos ‘n koor geantwoord: Goe-je-mô-re Meneer/Juffrou, maak nie saak of sy ‘n Mevrou was nie.
Van Me’s het ons nie geweet nie.
Die Dae toe ons na Skool aan die Etens-tafel bly sit het tot ons Bord Gekookte Kos opgeëet was, ongeag of ons van Pampoen gehou het of nie.
Maar dit was op voor Pa net na 5 by die Huis aangekom het en ons Huiswerk was ook klaar.
As daar Mense kom kuier het moes ons “loop speel” en nie “Tanne-tel” nie.
Van die Pak by die Skool het ons nie gepraat nie, want dan het ons nog een gekry.
Dit was die Dae toe ons vir Grootmense Oom en Tannie gesê het en respek vir hulle gehad het.
Toe ons by ander Mense net Twee Koekies mag gevat het en as die Antie baie aandring, nog ‘n derde een.
Asseblief en Dankie was nie vreemd nie, dit het in meeste sinne voorgekom, of jy het gehoor: “hoe sê mens?”, in ‘n nie-teëpraat stemtoon.
Die Dae toe ons vir die Ds en die Polisieman ‘n heilige ontsag gehad het en jy nie geweet het wat die Ds se Voornaam is nie.
Vir die Oom wat langs ons gebly het was ons ewe bang, al het ons soms dapper van sy Appeliefies gesteel(sonder dat Pa ooit daarvan gehoor het.)
Toe ons nie Sondagskool gebank het nie, want dan het daar ‘n Seël op jou Sertifikaart gekort.
Dae toe ons aan die Tafel geëet het en Pa Saans na ete gedank het.
Dan moes ons as hy klaar gelees het ‘n Sinnetjie onthou.
Soms het hy te lank gelees en ons het kort-kort ‘n nuwe Sinnetjie onthou.
Dan het die drie Onthou-sinnetjies soms lekker opgemix!, en Gisteraand se Oom Moses het Vanaand se Jakkalse met Fakkels aan die sterte veld ingeja.
Na Ete het ons dalk Dorp toe gestap om te gaan Window Shopping doen, langs die Pad Bekendes raakgeloop en die Grootmense het eers op die Sypaadjie staan gesels.
Die Dae toe ons op Warm Aande met Oop Deure en Venster Geslaap het, het ek Gedroom van ‘n eie Huisie op die Platteland .
Nou begeer ek ‘n Woonstel op die Hoeveelste Verdieping in die Stad , want dit is baie Veiliger as die Tronk-huise op die Platteland .
Nou, as ons die slag Kerk toe gaan, preek Pieter en ons luister meer na wat hy dalk verkeerd gaan sê as na die Sinnetjie wat ons moet onthou.
Die Polisieman ry in ‘n Bakkie en groet niemand nie.
Oom’s wil nie meer Oom’s wees nie en Ant Souf is nou Mev Visagie.
Niemand gaan meer Winkelvensters kyk nie, want meeste is agter Skuifdeure toegemaak, selfs Diefwering begin al verlang na die “ Goeie Ou Dae ”.
Kinders kan nie meer Skool toe stap nie en “mag nie met Vreemde Mense praat nie”.
Die Rottang in die Hoof se Kantoor is verban, maar op die Kinders se Selfone is Pornografie vrylik beskikbaar, want spraak het mos die reg gekry om vry te wees.
Ons Eet voor die TV en sê nie meer na ete dankie nie … dis nie nodig nie, want Ma help Werk mos nou vir die gou-maak kos.
Miskien gaan ons Sondag Uiteet , dan is daar dalk weer Pampoen , wat after-all nie so sleg smaak soos ek onthou nie.
Onthou, ons mag nie Praat van “Dié Goeie Ou Dae Nie ” want dit is Polities Verkeerd , Onsensitief en Rassisties.
Vra maar vir tannie Helen.
Ma’ ek seg nou vir jou ---- Daai Dae toe die Honde en die Bicycles nog Lisensies gehad het, was Goeie Dae.
Meesterwerk
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Suid Afrika
Many farmers signed a loan agreement with financial services provider, Unigro. So, why were they suddenly slapped with lawsuit from Land Bank instead? #CarteBlanche pic.twitter.com/oOywr9lQZs
— Carte Blanche (@carteblanchetv) June 4, 2023
Despite his assets far outweighing his liabilities, and having made a profit in the last three years, farmer Marius Keeve says he doesn't understand why Unigro and Land Bank declared him bankrupt. #CarteBlanche pic.twitter.com/3uC4i4BZ4b
— Carte Blanche (@carteblanchetv) June 4, 2023
