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December 13, 2018

What can we expect from the South African Sugar Industry?

The survival and sustainability of the labour-intensive sugar industry is under severe threat owing to the flood of sugar imports and the resultant inability by industry bodies to recover costs, according to South African Sugar Association […]
December 11, 2018
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Western Cape farmers’ water allocations restored

Gugile Nkwinti, the Minister of the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS), recently announced that farmers in the Western Cape would soon be allocated 90% of the water volume they were receiving before the province was […]
December 7, 2018

Agri growth helps SA out of recession

Positive performance in the agricultural sector in the third quarter (Q3) of 2018 has helped lift South Africa’s economy out of a technical recession. Positive performance in the agricultural sector in the third quarter (Q3) of […]
December 6, 2018
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“We believe South African grapes still have that edge”

Pitto, a table grape grower-exporter with farms in the Orange River and the Olifants River regions, will be all systems go by next week. Their first containers of Early Sweet have been shipped, mostly to Europe, […]