SA under US’ radar for dumping lemon juice
The South African (SA) lemon juice industry recently received complaints from its United States (US) counterpart, accusing SA of dumping lemon juice at lower prices. According to a radio interview…
Hundreds of Clover workers picket outside Department of Trade
Hundreds of striking Clover workers picketed on Thursday outside the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition in Pretoria. The workers called on the department to intervene to stop retrenchments and…
Subsistence farming stimulus vouchers halted
The Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD) has announced that it will be suspending the Presidential Employment Stimulus vouchers programme immediately following unhappiness about the programme’s implementation.…
Striking Clover workers to get overdue bonuses by Friday
Workers have welcomed a promise by Clover SA to pay overdue bonuses as a win in the ongoing dispute between the company and workers. This follows a picket by hundreds…
’Millions’ of brown locusts sighted in the Karoo
South Africans have taken to Social Media to share videos of ‘millions’ of brown locusts that were swarming parts of the Northern Cape, Eastern Cape, and the Western Cape on…
FairPlay welcomes provisional anti-dumping duties on chicken imports
FairPlay has welcomed the imposition of provisional anti-dumping duties on chicken imports from Brazil and four European Union countries – Denmark, Ireland, Poland and Spain. The provisional duties will remain…
SA Breweries mulls mandatory Covid-19 vaccinations for staff
South African Breweries (SAB), part of Anheuser-Busch InBev, said on Tuesday, 4 January that it was looking at making Covid-19 vaccinations mandatory for staff across its operations, the latest company…
Farm workers in Northern Cape protest over alleged inhumane living conditions, abuse
Farm workers in the lower Orange River region of the Northern Cape have started picketing at four farms in the Augrabies area near Kakamas about what they say are deplorable…
Western Cape High Court dismisses Covid-19 regulations liquor ban challenge
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) Minister, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma has welcomed the Western Cape High Court judgment dismissing wine producers’ body, Vinpro’s challenge of the constitutionality and lawfulness…
Thabi Nksosi appointed new non-executive chair of Land Bank
Agricultural economist, Thabi Nksosi has been appointed as the new non-executive chair of state-owned Land and Agricultural Development Bank. Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana made the announcement on Thursday, 9 December…