- 08 December 2021
- Agbiz
- 1449
The Ad Hoc Committee tasked with drafting an amendment to Section 25 of the Constitution tabled their report and the final version of the 18th Constitutional Amendment Bill in the National Assembly.
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- 06 December 2021
- Senwes
- 1385
After a slight retreat to 67 in the third quarter, the Agbiz/IDC Agribusiness Confidence Index (ACI) recovered to 74 points in the final quarter of this year.
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- 12 November 2021
- Senwes
- 1622
Agbiz welcomes the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement, which showed continuity between former Finance Minister Tito Mboweni and his successor Enoc Godongwana.
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The Global Food Security Index results for 2021 was released earlier in the month and according to the index South Africa is now in the 70th position out of 113 countries.
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- 12 October 2021
- Senwes
- 1663
The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is set to provide further opportunities for the expansion of South Africa’s agricultural exports into the African continent.
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- 01 October 2021
- Senwes
- 1776
Daar heers wêreldwyd groot kommer of daar teen 2050 genoeg kos sal wees om die menslike bevolking (van ʼn geskatte 8 miljard mense) te kan voed.
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South African producers of summer crops such as maize, sunflower seed, soya beans, sorghum and dry beans can look forward to a very favourable season says Wandile Sihlobo, Chief Economist of the Agricultural Business Chamber of South Africa, Agbiz.
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- 18 August 2021
- Senwes
- 2703
The Agricultural Business Chamber, Agbiz, announced that Theo Boshoff will take over the reins as CEO as from 1 January 2022.
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- 04 August 2021
- Senwes
- 1812
Die KwaZulu-Natalse landbou-unie, Kwanalu, meen die ligging van die Mooirivier-tolhek op die N3 is ʼn ekonomiese risiko en moet gevolglik geskuif of gesluit word.
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Terwyl die finansiële, maatskaplike en werkloosheidsimplikasies van die onlangse gewelddadige protesoptogte, brandstigting en wydverspreide plundertogte in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) nog bereken word staar verskeie gemeenskappe in dié provinsie ʼn langtermyn voedselkrisis in die gesig.
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Dieselfde goeie vooruitsigte vir rekordoeste wat vir somergewasse en tuinbouprodukte verwag word, is nou ook op die kaarte vir wintergewasse danksy die goeie klimaatstoestande wat tans ondervind word.
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Volgens die jongste sakevertroue-indeks, soos saamgestel deur die landbousakekamer Agbiz en die Nywerheidsontwikkelingskorporasie, het die landbousektor lanklaas so ʼn goeie seisoen soos die huidige beleef.
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Desondanks die feit dat die landbousektor ʼn inkrimping van 3,2% getoon het tydens die eerste kwartaal van 2021, is kenners dit eens dat daar geen rede tot kommer is nie en dat vanjaar ʼn uitsonderlike landboujaar gaan wees.
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Die Landbousakekamer Agbiz se leierskorps is onlangs tydens die sakekamer se algemene jaarvergadering eenparig herkies. Dié vergadering is virtueel aangebied.
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Die 2021 begrotingsrede is ʼn eerlike interpretasie van die moeilike fiskale posisie waarin die Suid-Afrikaanse ekonomie homself bevind.
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Delivery number 418688 open for donations - Senwes is uniting the agricultural value chain with the launching of the Agri Value Chain Food Umbrella. This initiative is answering the call of Agbiz to ensure food security amidst the disrupted economic activities due to the lockdown, as a result of the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Senwes, in collaboration with the Agricultural Business Chamber (Agbiz), will be hosting a virtual discussion series on the agricultural value chain. These are the first virtual discussions in the new revolutionary series - A new way of conversing and bringing the agri value chain together.
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Agbiz has submitted its written inputs on the Draft Constitution Eighteenth Amendment Bill to amend section 25 of the Constitution to allow expropriation without compensation to the chairperson of the Ad Hoc Commitee, Dr Mathole Motshekga. The Bill was approved in early December before it was opened for public comment. In the submission, Agbiz reiterated its position that land reform objectives can be achieved without resorting to expropriation at nil compensation, if the administrative process is overhauled to ensure efficient administration.
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As you are aware, the President has announced a 21-day national lockdown starting from Midnight on Thursday the 26th of March 2020. The Regulations outlining the restrictions will be applicable on the movement of people and goods during this time has been published on the 25th of March 2020 and can be accessed here.
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“The Agricultural Business Chamber (Agbiz) has noted the release of the report by the Presidential Land Reform and Agriculture Advisory Panel for public comment today. Agbiz will study the report and its recommendations in detail and respond according to its mandated policy positions on land reform and agriculture,” Dr John Purchase, CEO of Agbiz, said today.
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In her first policy speech as Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development, Thoko Didiza’s message was centred on the ethical and efficient implementation of the department’s programmes, as well as the collaboration with stakeholders in the sector. Although it was her first policy speech, it, however, cannot be read as a blueprint of the department for a number of reasons that we outline below.
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