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South Africa’s business regulatory environment needs a comprehensive reassessment to enable small and medium enterprises to become major job creators and make a dent in unemployment, says Ravi Naidoo, CEO of the Youth Employment Service (YES). “SMEs have a lot of red tape, so we need to give them dispensations and regulations that help. They don’t have compliance departments like large companies do. They also don’t have financing arrangements with easy access to money.” South Africa’s unemployment rate is officially at nearly 33%, while youth unemployment is at 60%.
Cyril Ramaphosa since coming into power in 2018 has proved to be the worst performing President in South Africa’s democratic history. Here’s why: 1/Rand Depreciation The 𝗭𝗔𝗥 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝟯𝟲% 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗿 since Cyril Ramaphosa became president. • On the 9th February 2018, The Rand traded at R11.98 to the Dollar. • August 10, 2023, the Rand traded at R18.78 2/High Inflation In June 2022, inflation hit its highest level, breaching 9.1%. Between 2022 and 2023 average inflation has been at its highest in the last 10 years. *𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗱𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗖𝘆𝗿𝗶𝗹’𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗺𝗲. 3/Food Inflation Food prices have 𝘀𝗸𝘆𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝗶𝗻 𝟭𝟯 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀, breaching 14%. It’s come down slightly but still very elevated. 4/Interest rates Interest rates under the Cyril administration 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻’𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 last 𝟭𝟬 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 Prime rate = 11.75% Repo Rate = 8.25% 5/Debt to GDP 𝗗𝗲𝗯𝘁 𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗚𝗗𝗣 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗴𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝟰𝟴.𝟱% 𝘁𝗼 𝟳𝟭% since Cyril Ramaphosa took over from Jacob Zuma. 6/National Debt 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗲𝗯𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗻 𝗯𝘆 $𝟭𝟮𝟲 𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟴 (𝗥𝟮.𝟯 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻) since 2018 when Cyril Ramaphosa took over office. 7/GDP Growth 2018 = 1.5% 2019 = 0.3% 2020 = (-6.3%) 2021 = 4.9% 2022 = 2% Take note that these 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄𝘁𝗵 𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 8/Unemployment The pace of unemployment has accelerated since 2018. 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸 𝗼𝗳 𝟯𝟱% 𝗶𝗻 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟭
Volgens die groep Wines of South Africa dra die wynbedryf meer as R55 miljard by tot die land se bruto-binnelandseproduk. Die 2023-oes word op sowat 1,2 miljoen ton geraam – 14,2% kleiner as verlede jaar, sê die bedryfsliggaam South African Wine Industry Information and Systems. Die daling word aan ’n kombinasie van faktore toegeskryf, insluitend koue, nat weer en die Aug verlies aanwingerde weens siektes. ’n Gebrek aan elektrisiteit in gebiede wat van baie besproeiing afhanklik is, het ook oesgroottes negatief beïnvloed. “Groter kelders kan die krisis tans straks beter hanteer terwyl kleiner kelders en plase dit baie uitdagend vind omdat dit vir hulle te duur is om in kragopwekkers te belê,” sê Rico Basson, uitvoerende hoof van SA Wine.
Over 1,000 people are confirmed ill and 79 were hospitalized due to a spread of the Cyclospora parasite, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) indicated July 27. The outbreak is linked to imported raw broccoli, with 20 identified cases stemming from this product. However, no specific brand or producer was identified. The first cases were reported in April, with the CDC now actively investigating and tracking the spread.“No specific food items have been identified as the source of most of these illnesses. State and local public health officials are interviewing people with cyclosporiasis to find out what foods they ate before getting sick,” CDC sources say.
Daar niemand wat openlik moorde in ander gemeenskappe bevorder en aanstig nie. Niemand sing daaroor soos wat “Kill the farmer” gesing word nie. Ander moorde word nie in politieke toesprake “as ’n revolusionêre daad” aangemoedig nie, ( LEES heel onder aan die bladsy- Dr Theo De Jager)
The latest Indian Urea tender closed earlier this week and delivered a few surprises. Firstly, the price was a good $20/t lower than predicted, settling just below $400/t CFR India. This netted back to around $380/t FOB Middle East and $375/t FOB China. A smaller surprise, given the market gossip about how tight producers are on inventory, was that 3.4 million tons of urea were offered. The Indians indicated that they were looking for approximately 1 million tons, so the tender was more than three times over-subscribed. Hardly a message of product availability being limited. READ MORE
These big cats are exploited in a variety of different ways including interactive cub “petting” tourism, “canned” trophy hunting (where the lions are hunted in small enclosures with no chance of escape), live exports, and the supply of body parts for use in traditional medicine. READ MORE
Another recent paper, by Xiaoming Xu of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and eight co-authors, allocates this impact among 171 crops and 16 animal products. It finds that animal-based foods account for 57% of agricultural ghgs, versus 29% for food from plants. Beef and cow’s milk alone made up 34%. Combined with the earlier study’s results, this implies that cattle produce 12% of ghg emissions. READ MORE
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With grain exports from the Black Sea essentially halted and terminals on the Danube now under siege, potentially limiting shipments, the next best alternative is rail. But export volumes by that mode of transportation are limited by higher shipping costs and not having uniform rail gauges throughout Europe. READ MORE
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Die begrip billike handel (“fair trade”) beteken dat produsente wêreldwyd hul goedere teen ’n regverdige prys kan verkoop. Maar dit was nie altyd die geval nie.
Om billike handel in alle lande te bewerkstellig, is ’n wêreldwye beweging, The World Fair Trade Organization (WFTO) gestig met die uitsluitlike doel om boere en vervaardigers te help wat in lande bly wat nie ekonomies ontwikkeld is nie. Hierdie lande (wat nie so ryk is soos, byvoorbeeld, die Verenigde State van Amerika nie), noem ons ontwikkelende lande. Boere en werkers in lande wat ekonomies minder ontwikkeld is as die ryker lande, word dikwels minder vir hul goedere en oeste betaal. Dit kan daartoe lei dat hierdie mense in armoede bly, ondanks al die goedere wat hulle verkoop.
1652 - Organiese bemesting, perdemis, is al in Jan van Riebeeck se tyd in gebruik. In 1666 het kommandeur Zacharias Wagenaar opdrag gegee dat die eerste skeepsvrag ghwano vanaf Saldanhabaai ingevoer word. So ver vasgestel kan word is chemiese kunsmis vir die eerste keer in 1890 in Suid-Afrika vir 'n mnr. Van Heerden van Malmesbury ingevoer. Die eerste plaaslik vervaardigde kunsmis dateer uit 1903 toe SAFCO in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, fosfaat produksie van bene onderneem het.
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Dit is duidelik dat GEEN ANC Kader wat enigsins skuldig is aan korrupsie en in die regering dien ooit vervolg sal word nie. Die Edelagbare Ramaphosa het dit duidelik gewys met sy vrylating van Jacob Zuma onder die dekmantel van oorvol tronke. Biljoene rande is spandeer aan ondersoeke en komitees om die skuldiges uit te wys, maar niemand is nog vervolg nie.
Chinese and South African companies, including JSE-listed Sappi and Glencore, signed commercial business deals valued at just over $2 billion (about R37.5 billion) on Thursday following a trade meeting covering a range of industries from agriculture to fisheries and mining.
ZZ2 pas al vir 20 jaar die konsep van natuurboerdery toe. Die konsep voeg soveel waarde tot die boerdery toe, dat die naam “Natuurboerdery” as een van ZZ2 se bepalende handelsmerkontwikkelaars geregistreer is.
In ’n skilderagtige vallei twee ure se ry suidoos van Kaapstad is Berene Sauls besig om kwaai agter te raak met haar skedule. Die pars van haar jongste oes is vertraag, bottelering kom dikwels tot stilstand, en sy is gedwing om ’n klomp bottels pinot noir en chardonnay wat swak geëtiketteer was, oor te laat verpak.
Climate Smart Farming with Forestry is essential to meet the challenges of climate change whilst ensuring the world’s food and fibre needs. This session will feature the story of Mark Wootton, an Australian farmer, whose data-backed approach has doubled productivity and increased biodiversity outcomes on his farm – Jigsaw Farms – whilst becoming carbon neutral.
Landboukundiges sê dit is onduidelik of Afrika gereed is vir die Vierde Landbou-revolusie. Kenners sê ten spyte van die sektor wat ‘n beduidende rol in voedselsekerheid speel, moet boere nou Landbou 4-punt-nul ernstig opneem om integreer te word in die wêreldwye waardeketting en om voedselsekerheid te verbeter.
South Africa is recording healthy citrus exports into Brics countries, China and Russia, while India is starting to show promise - although high import duties remain a barrier to growing trade into the country.
Weather conditions ranging from excessive heat to cooler-than-average temperatures and from drought to excessive moisture have curbed marketing year 2023-24 European Union (EU) winter grain production expectations, according to a Global Agricultural Information Network report from the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) of the US Department of Agriculture.
Die vernaamste voorkeursake vir die Suid-Afrikaanse landbou binne die Brics-groepering is handel en beleggings, sowel as die beskikbaarheid van kunsmis.
Inmaakvrugteproduksie bly onder druk met boere wat sukkel om wins te maak. Jacques Jordaan, uitvoerende hoof van die Inmaakvrugteprodusentevereniging, het op die algemene jaarvergadering verwys na 'n produksiekosteberaming deur optimale landboubesigheidstelsels, wat aangedui het dat die koste vir appelkose met sowat R180 000 per hektaar gestyg het.
South Africa will need to borrow R500 billion over the next year, or R2 billion per weekday on average, to fund its current fiscal deficit and refinance maturing debt. This increases the risk of investing in the country and increases borrowing costs for local companies.
’n Paneelbespreking oor die landboumeesterplan het tot ’n stewige debat gelei op Sakeliga en TLU SA se Kragdag wat naby Rayton in Gauteng gehou is.Die paneel, wat uit Bennie van Zyl, hoofbestuurder van TLU SA, Jaco Minnaar, voorsitter van Agri SA en dr. Theo de Jager, direksievoorsitter van Saai bestaan .According to the most recent forecast from Macadamias South Africa (SAMAC), the country’s macadamia nut production in 2023 is expected to reach 77,659 metric tons, representing a 12.8% increase over the 2022 crop.
The global potato market is in for a very fluctuating year, according to the reports from across the globe, with generally high prices in many countries. The Netherlands is battling weather conditions affecting yields, while a thriving chip industry drives contract prices. Belgium grapples with an uncertain harvest due to adverse conditions, raising concerns over yields.
Pot rates for shipping containers jumped by the most in more than two years, a sign that a 16-month slump in ocean-freight costs that helped ease the sting of goods inflation is over, the American Journal of Transportation reports.
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Lion vs Hyena!
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Moord op ons landbouers.
Dit is bloot ’n verlengstuk van die wegholmoordsyfer in Suid-Afrika en nie meer as moorde in die bendegeweld op die Kaapse Vlakte of geweld teen vroue en kinders nie, word gesê.
Boere vind dit skokkend dat soveel politieke ontleders, joernaliste en selfs sekere landbou-unies plaasmoorde as ’n natuurlike uitloper van algemene wetteloosheid afmaak.
Die afgelope week gons dit weer in die konvensionele en die sosiale media dat boere arrogant is om die gemiddelde van 70 plaasmoorde per jaar as ’n spesiale kategorie uit te sonder, terwyl daar elke dag soveel mense in woonbuurte, plakkerskampe en stede vermoor word.
Tog glo ons boere dat plaasmoorde anders beoordeel en hanteer moet word omdat dit vanweë deurslaggewende kenmerke nie met die res van die skandelike hoë moordsyfer vergelyk kan word nie.
Dit is nie tragieser nie, nie meer vernietigend vir families en gemeenskappe nie en verg ewe dringende optrede van wetstoepassers en die strafregstelsel.
Maar dit bly anders.
Die probleem gaan nie opgelos word as die regering dit nie erken nie.
Daar is veral drie redes.
Eerstens is daar niemand wat openlik moorde in ander gemeenskappe bevorder en aanstig nie. Niemand sing daaroor soos wat “Kill the farmer” gesing word nie. Wanneer EFF-leiers in die hof of in TV-debatte weier om te onderneem om nie hul volgelinge tot volksmoord aan te hits nie, is die dreigement teen boere gemik. Ander moorde word nie in politieke toesprake “as ’n revolusionêre daad” aangemoedig nie, en die klimaat om die omgewing vir sekere slagoffers gevaarliker te maak word nie opsetlik geskep nie.
Tweedens gaan ander moorde nie so algemeen met wrede marteling gepaard nie.
Kinders word nie gedwing om te kyk hoe die pa vermink en die ma verkrag word nie. Daar word nie met ’n staalboor deur Ouma se knieë geboor nie en Oupa se keel word nie afgesny of hy word lewendig aan die brand gesteek nie. Dikwels word daar niks gesteel nie; dis moord vir die plesier daarvan.
Derdens word geen ander moorde met soveel dawerende applous begroet nie.
Daar is nie die duisende twitterati wat skuim-om-die-mond skreeu vir nog of “Gee ons grond terug!” of wraak spoeg nie. Geen ander moorde word deur intellektuele in ’n historiese of sosiale konteks gemotiveer asof dit verskoonbaar is nie. Daar is ook nooit ondersoeke na die klimaatskeppers of enige gevolge vir hulle nie.
Wat kan daaraan gedoen word?
Die probleem gaan nie opgelos word as die regering dit nie erken nie.
Daarsonder is geen staatsbetrokkenheid by enige teenstrategie moontlik nie en is boere grootliks op hulself aangewese vir hul veiligheid. Dit is onwaarskynlik dat die ANC self sonder eksterne druk by so ’n punt sal uitkom.
Daar is niemand onder die ANC se leierskorps wat, soos ’n pres. Nelson Mandela van ouds, sy stem teen haat¬spraak kan dik maak nie.
Meer kan gedoen word om die buitelandse sentiment teen die gevaarlike klimaatskepping te versterk. Ongeag die Menseregtekommissie en die gelykheidshof se uitsprake dat “Kill the farmer” nie haatspraak is nie, het die EFF en ANC die morele stryd elders ter wêreld verloor. Dit word toenemend as ’n misdaad teen die mensdom beskou.
Op ’n praktiese vlak is dit belangrik dat stappe gedoen word om plaasmoorde te stuit. Hierdie verskynsel het sedert die middel-1990’s al hoe sterker sy kop uitgesteek, maar die kommando’s kon met die polisie saamstaan om daarteen wal te gooi.
Dit is sedert die ontbinding van die kommandostelsel in die vroeë 2000’s dat plaasaanvalle sodanig handuit geruk het dat dit selfs internasionaal opslae maak. Van beloftes dat die kommando’s in die landelike veiligheidstrategie met ’n uitgebreide nuwe polisiereserviste-program vervang sou word, het dadels gekom.
Hulle moet die bloed, die reuke, die stukkende huisgoed en die oorlewendes in die familie beleef.
Nou is boere op eie plaaswagte, kamerastelsels, radio’s, private sekuriteitsdienste en noodsentrums aangewese. Elke boerderygesin skuld dit aan die gemeenskap en hulself om daarby in te skakel.
Ons verwag egter van die regering om ook sy kant te bring.
Daar behoort ’n multidepartementele taakspan te wees wat intelligensie, strategiese optrede, hulpbronne en taakmagontplooiing kan koördineer en die kloof tussen private veiligheidsinisiatiewe en staatsgesag kan oorbrug.
Dit sou al baie help as deelnemers aan plaaspatrollies soortgelyk aan reserviste aan diens gestel kon word wanneer hulle snags uitgaan sodat hulle die staatsbeskerming kan geniet wat ons onder die kommandostelsel gehad het.
Ek wens egter dat ek die beleidmakers en meningsvormers wat daagliks van die kantlyn af oor plaasveiligheid besluit of skryf, net een maal na ’n plaasmoordtoneel kan saamneem. Hulle moet die bloed, die reuke, die stukkende huisgoed en die oorlewendes in die familie beleef.
Niks in hierdie debat is daarna ooit weer dieselfde nie.
• Dr. Theo de Jager is uitvoerende hoof van die Suid-Afrikaanse Agri-inisiatief (Saai). RAPPORT
