• Wine producers are confused, angry and despairing about what to try next to ensure job security of a vital yet increasingly shaky agricultural sector. Government’s latest lockdown, starting on 16 April, included an about-turn on wine exports including the transporting of wine from cellar to ports, which were opened under the Disaster Management Act on 7 April.

  • Pres. Cyril Ramaphosa’s announcement of a relaxation of the lockdown regulations to reduce the economic damage caused by the government’s excessive state of lockdown, is too little and too late for many farmers, agricultural industries and value chains, according to Dr Theo de Jager, Chairperson of Saai’s Board of Directors.

  • Druk uit verskeie hofgedinge teen dr. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, Minister van Samewerkende Regering en Tradisionele Sake (Cogta), se irrasionele regulasies onder Vlakke 4 en 3 van die ramptoestand het haar genoop om op 17 Augustus 2020 in ’n ongewone stap Vlak 3 in sy geheel te skrap.