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The Fourth Industrial Revolution and Applications in Agriculture
Agriculture plays a crucial role in the African economy and the daily lives of most Africans. The continent has 65 percent of the world’s remaining uncultivated ...
Farmer of the Month: John Ford
Our Farmer of the Month for the May 2020 edition is John Ford of Elmhurst and Charlgrove in the Port Alfred district. Elmhurst is situated ...
See you on the other side……of lockdown
Some advice for small businesses On the 23rd March 2020, a 21-day lockdown was imposed on all South Africans from the 27th March until the 16th ...
Boer van die Maand: Ernst Stofberg
Ons kuier vandeesmaand by die boer van die maand: Ernst Stofberg van Dwarsberg Plaas en Dwarsberg Trout Hideaway, Louwshoek, Rawsonville in die Wes-Kaap. Dwarsberg Plaas ...
The Purpose of Financial Statements
Financial statements are a written record of the financial performance and business activities of a given company. Financial statements are usually audited by accountants, government ...
Has agri-business sold out SA’s farmers on EWC?
The Institute of Race Relations today launches a campaign to get straight answers from important entities in the agri-business sector on where they stand on ...
Weights show the way to cheap stored power
New ways to generate renewable electricity will offer cheap stored power and a solution to balancing supply and demand. Finding effective ways to store energy ...
NAMPO Cape App: for an exceptional experience
The Overberg is bustling with activity as we are getting closer to NAMPO CAPE 2019, taking place from 4 – 6 September at Bredasdorp Park ...
The process of transferring residential property in South Africa
In South Africa thousands of property transfers take place daily. People purchase land to live on, to conduct business on or merely to keep as ...
Toekomsvisie vir ‘n eenvoudige en effektiewe belastingsisteem
Die titel is gebore uit die agtergrond van ‘n komplekse belastingsisteem wat tans bestaan uit sy verskeie belasting wetgewings wat gereeld aangepas moet word om ...
Science can double the solar dividend
Researchers have found three new ways to double the solar dividend, making the sun work harder and deliver more to the renewable economy. A new, ...
Agricultural value chain
The agricultural value chain concept has been used since the beginning of the millennium, primarily by those working in agricultural development in developing countries. Although ...
South Africa’s first national minimum wage
1 January 2019 saw South Africa’s first ever national minimum wage come into effect. Stakeholders first signed the national minimum wage agreement in February 2017, ...
Giba CPA–land reform beneficiaries sign partnership agreement
The Giba Communal Property Association (CPA) in Hazyview, Mpumalanga, has signed a partnership agreement with private investor W van R Schmidt (Pty) Ltd, facilitated through ...
How robots could help bridge the elder-care gap
Despite innovations that make it easier for seniors to keep living on their own rather than moving into special facilities, most elderly people eventually need ...
A partnership driven approach to land reform
The Vumelana Advisory Funds emphasises a need for a partnership driven approach as an immediate way to address land reform challenges following the State of ...
Wendy Petersen lei transformasie in die wynbedryf
Die Transformasie-eenheid van die Suid-Afrikaanse Wynbedryf het me Wendy Petersen aangestel as Operasionele Bestuurder vanaf 1 Februarie 2019. Die Transformasie-eenheid is ‘n gesamentlike, inklusiewe, onafhanklike ...
Why are Employment Contracts so important?
BVSA HRMConnect offer a wide range of human resource management services to our clients. Why are Employment Contracts so important? Many South African employers do ...
Electricity cuts a great irritation to fruit industry
Eskom, the national (and sole) electricity provider in South Africa has embarked on a programme of load shedding (planned power outages) as a result of ...
Christel Fortuin is a star in the making
Now that the rains have returned to the Boland, the farm road leading to the office at Lakeview Farm is muddy and the previously scorched ...
Big data shows big promise for feeding the world
Digital innovations are set to transform a global food system in crisis. These innovations, however, are reliant on large sets of data to help farmers ...
Where there is a professionally drafted will, there is a way
A professionally drafted will is undoubtedly the single most important legal document one can possess. Unfortunately, the value thereof is often overlooked and misconstrued by ...
Belasting, die las raak al swaarder
Die las op belastingbetalers in Suid-Afrika raak al swaarder. Verskeie faktore dra hierby toe, waarvan die grootste seker die feit is dat die bevolking waaraan ...
Fynbos app to manage your natural veld
Landowners and harvesters who harvest wild fynbos can now better manage their fynbos populations through a new cell phone application. The app, called i-Fynbos, collects information ...