All South Africa articles – Page 89
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Public hearings to settle unrest in South Africa
The South African Department of Labour has announced public hearings across the Western Cape this week in a review of farm workers’ minimum wages as unrest surged again in the troubled region.
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Violence surges in Western Cape
Johan van Niekerk, chairman of the South African Table Grape Industry has called for urgent intervention by all stakeholders to bring an end to violence in the Western Cape area.
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South African grape shipments to UK disrupted
South Africa has shipped considerably less grapes to major marketing regions so far this year, following a late start to the harvesting season and rain disruptions in the Orange River region.
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Book project comes to fruition
South African growers have delivered the first packages of English language reading and textbooks to farming schools in the Western Cape of the country.
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Tesco wins award for South African stonefruit
UK retail giant Tesco has received the accolade of South African Stonefruit Retailer of the Year 2012 from the country's grower union HORTGRO.
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South Africa braced for more protests
South African fruit growers, still reeling from the recent violence and damage caused by strikes in some of the Cape fruit regions, are now preparing themselves for a planned resumption of the protests in the first week of December.
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Appeal for calm following violence in South Africa
Gerrit van Rensburg, farm minister for the Western Cape pro- vincial government in South Africa has called for calm in the province following violent protests at farms in the Hex Valley last week and warned that such action threatens the future of fruit production.
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Colors to continue Sheehan battle
South African exporter Colors Fruit has brushed aside a statement from Sheehan Genetics LLC that the battle for the ownership of the Sheehan grape varieties in South Africa has finally been resolved.
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ArticleLennon returns to Capespan
Ronan Lennon, the ex-MD of Capespan UK, is poised to make a dramatic return to the South African-owned group when he takes up a new role as MD of the company’s Capespan Exports division, according to Eurofruit.
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ArticleCapespan eyes citrus expansion
Capespan North America sees potential to encourage more retail support across the region for imported summer citrus
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ArticleSafmarine and Capespan aid education
Two classrooms constructed from containers are handed over by Safmarine and Capespan to the Agter-Witzenberg farm community
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ArticleSouthern Africa set for bumper citrus crop
The region's citrus export crop is expected to increase by 4 per cent this year, and could turn out to be the biggest harvest ever
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ArticleRSA celebrates Sharon fruit milestone
It is five years since the first consignment of Sharon fruit was handed to the HIV Foundation’s Emavundleni Centre for Vaccine Research
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ArticleSouth Africa reacts to EU citrus concerns
Country's citrus sector responds to Copa-Cogeca warning against importing fruit that potentially carries Citrus Black Spot disease
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ArticleCopa-Cogeca urges RSA citrus measures
Pekka Pesonen says that EU 'cannot risk' importing citrus potentially carrying the contagious Black Spot disease
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ArticleGogo hires Dutch marketers for 2013
South African citrus group picks Cool Fresh International and 4Fruit Company to handle marketing strategy for 2013 season
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ArticleSATI focuses on ethical message
Marketing campaign for South African table grapes in UK will focus on the ethical attributes of the country
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ArticleRSA calls on UK to prevent citrus ban
With the EU clamping down on markets where citrus black spot is present, South African growers have called for help
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ArticleTesco applies direct plan to apples
Retailer looks set to drop one importer, underlining commitment to buying greater volume of fruit direct from source
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ArticleDPA ruling could lead to apple shortage
Apple exporters in US and Southern Hemisphere may be forced to divert fruit from EU if proposed MRL cut is approved