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Landbou-organisasies in Sentraal Suid-Afrika is bekommerd oor die verwoestende uitwerking wat wegholveldbrande op weivelde, lewendehawe en boere het. Dit, nadat veldbrande die afgelope weke verwoesting in die Vrystaat, Noordwes en Noord-Kaap gesaai het en skade miljoene rande beloop. Willem de Chavonnes Vrugt, president van Agri Noordwes, sê daar is verskeie veldbrande in die Noordwes aangemeld, met die grootste veldbrand wat in die Reivilo-omgewing naby Kuruman aangeteken is. Hy deel dat die veldbrand in die Kuruman-omgewing in die Noord-Kaap begin het en na die Noordwes versprei het. In totaal, tussen hierdie twee provinsies is meer as 100 000 hektaar veld verwoes. Daarmee saam het veldbrande wat gedurende die laaste 10 dae in die Potchefstroom-omgewing ontstaan het, meer as 20 000 hektaar veld verwoes.

The recent cyber-attack at Transnet has prompted a call for citrus growers to slow down the harvesting, packaging and transporting of their fruit for export. The logistics company's IT system was targetted by hackers around the time of the unrest last month. It exacerbated the backlog of products waiting to leave our shores - which had started when KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng were hit by violence causing some key economic routes to be shut down. The Durban-based SA Citrus Growers Association says they've had to issue the call as large amounts of produce were still coming through from as far as Limpopo and other parts of the country -  all waiting to go through the Durban harbour. CEO Justin Chadwick says 2.5 million tonnes of citrus are exported through the Durban port each year.

Versekering vir landboubesighede is iets wat boere moet oorweeg. Dawie Maree, hoof van inligting en bemarking by FNB, sê dit sal produsente help in tye van natuurrampe en met ander onvoorsiene gebeure, om die produsent weer in dieselfde posisie te plaas waar hy was voordat die ramp plaasgevind het. Hy sê die beeld dat versekering net ‘n polis is, moet verander word sodat boere verstaan versekering is ‘n vorm van risikobestuur. Maree voeg by dat die werklike rol van ‘n makelaar is om saam met die boer om die tafel te sit en al sy risiko’s te bespreek en dan oplossings te bied hoe die risiko’s verseker kan word. Hulle besluit dan saam watter risiko oorgedra word aan die versekeraar en watter self gedra word deur die boer.

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The amendment to Section 25 of the Constitution will only contribute to the misery of South Africa. This was the message to Parliament from more than 107 000 citizens who took part in Free State Agriculture's public campaign to protect property rights and oppose the constitutional amendment of Section 25. Free State Agriculture's president, Francois Wilken, says in a statement that the support from the public shows that the organisation's view on property rights has a much wider support base than just the organisation's agricultural members. The organisation submitted its opposing comments to the parliamentary committee on Friday 13 August. Its reasons for rejecting amendments to Section 25, included local and international investment uncertainty that will further impede employment growth, as well as the concern that the amendment will open the gap for zero compensation of all property.

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