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Dis middel Desember en Suid-Afrikaners beplan alreeds hulle spyskaarte vir die feestyd braai. Maar Dawie Maree, hoof van inligting en bemarking by FNB, sê egter dat Suid-Afrikaners se braai begrotings onder druk gaan wees as gevolg van ‘n skerp styging in vleispryse wat nuwe rekordvlakke in Desember bereik het. Maree sê verder daar word wel ‘n effense seisoenale daling in vleispryse aan die begin van volgende jaar verwag.

The Free State is the latest province to report infestations of brown locusts. Mafa Mokoaqo from the Free State Department of Agriculture says this comes after three provinces, the Northern-, Eastern- and Western Cape, recently reported outbreaks of brown locusts. He asserts that the department is doing everything they can to contain the spread of the locusts. Mokoaqo says that the direction, speed and time of the wind also play a huge role in the spread of brown locusts from the Northern Cape. He concludes by urging all farmers to join the WhatsApp groups that they have created and to contact either himself or Zimasa Leputla, spokesperson for the provincial agriculture department, should farmers spot locusts on their farms.

Onteiening sonder vergoeding is vir eers nie meer deel van die politieke proses in Suid-Afrika nie. Dit is volgens Theo Venter, 'n onafhanklike politieke analis. Hy sê die besluit wat op 7 Desember vanjaar in die Parlement geneem is - om nie die 18de wysiging van die grondwet te aanvaar nie deurdat dit nie die vereiste twee-derde meederheid bereik het nie - se aanvoorwerk het eintlik reeds in 2017 begin. Meyer sê dit was toe die ANC besluit het dat onteiening sonder vergoeding moontlik moet wees in terme van die Suid-Afrikaanse Grondwet. Hy deel verder dat die onteieningsklousule in die grondwet onverandered bly en dat die onteieningswet, wat daardie klousule in werklikheid operasioneel maak, voortgaan. Dit, terwyl hierdie onteieningswet eersdaags in die Parlement ter tafel gelê en waarskynlik aanvaar sal word. Dit is 'n gekonsolideerde weergawe van verskeie onteieningswette wat in die Suid-Afrikaanse wetboek staan.

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The DA expressed its concern regarding the low arrest and conviction rate among the two main categories of crimes - stock theft and farm attacks - affecting rural areas. DA leader in the Free State, Roy Jankielsohn, says that stock theft is much higher than reported as the low arrest and conviction rates serve as deterrents for the reporting of such crimes. He adds that stock theft and farm attacks, cause billions of rands of annual losses to the agricultural community who are already struggling to survive due to increased input costs, damages caused by poor roads, and increased electricity prices coupled with load-shedding.

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