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Die moord op sewe mense op die plaas Lismor buite Kestell in die Vrystaat het die eienaar, Alheit Smith, diep geraak. Een van die slagoffers op wie se liggame hy Vrydag afgekom het, was sy vrou. Smith, wat reeds meer as 40 jaar op die plaas woon, deel dat sy hele lewe van hom weggeneem is en dat hy nie meer verder sonder sy vrou kan boer nie. Hy het met OFM-nuus gedeel dat hy onseker is oor die toekoms. Twee verdagtes is intussen in verband met die moorde in hegtenis geneem, en sal weer op 14 September in die hof verskyn nadat hulle hulle borgtogaansoeke in die Kestell-landdroshof laat vaar het. Smith sê hy hoop dat indien die verdagtes skuldig bevind word, hulle lewenslank tronk toe gestuur sal word.

South Africa's poultry industry is recording huge losses as a result of Eskom's recent power cuts in different parts of the country. eNCA earlier reported many farmers and other industry players have had to rely on generators. The South African Poultry Association says many farmers have been forced to watch their birds die due to disruptions in heating systems because of power cuts. The association says when the farms lose power, the birds do not feed or drink. It says an abattoir that slaughters a million birds weekly spends around R100,000 per hour during scheduled power cuts.

Silo-ongelukke gebeur selde in Suid-Afrika, en indien dit plaasvind, is dit moontlik ‘n fratsongeluk. Dit is volgens Dries van der Linde, die Operasionele Bestuurder van Graan by OVK, in reaksie op die onlangse voorval waar ‘n vrou en kind in ‘n mielie-silo op ‘n plaas in Mpumalanga geval het. Van der Linde sê Suid-Afrika het wetgewing in plek om veiligheid by silo’s te handhaaf. Van die veiligheidsreëls sluit in dat die silo stewig moet wees en dat die inspeksie-opening bo buise, ‘n deksel moet hê vir veiligheid, sodat niemand daar kan inval nie.

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South Africa continues to engage with the European Commission on new regulations that could lead to tons of citrus export products being destroyed. The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries described the EU's decision earlier this month as not only trade-restrictive but also technically unjustified. Director-General Mooketsa Ramasodi, says the implementation of the regulations just three days after the notification, also went against the spirit of transparency and restricts South Africa's time to comply with the new rules. He says while South Africa recognises the sovereignty of the European Commission to take phytosanitary measures to protect its plant health and the environment, the cost of compliance will be high.

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