John Purchase
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Which section of a national park is known for walking trails named after kingfisher species, where visitors can spot Brown-hooded, Malachite, Giant, Pied, and Half-collared kingfishers? #KnowYourSANParks
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@WandileSihlobo And ensuring top national food security in Africa.
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South Africa's land reform is based on market principles. It supports growing investment in our agricultural sector, enabling it to play a meaningful role in resolving our triple challenge of low growth, poverty, and unemployment.
wandilesihlobo.com/2025/09/03/zim…
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Q: Whose well-thought out, open-minded, reasonable and necessarily complex (for our problems are complicated) contribution to the national dialogue are you most looking forward too?
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@Hortgro Great contribution to SA Agriculture and fruit industry in particular, Hugh! Best wishes with new endeavours! 👏👏🥂🥂
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After 44 years in the deciduous fruit industry, Hugh Campbell retires as Hortgro Technical General Manager to begin a new career phase. We salute Hugh, one of the legends of our industry.
hortgro.co.za/news/from-held…
#Hortgro #growingfruitiq #stoneseason #stonefruit
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@TheEconomist Nutrition is not just about calories. Over-simplification and inappropriate metric.
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Beef emits 31 times more CO₂ per calorie of food than tofu does. By cooking so many cows, humans are cooking themselves, too. Forgoing steaks may be one of the most efficient ways to reduce our carbon footprint econ.st/3Kz0tWF 👇
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Proud to announce our newly selected Steerco at #AgbizCongress2024:
- Chairman: Sean Walsh, CEO of Kal Group
- Deputy Chairs: Antois Van Der Westhuizen, @JohnDeereAME & Mandla Mpofu, Omnia Nutriology
- Rico Basson, CEO @SA_wine
- Justin Chadwick, CEO @CitrusGrowersSA
#Agbiz24
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@judith_february Part of an orchestrated attack on our democracy and Constitution. The alternatives are clear.
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@politicsblahbla Great article, Carol! Only plausible alternative.👏👏
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@chrisyelland Thanks Chris, great perspective! Methinks cost of electricity factor (Eskom) will continue to drive embedded generation (RE behind the meter) significantly. Your perspective?
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These graphs indicate the very significant reduction in the burden on Eskom electricity generation (both energy and demand) for the first 20 weeks of 2024 (red line), compared to the same period in 2023 (blue line).
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@Lapp118 @WandileSihlobo In SA landbou-konteks, kan beslis gedoen word. Minister weet presies watter pad om te volg - haar eie kommissie het haar reg geadviseer.
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Biosecurity remains a massive risk globally and locally. We need to do more for better control.
Wandile Sihlobo@WandileSihlobo
"Cattle prices have tumbled as the US government steps up measures to contain the spread of a bird flu outbreak among the country’s cow herd. The US Department of Agriculture at the start of this week banned infected cattle from crossing state borders and said it would test ground beef for bird flu particles, as the UN’s World Health Organization expressed concern about the virus’s potential to spread outside of the US." -- FT
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Sensible comments. Unfortunately opportunity missed in budget speech. Rand now taking predictable hit in financial markets.
m.engineeringnews.co.za/article/innova…
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Zapiro cartoon published @dailymaverick (8 February 2024) on Lost @PresidencyZA @CyrilRamaphosa - zapiro.com/240208dm
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This stadium presenter has just asked Schalk Burger if he thinks the success of cricket might rub off on other sports in South Africa, like rugby.
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@AntonEberhard @BischofNiemz So why the heavy gas focus? Ideological dogma, corruption ease, party and personal interests, political control, gas 'availability', etc.???
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South Africa’s new IRP2023 plan forced in a whole lot of gas. Here’s a more cost optmized plan from @BischofNiemz keeping the installed gas power capacity but adding in 16GW cheaper solar PV and 12GW cheaper wind to replace some of those expensive gas molecules. Way to go
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The beautiful Eastern Free State. Apart from collapsing towns, unpassable roads and stripped railway stations and infrastructure, a wonderful place.
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@GraceBaskaran This is not limited to the mining sector. Agriculture/Agribusiness in similar mode. Only real capex is to ensure energy security through renewables and product route to market through alternative logistics options. Expect further GDP contractions as cost of doing business soars.
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This is devastating for SA’s mining sector. I see almost no way that you’ll see sectoral investment in the medium term.
Hugo Pienaar@hugopien
Transnet rail failure means Kumba has built up 2 million tonnes of iron ore stocks. At current rand price of iron ore, this amounts to R5.1 billion. Kumba will now cut back on production & sell out of/work down stocks. 1)
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