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January 13, 2021 Record grain WESTERN Cape Minister of Agriculture, Dr Ivan Meyer, accompanied by Executive Mayor Sakkie Franken of the Overberg District Municipality and Mayor Paul Swart of the Cape Agulhas Municipality  recently visited grain farming enterprise, Agri Dwala (Pty) Ltd in Napier in the Overberg region. The visit comes off the back of the news that the Western Cape is expecting one of the largest winter grains and oilseed crop in recent history, shattering previous records. Comm...

Gerrit van Rensburg, ex-Western Cape agriculture executive council member, dies By Robin-Lee Francke Share Cape Town – The department of agriculture in the Western Cape announced on Tuesday it was mourning the loss of its former member of the executive council, Gerrit van Rensburg. It is still unclear how Van Rensburg, who held the post from 2009 until 2014, died. In a statement, current MEC Dr Ivan Meyer said Van Rensburg had distinguished himself as “a true leader, a gentleman, a servant ...

Afasa slams WC govt for withdrawing COVID-relief funds for black wine farmers A week ago, Casidra withdrew its offer after Meyer said it contradicted the DA-run provincial government’s policy, which is not to racially target any form of aid. Picture: Pixabay.com 85 days ago CAPE TOWN - The African Farmers Association of South Africa (Afasa) on Wednesday expressed outrage following Western Cape Agriculture ...

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Content provided by Last updated: 24/12 - 11:10 As part of the Western Cape Government’s whole of society approach, Cabinet resolved to have regular interactions with the Western Cape Faith Based Organisations (FBOs) and religious leaders on Covid-19 government interventions. Over these past months, the Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) has regularly met with the FBO network with the intention of improving and streamlining c...

Jaco Marais The Western Cape provincial government will engage faith-based organisations in a bid to combat the spread of Covid-19. The province is experiencing a resurgence of positive cases. News24 reported that hospitalisation in Cape Town is currently under pressure. The resurgence of positive cases in the Western Cape has resulted in the provincial government meeting with faith-based organisations to engage on the drastic action needed to stop the spread of Covid-19, particularly at religi...

Wine gets leeway under South Africa’s updated alcohol rules Subscribe The Western Cape government has welcomed a decision to allow the Sunday trade of wine at registered wineries and wine farms under the country’s new lockdown rules. In a gazette published on Thursday (18 December) by Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, the national government said that registered wineries and wine farms can continue to operate over the weekends. This includes tas...

VinPro, a non-profit company which represents 3,500 SA wine producers, cellars and industry stakeholders, welcomed the amended regulations. “We are relieved,” VinPro MD Rico Basson said on Friday, thanking the government stakeholders involved in the amendment. The grouping also thanked government for clarifying in the amended regulations that accommodation establishments can operate at full capacity. “This is excellent news for our wineries operating guest houses and hotels,” said Vi...

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