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SA wool farmers are struggling after China banned the import of all cloven-hoofed animals and their products after foot-and-mouth disease outbreaks.

Time is running out for the government to get a Chinese ban on the import of wool from South Africa lifted before SA's first wool auction for the 2022/23 season.

Johannesburg - Sipiwo Makinana lives in Ugie, a small town at the foot of the Drakensberg Mountains in a postcard-worthy region of the Eastern Cape prov

Sipiwo Makinana lives in Ugie, a small town at the foot of the Drakensberg Mountains in a postcard-worthy region of the Eastern Cape province, where he’s a small-scale sheep farmer. Makinana says he usually makes about 150 rand, or $9, per kilo for his wool. But since April, things have been tough, he told VOA,…

South Africa’s total wool exports are worth approximately $300 million per year, and about 80% of that goes to China. Local sheep farmers and industry groups

Small-scale Black farmers feel the impact of China’s four-month ban on South African wool as the season’s wool auction fast approaches

Up to 80% of South Africa’s clip is destined for China, making the country its biggest customer.


The change that we need going forward is not going to happen from within our current political parties as they themselves have much to lose; the change is going to have to come from some other means.

Covid-19 survivors more likely to suffer mental disorders, according to study 7 April 2021 2:35 PM A new study has looked at the mental toll of Covid-19 on survivors. The study has found that Covid-19 survivors have an increased risk of developing mental health and neurological conditions in the six months after a diagnosis. The observational research, which is the largest of its kind, has been published in the Lancet Psychiatry journal. The South African Federation For Mental Health (SAFMH) s...

Outdoor workers wilt in rising heat 17 Feb 2021 Wild food plants are the “gifts” we get from the land but high levels of warming threatens them. (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) “It gets hot here,” says Stock, the chairperson of the local grower council. “So you go out early and you don’t sweat and lose liquid — [you are] working in a cooler environment.” A recent study commissioned by the CMCC found how increasing temperatures in South Africa from climate change reduces the ability o...