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Theo de Jager
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Farmer in Limpopo, South Africa. Former President of World Farmers Organisation -WFO. Chairman of Saai, FANRPAN and Agri All Africa.
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The latest series of arrests and prosecutions of farm murderers challenges the narrative that foreign nationals are mostly to be blamed for this phenomenon
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A number of farm attackers and -murderers were apprehended over the past few days, or appeared in court
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Francis Davidson, a 75 year old farmer from Maclear, Eastern Cape, who was brutally attacked on 26 April, succumbed to his injuries
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. comments on what's going on in 🇳🇱 between government & farmers protesting in defence of the efficient European #farming model.
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In die vakuum van Landbank gelaat het, en na 2 jaar se werk in met van die beste landboufinansieringskundiges in SA en elders, is die loodsing van n JSE genoteerde landbou-infrastruktuurfonds (waardeur ook plase gekoop en uitbreidings gefinansier kan word) nou haalbaar
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In #Zimbabwe, the govt is struggling to stop the free-fall of the economy. Today, I measure Zim's inflation at a whopping 1220%/yr. That's the highest inflation rate in the world.
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Die voorgestelde regulasies vir waterlisensies kry wind van voor. Europese en Amerikaanse radiostasies noem dit n nuwe apartheid. Plaaslik het die departement al 3 verskillende weergawes gegee van wat die bedoeling was
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Polisie hou motoris ure lank in Centurion aan; eis glo duisende maroelamedia.co.za/nuus/sa-nuus/p via
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There is NO politician in Zimbabwe who explains the economic realities that we face better than
He does the same thing here again, explaining why the Zimbabwean economy has collapsed, why the Zimbabwean dollar crashed, and why you are suffering and inflation is now… Show more
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The cost of bread in Zimbabwe has gone up to Z$10,000.
Ordinarily bread costs US$1 in Zimbabwe, which means that the retailers have now pegged the US Dollar at Z$10,000.
However because of the dysfunctionality and chaotic nature of Zimbabwe’s economy, Zimbabweans pay US$2 for a… Show more
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One by one the arguments of the anti-meat lobby falls before scientific scrutiny and new evidence. There is NO health risk in eating meat (lest you eat too much, but even too much water can kill you!)
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Transformasie is nie belangriker as winsgewendheid, volhoubaarheid of doeltreffendheid in landbou nie
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Só het die Wêreld Landbou-organisasie se kongres by Sun City afgeloop fb.watch/l1PSnB_KBA/?mi
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Saai bring ’n PAIA-aansoek teen Departement van Water en Sanitasie oor waterregte farmingportal.co.za/index.php/all- via
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Resumiendo: nos estamos pegando un tiro en el pie 😡
Aquí las reflexiones más que acertadas, de , agricultor de Sudáfrica y ex presidente de la Organización Mundial de Agricultores (World Farmers' Organisation #WFO), s…lnkd.in/dHkUG35j
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Senzo Mchunu was appointed as Minister of Water and Sanitation in 2021, he picks up where the clueless Lindiwe Sisulu left off. Basically nothing has happened in this sector since the National Water Act was made law in 1998, so he feels obliged to do something.
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An excellent article by and of on the insanity of the new employment equity act
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The Southern African Agri Initiative (Saai) and 25 other organisations have taken a strong stance against the South African government's discriminatory "Employment Equity Amendment Act" and the draconian race-based criteria for water licenses.
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Met rasgebaseerde wetgewing en -regulasies soos oor waterlisensies en gelyke indiensneming word ondernemings van kompeterendheid gestroop en na die apartheidsera terug geruk
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voeg sy stem by 35 ander organisasies om te sê dat die wet beide prakties onuitvoerbaar en moreel ongeregtig is. Ons beveel aan dat boere weier om aan die wet te voldoen. Voldoening is selfmoord vir enige besigheid
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In Gauteng sal die helfde van Indiërs byvoorbeeld uit die kleinhandel geskuif moet word, maar daar is plek vir meer van hulle in landbou. Die wet dwing Indiërs dus uit kleinhandel na landbou in n swak beplande sosiale ingenieursprojek wat onmoontlik nie kan slaag nie
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Die rasseteikens in die nuwe wet beteken dat 2 uit elke 3 wit en Indiër werkers en 1 uit elke 4 bruin werkers in die volgende 5 jaar deur swart werkers vervang moet word.
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70 Leiers van burgerlike organisasies en politieke opposisiepartye vergader vandag in Pretoria om planne te maak teen die nuwe drakoniese Gelyke Indiensnemingswet. Dit sal verdoemende implikasies vir sake-ondernemings hê
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I wonder how many farm murders per week it will take for the English media to start reporting on it?
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The 8th farm murder in one week has been reported in Perdekop/Morgenzon this morning.
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A dark weekend saw 5 farm murders. 1 in Cookhouse, Eastern Cape. 2 in Ohrigstad in Limpopo. 2 in Piketberg, Western Cape
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Many farmers signed a loan agreement with financial services provider, Unigro. So, why were they suddenly slapped with lawsuit from Land Bank instead? #CarteBlanche
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[ON AIR] The foundations of food security in South Africa are being shaken by the new draft regulations from the department of water and sanitation that propose racial quotas for the extraction and storage of water. , Chair #SAfmSunrise #sabcnews
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This is Hendrik and Anneke Claassen that were horribly tortured and killed at the hotel at Ecco Caves near Origstad. Facts are slow to emerge after an attack like this.
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(Thread on horrific #FarmMurder in Limpopo yesterday [Saturday 4/5/23])
1/2 Two elderly people were brutally murdered and set alight on a farm at Echo Caves in Ohrigstad. The victims, a 77-year-old woman and her 73-year-old nephew.
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3 farm murders in 24 hours: Cookhouse, Eastern Cape where one suspect was apprehended for the murder of a farm manager, and a couple (76 & 72) was murdered in Ohrigstad, Limpopo. They were burned
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Zimbabwe in 2023: the upcoming elections, the dispossessed farmers and compensation, trade restrictions, geopolitics in the Ukrainian war and human rights in this rich land of poverty, is the topic at the Royal National Geographic Society, London 20/6
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