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Jun 1, 2015
The farming and the agrochemical sectors stand to lose billions of rands if glyphosphate is prohibited, after a World Health Organisation finding of possible carcinogenicity.

Apr 22, 2015
Retailer Pick n Pay believes that the fight with Massmart over retail lease exclusivity clauses, where it is anchor tenant, is now all in the past.

Mar 25, 2015
Former Massmart chief executive Grant Pattison has become the executive chairman of the local arm of NRG Energy, the New York Stock Exchange-listed company that intends to take advantage of South Africa’s problems with power.

Mar 24, 2015
The past couple of weeks have seen lively interaction on poultry-related issues affecting the review of the extension of the US’s African Growth and Opportunity Act. The importance of the act for the economies of sub-Saharan Africa, including SA, as well as the US, is well documented and it is critical that it be extended for a further 15 years, with SA among the beneficiaries.

Mar 16, 2015
Fifteen South African pumpkin growers competed in one of the closest contested competitions yet, for the title of Giant Pumpkin Champion in the 10th Shoprite and Checkers Giant Pumpkin Competition on 14 March.

Mar 12, 2015
Eskom chairperson Zola Tsotsi announced on Thursday that CEO Tshediso Matona has been suspended as well as other executives and a full independent inquiry is to be launched into Eskom.

Feb 25, 2015
Johannesburg’s City Power is set to charge household more for electricity during peak periods in a bid to lessen the need for load shedding. This is according to a report in the Rand Daily Mail.

Feb 12, 2015
GS1®, a non-profit, global organisation that develops and maintains the most widely-used supply chain standards system in the world and a leader in facilitating efficient global business, has announced today that its GS1 Global Registry® has reached 15 million product items.

Feb 9, 2015
South Africa’s largest food retailer today (Sunday, 08 February 2015) in the Sunday press challenged all food companies in the country to pass their fuel savings onto South African consumers.