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Last Updated : May 5, 2020
Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development The comment period on the proposed update to Schedule 1 of the Meat Safety Act has been extended. The agriculture, land reform…
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Last Updated : April 30, 2020
Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development 42 444 application forms were received for the COVID-19 Agricultural Disaster Support Fund for Smallholder and Communal Farmers. The agriculture, land reform…
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Last Updated : April 22, 2020
Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development The agriculture, land reform and rural development department calls on all interested wholesalers, distributers, or agribusiness outlets to provide a list breakdown…
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Last Updated : April 8, 2020
Parliament The Aquaculture Development Bill has been withdrawn from parliament. The bill was tabled in June 2018. Cabinet approved the bill for tabling in May 2018. In its statement at…
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Last Updated : April 8, 2020
Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development R1.2 billion has been ring-fenced to assist financially distressed small-scale farmers. In a statement on interventions to assist the agricultural sector during…
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Last Updated : April 7, 2020
Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development The SA Olive Industry Association wants statutory measures (levies, records and returns and registration) on imported and local produced volumes of olive…
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Last Updated : April 2, 2020
Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries No new permit applications for new fisheries (experimental and exploratory) will be accepted until further notice. The environment, forestry and fisheries department confirmed this…
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Last Updated : March 31, 2020
Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development Fees for the registration of fertilizers, farm feeds, agricultural remedies, stock remedies, sterilizing plants and pest control operators have been amended. The…
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Last Updated : March 30, 2020
The Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries has requested the public to submit written submissions, scientific information, socio-economic information or any other relevant information on matters related to the management…
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Last Updated : March 27, 2020
Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries The environment, forestry and fisheries minister, Barbara Creecy, has confirmed that the fisheries sector, the harbour, shipping and docking services to fishing vessels are…
