Call for Public Participation Process: Review of Section 25 of the Constitution
The Constitutional Review Committee was instructed by the National Assembly (NA) and the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) to review Section 25 of the Constitution and other clauses where necessary, to make it possible for the state to expropriate land…
CAPE TOWN PORT BEACON OF HOPE IN UNCERTAIN TIMES
By Jacques du Preez During the past season, logistics, and in particular the functioning of the main ports from where we ship our fruit, have been a huge headache during the initial and further lockdown levels in South Africa and…
Cape Town Port Situation
Currently, the industry is in a very precarious position with the current operational status of the Cape Town (CT) port. The industry, and country, is losing millions of Rands on a daily basis due to inefficiencies resulting in berthing delays…
Cape Town Port: Hortgro co-funded project that saves industry millions
Last season, Agbiz ran a pilot project (Genset project) with Transnet to create additional temporary plug-point capacity at the Port of Cape Town. The project was funded via donations from FPEF, SATI, Hortgro, the KAL Group and the Western Cape…
Cape Town port: Improvements, but long road ahead…
New management, more transparency, better cooperation, and ongoing improvements have helped to turn around the backlog at the Cape Town port (CTP) for fruit exports. It is, however, still a long road ahead to get port productivity on par with the…
Cautiously optimistic outlook for 2021/22 SA stone fruit season
By Jacques du Preez After an unexpected, but welcome, increase in stone fruit production during the previous season, especially the plum industry is anticipating export volumes that are in line with the 2021/22 season. Normality has returned after the drought…
Centre of Excellence Strengthens Pest Monitoring
IMMEDIATE RELEASE [Stellenbosch] – February 21, 2025 – The fight against invasive pests has just intensified with the launch of the groundbreaking Centre of Excellence for Pest Monitoring. This initiative by the South African deciduous fruit industry organisation, Hortgro, aims…
Ceres Fruit Growers herdenk honderdjarige bestaan
Die visie van Ceres-produsente het ’n blywende erfenis aan die hedendaagse vrugtebedryf en Ceres-gemeenskap gelaat. Deur Anna Mouton. In 1922–23 het Suid-Afrikaanse vrugte-uitvoere vir die eerste maal 1 miljoen houtkissies in ’n enkele seisoen oorskry. Vrugteprodusente het die noodsaaklikheid van…
Challenges ahead for “celebrity” Cape honeybee
By Elise-Marie Steenkamp The Cape honeybee might have global celebrity status in the insect world, but there are many challenges to secure the future of this “famous bee variety” and sustain its contribution as an apex pollinator in the Western…
CHARL HERBST | NUWE STEENVRUGLEIER DEEL LANDBOULEWENSLESSE
Charl Herbst is die nuwe voorsitter van Hortgro Stone nadat André Smit ag jaar die rol beklee het. Elise-Marie Steenkamp het gaan uitvind wie die man in die steenvrug warmstoel is. Charl is gebore op Ceres en het grootgeword in…
Cherry season begins | Ideal conditions
By Lucille Botha Trees laden with clusters of glossy red cherries, gleaming like jewels in the sunlight, signal the start of the 2025 cherry season in Ceres. Thanks to near-perfect growing conditions this spring, producers expect a 5–7% larger crop…