Drought puts big strain on economy – 05/02/2015 |
The SA Weather Service forecasts a serious drought in northern KwaZulu-Natal. Crops and livestock are being threatened. Unseasonably low rainfall this summer is pushing parts of South Africa towards damaging water shortages, threatening major industries from mining to agriculture. |
Produksie van katoen skitter – 04/02/2015 |
Die eerste plaaslike oes-vooruitskouing vir katoen vir die 2014/’15-produksiejaar dui op ’n styging van 105% teenoor die vorige seisoen. |
Eskom to implement load shedding in Stage 2 – 05/02/2015 |
Thursday, 05 February 2015: Eskom will implement stage 2 load shedding from 08:00 today, which is likely to continue until 23:00 this evening. This is due to a shortage of generation capacity as several units are currently on unplanned outages due to technical faults. |
SATI Industry Newsletter – 03/02/2015 |
Northern Provinces Currently only three production units are packing small volumes of Crimson Seedless and Sugranineteen until the end of Week 7. All other production units have completed packing activities for the season. Weather conditions are favourable whilst the quality is still excellent. |