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Woolworths works with EduPlant and Food & Trees for Africa to supplement school feeding programmes and help learners to gain access to regular nutrition. (Photo: Courtesy of Woolworths)
FOOD AND BEVERAGE INDUSTRY

Where does all the food (waste) go?

Woolworths places sustainability at its core with its Good Business Journey

  • Tehilla Niselow
6 min read
Linked: Telkom boss Sipho Maseko introduced Bain’s Vittorio Massone to Jacob Zuma. The telecom’s subsidiary, Business Connexion, is in financial trouble after Bain assisted it. (Moeletsi Mabe/Sunday Times/Gallo)
ACADEMIC RESEARCH
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​UFS celebrates excellence through its research hubs

The UFS now has 156 NRF-rated researchers and five Sarchi Research Chairs

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4 min read
As dry conditions and high temperatures persist, there are growing concerns about the spring and summer crops that will be harvested later this year. (Oupa Nkosi/M&G)
AFGHANISTAN

Farmers in war-torn Afghanistan hit by worst drought in decades

Afghanistan’s 2018 wheat harvest is already expected to be the lowest since at least 2011

  • Emal Haidary
4 min read
Insects are constantly adapting to methods used to control them.
FARMING

Why African farmers should balance pesticides with other control methods

Farmers needs a way to manage harmful insects without destroying the ecological balance

  • Esther Ndumi Ngumbi
6 min read
Xolani Mantshongodares to dream of a better future under a new ANC
DROUGHT

​Farmers are smiling – up to a point

The prospect of a bumper crop has caused prices to plummet and debts still have to be paid back.

  • Staff Reporter
7 min read
FARMING

SA farmers find alternatives to unsuitable ploughing

South African soil is unsuited to ploughing and farmers have found an alternative way to plant in no-till farming.

  • Sipho Kings
3 min read
COAL MINING

Illegal Gupta coal mine accused of polluting crop irrigation water

A Gupta-linked colliery has been accused of polluting the Olifants River, a vital source of water for food crop irrigation on farms around Delmas.

  • Sipho Kings
7 min read