Entries by Daniel Rambau

NAMC ATTENDS SAUFM 2024 CONFERENCE

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The South African Union of Food Markets (SAUFM) convened its annual conference, which was held from 25 – 29 November 2024 in Durban, Province of KwaZulu Natal. The conference was hosted under the theme: ‘Local Economic Development through Food Security’. SAUFM is a body that is responsible for promoting the professional management of markets to benefit all participants in the fresh produce industry. Furthermore, it is also subjected to the transformation guidelines, statutory levies and other relevant policies on transformation within the agricultural sector, which are implemented by National Agricultural Marketing Council (NAMC).

BEACON OF HOPE FOR THE IMPOVERISHED NORTHERN CAPE: THE STORY OF STATUTORY LEVIES IN THE RAISINS INDUSTRY

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“Raisins South Africa is a beacon of hope in the Northern Cape and took it upon itself to ensure that graduate interns are placed within key sectors and with various partners in the agriculture sector.” Raisins SA realised that education plays a crucial role in the transformation as well as the country’s economic growth of South Africa’s agriculture industry, and that skills development should be treated as an investment, that is strategic to the raisins industry.