KONSEP BESPREKINGSDOKUMENT TEN OPSIGTE VAN DIE VOORGESTELDE SAMEWERKINGS OOREENKOMS TUSSEN DIE PREDATOR MANAGEMENT FORUM EN  CAPENATURE RAKENDE DIE VOORGESTELDE  RIGLYNE VIR DIE GESAMENTLIKE  BESTUUR VAN BOSVARKE, ROOIJAKKALSE EN ROOIKATTE WAT SKADE AANRIG IN DIE LANDBOU SEKTOR. (MAART 2012)

Ek, Anton Bredell, Lid van die Uitvoerende Komitee vir Plaaslike  Regering, Omgewingsake en Ontwikkelingsbeplanning, Wes-Kaap, publiseer hierdie samewerkingsooreenkoms wat aangegaan is in terme van Artikel 9(f) en (g) van Wet 15 van 1998, die Wet op die Wes-Kaapse Natuurbewaringsraad, vir skriftelike kommentaar. 

Belanghebbende partye word versoek om skriftelik kommentaar te lewer op die voorgestelde konsep riglyne. Alle voorstelle of besware moet per e-pos gerig word aan;

EPOS: dca@capenature.co.za

Die konsep samewerkingsooreenkoms kan afgelaai word by www.capenature.co.za en www.nwga.co.za.

Skriftelike kommentaar moet bogenoemde e-pos adres bereik binne dertig werksdae vanaf die datum van publikasie van hierdie dokument. Kommentaar wat ontvang word na afloop van die kommentaar tydperk, sal nie in aanmerking geneem word nie.

Anton Bredell, LUK van Plaaslike Regering, Omgewingsake en Ontwikkelingsbeplanning, Weskaap

CN PMF Konsep Ooreenkoms Finaal

The Dept. of Agriculture launched its first awareness campaign in 1993 to rid farms of illegal and redundant chemicals. This may give you an idea as to what could still be on the farms. Many more chemicals have since been prohibited in terms of Section 7 (bis) of Act 36 of 1947, Fertilizers, Farm Feeds, Stock Remedies, Agricultural Remedies Act, which may still be on farms.

No farmer or individual will be prosecuted for being in possession. All we plead is to get rid off and hand in the chemicals. This is the last such exercise. The tentative cut off date still to be verified is 31/01/2012. The chemicals to be handed in at Sundays River Citrus Co situated at Kirkwood.

The programme will be controlled and organized by the Directorate Hazardous Waste Management. Money from the World Bank has been allocated for this project.

The collection thus far has yielded fairly good results; Limpopo Province approx 120 tons, Free State approx 75 tons, Western Cape approx 80 tons.  The Dept. of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) is therefore appealing to farmers to make the collection in the Eastern Cape a good one.

To view the list of Agricultural and Stock remedies withdrawn from the market, click on this link.  

Should you have unwanted and obsolete pesticides, which you want to get rid of, please fill in the attached form.  Click link to view the questionnaire. 

Hendrik Botha, Manager SA Team

Upon invitation from New Zealand Merino Shearing in Alexandra as well as Western Australia Sport Shearing, the SASSF send two machine and two blade shearers to participate in these events. It was the first time ever that SA participated in two Tri Nations competitions. The team, with Hendrik Botha as Manager and Eric Truter as judge, departed for NZ on the 23^rd of September. Continue reading »

Agri Mega week te Bredasdorp het met klomp voorbereidings en verwagtinge aangebreek, maar is net so vinnig verby. Alle lekker dinge kom tot ‘n end en sommiges gaan hopeloos te vinnig verby. MEGA 2011 was een van daardie vinniges. Die uitstallings en bewusmaking van WOL en die wolwaardeketting was ‘n groot trekpleister vir oud en jonk en besoekers het met ongeloof die wonder van wol as natuurlike vesel beskou van waar dit geskeer is, deur die hele proses tot by die eindproduk, naamlik moderne klere. Continue reading »

TERRY SIM

10 Oct, 2011 04:00 AM

NOT only has lucerne been found to give lamb a vitamin E and iron boost, increasing its retail shelf life, but the right genetics can also improve meat colour stability.

Retailers face millions of dollars in markdown losses with meat that loses its attractive red colour sooner, but Victorian research has confirmed industry knowledge that increasing vitamin E and iron levels in lamb can lengthen shelf life based on meat colour by at least one day. Continue reading »

Waarom is dit belangrik?

Die belangrikste aspek in enige gemeenskap is sy menslike kapitaal. ’n Sensus is belangrik omdat dit help om ’n numeriese profiel van Suid-Afrika op te stel.  Dié profiel beïnvloed besluitneming op alle vlakke in die regering  sowel as die private sektor.

’n Bevolkingsensus is ’n volledige telling van die land se bevolking, waartydens demografiese, maatskaplike en ekonomiese inligting, sowel as inligting omtrent die behuisingstoestande van mense wat in Suid-Afrika woon, versamel word.  Hierdie inligting kan byvoorbeeld deur die landbounywerheid vir besigheidsbeplanningsdoeleindes aangewend word. Indien ’n persoon kennis dra van die hoeveelheid en verspreiding van sy verbruikers, sal hy weet hoe om vir die verspreiding van sy produk te beplan.

Watter sort inligting sal tydens die sensus versamel word?

Dit is inligting oor ’n individu en sy lewensomstandighede. Die doel is om te bepaal hoeveel mense in Suid-Afrika woon en ’n profiel van die bevolking ten opsigte van ouderdom, geslag, onderwys, beroep, ekonomiese bedrywighede en ander belangrike karaktereienskappe te bekom.  Inligting oor waar mense woon ten opsigte van behuising, toegang tot water en beskikbaarheid van noodsaaklike fasiliteite sal ook versamel word.

Wanneer vind dit plaas en hoe lank sal dit duur?

Die opname begin gedurende die nag van die 9de tot die oggend van die 10de Oktober 2011, wat die amptelike datum sal wees om die data weer te gee.  As gevolg van die groot omvang van die opname, sal die dataversamelingstydperk egter strek vanaf 10 tot 31 Oktober 2011.  Wanneer die opname afgehandel is, sal daar ’n opruimingstydperk wees. Dit sal aangewend word om huishoudings weer te besoek wat nie gedurende die dataversamelingsfase bereik kon word nie.

Hoekom word huishouding nou reeds besoek?

Die eintlike opname begin in Oktober, maar om ’n suksesvolle opname te verseker, het die werk reeds maande gelede begin.  Die land is verdeel in kleiner gebiede wat bekend staan as opnemersgebiede. Hierdie gebiede moet op ’n kaart vasgelê word sodat die veldwerkers wat jou inligting in Oktober gaan versamel, sal weet waarheen om te gaan.    Statistieke Suid-Afrika het ook “kleedrepetisies” onderneem sodat die tellingsproses glad kan verloop. 

Hoe kan jy weet dat dit Statistieke SA-werknemers is?

Alle personeel van Stastieke Suid-Afrika sal ’n ID-kaart by hulle dra. Die veldwerkers sal ook geel T-hemde en oorjurke dra. Jy kan ook die Sensus 2011-inbelsentrum by 0800 110 248 skakel om ’n veldwerker se geloofwaardigheid te verifieer.      

Het ek ’n waarborg dat my inligting vertroulik gehou sal word?

Kragtens die Wet op Statistieke van 1999 moet die Statistikus-generaal verseker dat ’n sensus op ’n gereelde basis geneem word.  Die wet waarborg egter ook streng vertroulikheid van alle inligting wat vir statistiese doeleindes versamel word.

Dit bepaal voorts dat “die resultate van die samestelling en ontleding van die statistiese inligting wat ingevolge hierdie wet versamel is, nie op ’n wyse gepubliseer of versprei mag word wat die identifisering van ’n bepaalde individu, besigheid of ander organisasie moontlik maak nie.”

Alle werknemers van Statistieke SA word wetlik verbind deur die ondertekening van ’n eed van vertroulikheid om nooit enige inligting wat gedurende die uitvoering van hul pligte versamel is, bekend te maak nie.  Hierdie eed bly van toepassing, selfs al word ’n werknemer se diens opgeskort.

Hoewel Statistieke SA versoek dat die respondent se volle name gegee word en die adres van die woning opgeneem word, word dit slegs vir gehaltebeheerdoeleindes gedoen.  Dié inligting word nooit bekend gemaak nie, selfs nie eens aan ander regeringsagentskappe nie. ’n Individu word ook beskerm deur die Wet op Bevordering van Toegang tot Inligting en die Grondwet.  Werknemers wat die Wet op Statistieke oortree, is strafbaar met ’n boete van R10 000 en/of ses maande tronkstraf.

Plaasprotokol

Statistieke SA is ook verbind tot die Plaasprotokol.  Dié protokol is opgestel as regulasiemaatreël ten opsigte van hoe regeringsamptenare, soos Statistieke SA-veldwerkers, polisie, weermagpersoneel en inspekteurs van die Departement van Gesondheid, toegang tot plase mag verkry in die uitvoering van hul pligte.

Vir navrae of kommentaar oor Sensus 2011 skakel 0800 100 248, of stuur vir ’n e-pos na info@statssa.gov.za.

Webtuiste: www.statssa.gov.za.

Mnr. Fanie Roos, 082 804 2135, E-pos: fanier@statssa.gov.za

Me Vienie Botha, 082 474 8840, Tel. 012 310 2168/012 337 6492, Epos:  vienieb@statssa.gov.za

THE International Wool Organisation (IWTO) is the international body representing the interests of the world’s wool textile trade and industry.  As such, its membership covers the wool growers, traders, primary processors, spinners and weavers of wool and allied fibres in its member countries, as well as all kinds of organisations related to wool products and the wool business in general.  It provides for them a forum for discussion of problems of joint concern and acts as their spokesman with all those bodies and authorities towards whom a common approach is deemed necessary.

MISSION

IWTO’s mission is to help its Wool Industry Members to understand the textile demands of the consumers, and to enhance the response to them with products and promotional activities especially developed to meet their needs, with a fibre that is highly desirable for its social, technical, comfortable and sustainable values.  The expected outcome should be a better positioning of the wool fibre on top of consumers’ choices and preferences, and to bring a steady increase of wool sales and higher market share, and the maintenance of commercial advantages along the entire wool demand chain, from wool growers to retailers all around the world.

Its vision is to position and value wool clearly in the consumer mind as a material that is desirable for its technical, ethical and comfort values.  The global wool industry is:

• Producing around 2,1 million tons of wool per year.
• Taking care of more than 1 billion sheep around the world, with the highest focus on animal welfare.
• Almost 78% of the world wool production is taking place in IWTO member countries.
• Almost 816 000 tonnes of fabric (wool and other wool blends) is produced annually by the global wool industry, of which 92% is produced in IWTO member countries.
• Over 900 000 tonnes of raw wool (greasy, scoured, carbonised) is traded yearly, with IWTO members accounting for 87%.
• The value of raw wool exports (greasy, scoured, carbonised) from IWTO members is around US$2,5 billion yearly (source: Woolmark).
• The value of wool tops exported from IWTO countries is around US$ 1,2 billion annually (source: Woolmark).
• Some 92% of the world production of wool tops is manufactured in IWTO member countries.
• Over 2 million tons of yarn (wool and other fibres) is annually produced in the world, of which IWTO member countries account for 72%.
• About 90% of all worldwide fabrics containing wool is produced in IWTO member countries.
• The total retail value of sales of wool products is around US$80 billion yearly (source: Woolmark).
• IWTO represents an industry with more than 200 000 commercial farms and several million small-holdings worldwide, and more than 4 000 wool and textile manufacturing companies.
• The wool industry employs millions of people in production, harvesting and throughout its many processing stages.

The four pillars of IWTO are: trading instruments (such as test methods, market information and statistics and licensing test laboratories), facilitating industry strategy, market access and development and networking through its congresses and events.

The South African wool industry is represented at IWTO by the South African Wool Textile Council.  Representatives of Cape Wools and the NWGA regularly attend NWGA meetings.

It organises a multitude of events

IWTO organises a multitude of events (listed hereunder) each year to promote communication and consequent action within the wool industry.

IWTO congress

This is an annual event which provides a strong platform for business contacts and serves as a useful forum for discussion and exchange between members on issues of interest to the industry and makes it possible to adopt convergent positions to overcome specific problems.

IWTO Wool Forum

The IWTO Wool Forum is held each year around March/April and gives an update on the latest innovations of the wool and textile industry.

IWTO Country Summit

IWTO organizes is IWTO Country Summits on request. These summits are organised from time to time in new upcoming and/or especially interesting wool textile countries to create a platform for members to establish new business contacts and communication in the respective countries.

Wool show cases

IWTO organizes and executes stalls (wool show cases) at leading international exhibitions and trade shows. All members have the opportunity to participate in these stalls in order to communicate and promote the benefits of wool to all players in the supply chain as well as to the final consumer.

Blue book

Developed over the years by the IWTO, the Blue Book represents the basis for the conditions under which most of the world wool trade conducts its business. The rules contained in it are agreed upon by the various players in the wool-textile trade and industry. The Blue Book is regularly reviewed to reflect current commercial practices and requirements.

Arbitration

The International Wool Textile Arbitration Agreement, set out in the Blue Book, provides for the resolution of disputes arising between partners from different countries. Such a procedure ensures a fair and efficient settlement thanks to the involvement of committed and experienced arbitrators from the industry.

Test methods and regulations

IWTO develops and regularly updates a number of test methods and regulations to ensure standardisation and reliability of tests carried out on the fibre and to maximise and enhance its unique intrinsic characteristics.

Laboratory licensing

IWTO is providing an international licensing scheme for laboratories in compliance with the criteria required to issue IWTO test certificates for specific test methods and regulations. This initiative gives enhanced credibility to wool testing around the world.

Super “S” labelling

IWTO is providing, through an international licensing scheme, a world-wide registered label for identification of fine wool fabrics and clothing.

Market intelligence/statistics

IWTO annually publishes a Market Information booklet, setting out detailed figures covering the different stages of activity in the industry.

World Wool Award (WWA)

On an annual basis, IWTO is awarding students and entrepreneurs from textile, fashion and marketing areas, for outstanding projects in the fields of design, technology and marketing related to wool.

International Student exchange programme (ISEP)

This project is aimed at strengthening links between wool industry and education institutions by enabling young, talented people to undertake industrial and academic placements in companies or organisations active in the wool sector.

Die Springbokkopmerk wat vroeër jare op wolbale verskyn het, en wat as gevolg van boikotte verlore geraak het gaan weer op wolbale aangebring word as simbool van trots vir Suid-Afrika.  Continue reading »