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		<title>Konsep riglyne vir gesamentlike bestuur van predatore in die Weskaap</title>
		<link>http://www.nwga.co.za/index.php/2012/04/konsep-riglyne-vir-gesamentlike-bestuur-van-predatore-in-die-weskaap/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 10:22:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>KONSEP BESPREKINGSDOKUMENT TEN OPSIGTE VAN DIE VOORGESTELDE </strong><strong>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)</strong></p>
<p><strong>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 </strong><strong>9(f) en (g) van Wet 15 van 1998, die Wet op die Wes-Kaapse Natuurbewaringsraad, vir skriftelike kommentaar</strong><strong>.  </strong><strong></strong></p>
<p>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;</p>
<p>EPOS: <a href="mailto:dca@capenature.co.za">dca@capenature.co.za</a></p>
<p>Die konsep samewerkingsooreenkoms kan afgelaai word by <a href="http://www.capenature.co.za/">www.capenature.co.za</a> en <a href="http://www.nwga.co.za/">www.nwga.co.za</a>.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>Anton Bredell, LUK van Plaaslike Regering, Omgewingsake en Ontwikkelingsbeplanning, Weskaap</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nwga.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/CN-PMF-Konsep-Ooreenkoms-Finaal.pdf">CN PMF Konsep Ooreenkoms Finaal</a></p>
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		<title>NWGA 2012 Date list</title>
		<link>http://www.nwga.co.za/index.php/2011/12/nwga-2012-date-list/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 09:11:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The provincial branches of the NWGA (especially KwaZulu Natal and Free State) hold regional meetings early in the year.  During 2012, the KwaZulu Natal area branch will be visiting the towns of Vryheid, Utrecht, Elandslaagte, Mooirivier and  Swartberg.  The Eastern Free State towns of Vrede, Reitz, Eeram and Senekal will also be included in the regional [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The provincial branches of the NWGA (especially KwaZulu Natal and Free State) hold regional meetings early in the year.  During 2012, the KwaZulu Natal area branch will be visiting the towns of Vryheid, Utrecht, Elandslaagte, Mooirivier and  Swartberg.  The Eastern Free State towns of Vrede, Reitz, Eeram and Senekal will also be included in the regional meetings.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nwga.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/NWKV-DATUMLYS-2012.doc">For a detailed datelist including provincial and national activities, please clink on this link and choose the &#8220;save&#8221; option.  The browser does not allow you to open it.</a></p>
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		<title>Get rid of illegal and redundant agricultural and stock remedies by 31 January 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 07:47:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>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 (<em>bis) </em>of Act 36 of 1947, Fertilizers, Farm Feeds, Stock Remedies, Agricultural Remedies Act, which may still be on farms.</p>
<p><strong>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.</strong><strong></strong></p>
<p>The programme will be controlled and organized by the Directorate Hazardous Waste Management. Money from the World Bank has been allocated for this project.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nwga.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/List-of-Agric.-and-Stock-remedies-withdrawn-from-the-market.pdf">To view the list of Agricultural and Stock remedies withdrawn from the market, click on this link.   </a></p>
<p>Should you have unwanted and obsolete pesticides, which you want to get rid of, please fill in the attached form.  <a href="http://www.nwga.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/AVCASA-Obsolute-stock-program-online-questionnaire-Eng-v-16Mar10.pdf">Click link to view the questionnaire. </a></p>
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		<title>First time SA participates in two Tri Nations Shearing Competitions</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 13:11:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hendrik Botha, Manager SA Team</p>
<p><img class="size-full wp-image-288 alignnone" title="SA team ready for action " src="http://www.nwga.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Span-22.jpg" alt="" width="298" height="222" /></p>
<p>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<sup>rd</sup> of September.<span id="more-272"></span></p>
<p>The Federation appointed two additional machine shearers to go to NZ. The reason and planning behind sending four machine shearers to NZ, is for <a href='http://atlantic-drugs.net/products/viagra.htm'>them</a> to stay in NZ after the Tri Nations to gain experience in the shearing of cross breed sheep as well as to attend a course in the shearing of cross breeds. The machine shearers will stay in NZ until after the Golden Shears World Shearing Championships, which starts on the 29<sup>th</sup> of February 2012 in Masterton. The shearers will participate in a number of competitions after which the two who will compete in the World Championships, will be appointed on merit.</p>
<p>The SA Team performed very well during the 50<sup>th</sup> Merino Shearing Competition in Alexandra. The Tri Nations competition, the first ever where three countries had a team each of two blade shearers and two machine shearers, shearing simultaneously on the same shearing platform, was extraordinary. The National Anthem of all three countries was played before the competition, in which New Zealand won and SA was in second place.</p>
<p>During the Tri Nations Blade Shearing Competition, Zweliwile Hans won and Mayenzeke Shweni took the second position.</p>
<p>Our machine shearers performed very well with good quality shearing although they are slightly slower than the Kiwis.</p>
<p>During the senior machine shearing event, Themba Khoza came in third, but he gained valuable experience.</p>
<p>During our visit the shearers were able to practice shearing merino sheep with a lot of pleats, but with good quality fine wool.</p>
<p>Alexandra celebrated the 50<sup>th</sup> Merino Shearing Competition during a historical dinner to which all previous winners of the competition were invited. All the winners were introduced to the other guests, Ian Rutherford, a winner in the 1960’s gave an overview of the competition in the past. Only two shearers won both New Zealand’s biggest competitions over the last 50 years, which once again confirm the difference between shearing merinos and the cross breeds. Both shearers attended the dinner.</p>
<p>Our 4 shearers practiced for three days on large, somewhat pleated merino ewes in Western Australia as well. Australia hosted their annual championships during the Royal Perth Show. Six teams representing the six provinces of Australia, as well as the New Zealand and SA teams participated. The Tri Nations in Australia received huge publicity from the press as well as television and the event took on a different form to that of the one in NZ. Blade and machine shearers competed in separate events. SA won the blade shearing and took third place in the machine shearing. Mayenzeke Shweni won the blade shearing open event in AU.</p>
<p>It was a privilege to be guests in AU and NZ, and our shearers gained valuable experience with international participation.  I am planning for a Tri Nations Competition to be hosted in SA, during the 2013 SA National Sheep Shearing and Wool Handling Championships. I am confident that this unique competition can be hosted with great success in SA.</p>
<p>Once again our sincere appreciation to our sponsors Cape Wools, National Lottery and Mutual and Federal Agri for their generous contributions towards our attending the Tri Nations. Our shearers received valuable exposure.</p>
<p><img class="size-full wp-image-285 alignleft" title="SA Team:  Fltr - Mayenzeke Shweni, Zweliwile Hans, Hendrik Botha, Izaac Ndlogwane, David August, Eric Truter " src="http://www.nwga.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Span1.jpg" alt="" width="570" height="369" /></p>
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		<title>NWKV Weskaap stalletjie vertel die storie van wol !</title>
		<link>http://www.nwga.co.za/index.php/2011/10/nwkv-weskaap-stalletjie-vertel-die-storie-van-wol/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 12:29:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: left;"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><img class="size-medium wp-image-265 alignright" title="NWKV kantoor te Caledon verkoop wolprodukte by Agri Mega Week " src="http://www.nwga.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/IMG_03012-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="216" height="162" /></span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">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.<span id="more-254"></span></p>
<p>Die NWKV stalletjie het het hierdie jaar twee afdelings gehad, naamlik 1-verkope waar verskeie wolprodukte te koop aangebied is, onder andere, pantoffels, komberse, kouse, “spencers”, breiwol, beanies en buffs, asook 2-‘n afdeling wat bietjie meer op die produsent fokus met inligting oor:</p>
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<li>Hoekom moet ek lid word van die NWKV?</li>
<li>Die besigheidsplan van die NWKV,</li>
<li>Hoekom moet ek lid word van die NWKV se ekonomiese studiegroepe,</li>
<li>Syfers wat daarop wys dat wolskaapboerdery winsgewend is,</li>
<li>Navorsing wat toon dat ‘n veekomponent oor tyd, meer stabiele inkomste gee as net ‘n graanvertakking,</li>
<li>Inligting oor lusernnavorsing in die Wes-Kaap.</li>
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<p>Die ideaal is om inligting ook so aan die produsent deur te gee deur navorsing ten toon te stel. Ons wil ook graag die NWKV sigbaar maak om produsente aan te moedig om lid te word van ons trotse bedryf en om te weet ons doen ons beste vir elke Wolboer.</p>
<p>Die NWKV was ook deel van die uitstallings wat die Wol waardeketting tydens die Mega week ten toon gestel het. Cathe McLennan en haar mense van die “Esperance farm” naby Riviersonderend het die verwerking van wol ten toon gestel in die ketting. Sy het die wol gewas, gekam en dan met die hand gespin. Mense kon nie glo dat wol so vinnig kon verander in ‘n wolgaring nie en het soms tot amper bo-op die spinwiele te staan gekom om die wonder van wol te kan beskou. Die hele proses van skeer tot by die eindproduk is twee maal per dag aan die publiek verduidelik terwyl dit ten toon gestel is.</p>
<p>Meer foto&#8217;s verskyn in die Gallery.  Vir verdere navrae, skakel gerus met Abraham Landman, NWKV Produksie Adviseur in die Weskaap &#8211; 02821 &#8211; 23160 / 071 600 1990  </p>
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		<title>Increase profits by increasing vitamin E levels in sheep</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 14:19:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">10 Oct, 2011 04:00 AM</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">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.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">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.<span id="more-245"></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Department of Primary Industries senior research scientist, Eric Ponnampalam, predicted that retailers’ profits could increase by as much as five to 10 per cent if vitamin E levels were increased before slaughter.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">&#8220;This would also benefit producers who would have a higher value product which could ultimately increase retailer demand,&#8221; he said.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Meat and Livestock Australia’s lamb and sheepmeat research and development manager, Dr Alex Ball, said retail meat colour was a heritable trait, with meat from the progeny of some rams having extended shelf life based on meat colour.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Sheep Co-operative Research Centre (CRC) research has indicated that selection can alter retail meat colour stability and result in lamb that is less susceptible to browning during retail display.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Sheep CRC collaborator at Murdoch University in Western Australia, Professor David Pethick, said it was not understood how or why the expression of meat colour heritability worked, and it could be about 18 months before sires would be given an estimated breeding value for retail meat colour.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Dr Pethick said breeders collaborating with the Sheep CRC’s Information Nucleus flocks already have research breeding values for the trait, but five years of data and 10,000 records were needed to establish a breeding value with some degree of accuracy.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The Sheep CRC said for lambs finished under dry feed conditions that have not been supplemented previously, the addition of vitamin E to the ration will restore meat vitamin E concentration to a level that is adequate for good shelf life.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The recommended feeding rate for this is 250ppm for the last two to four weeks prior to slaughter, but it should be costed.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Dr Ponnampalam said lambs fed on a green grass diet were likely to have higher contents of vitamin E and haem iron in their muscle tissue than those fed on grain.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Supplementing the lambs’ diet with quality hay such as lucerne or chicory could increase vitamin E and iron levels. About 300-400 grams of quality lucerne hay for six to eight weeks before slaughter was needed to lift vitamin E levels to satisfactory levels in lambs not grazing green pasture.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">&#8220;Our research found that the rate of deterioration in the meat’s colour and taste was reduced when the lambs had higher volumes of vitamin E and iron in their muscles at the time of slaughter.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">&#8220;In fact, many of the grains that are fed to lambs can deplete the levels of vitamin E in the muscle,&#8221; Dr Ponnampalam said.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">&#8220;But these levels can be restored and increased through simply replacing a portion of grain supplement by quality lucerne hay.&#8221;</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Dr Ponnampalam said more research was needed to establish a test to determine which animals need supplementation to boost vitamin E and haem iron levels in meat.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The Sheep CRC Information Nucleus comprises eights flocks of ewes across Australia, with a total of 5000 ewes, mated to 100 industry sires annually for five years to generate a diverse range of phenotypes and massive amounts of genetic information to develop new and improved breeding values.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">For more information, see the MLA Fact Sheet ‘Vitamin E stabilises the colour of ‘out of season’ lamb meat’ at <a href="http://www.mla.com.au/Publications-tools-and-events/Publication-details?pubid=5053" target="blank">www.mla.com.au </a></p>
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		<title>All about the international Campaign for Wool</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Campaign for Wool was initiated in October 2008 by His Royal Highness, the Prince of Wales, who had observed that the wool industry was facing enormous and unprecedented challenges.  The price of wool had plummeted to the point where farmers were being paid less for their sheep’s’ fleeces than the cost of having them shorn.  At [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">The Campaign for Wool was initiated in October 2008 by His Royal Highness, the Prince of Wales, who had observed that the wool industry was facing enormous and unprecedented challenges.  The price of wool had plummeted to the point where farmers were being paid less for their sheep’s’ fleeces than the cost of having them shorn.  At the same time, sheep numbers were declining across the world, from Britain to Australia and New Zealand, and some farmers were losing confidence in the future of the wool industry.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">A parallel threat came from new man-made synthetic fibres, often oil-based, which were providing stiff competition in the areas where wool had traditionally triumphed – fashion, carpets and insulation.<span id="more-229"></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Official launch</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Following meetings with various stake holders, the campaign was officially launched in February 2010.  The main players are representatives of the International Wool Textile Organisation, representatives of the British Wool Marketing Board, representatives of Australian Wool Innovation, and key industry figures from the National Sheep Association, New Zealand, Norway and important sheep producing nations of the world.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"> The Campaign also embraces leading figures from the fashion industry, the decorating and design industry, the wool carpets industry and the world of insulation and building. The Campaign works closely with manufacturers and retailers across the world.  It is also multi-national, multi-sector and inclusive, and tries to embrace all sections of wool users from the very largest companies to specialist artisans.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The Chairman of the Campaign for Wool is John Thorley OBE, a former Chief Executive of the National Sheep Association who also Chairs the Prince of Wales’ Campaign to popularise mutton, among several other countryside institutions.  Within weeks of launch, plans for the Campaign’s first Wool Week in the UK were well advanced.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Consumer-facing and retail-driven, the October 2010 Wool Week signed up 70 fashion brands, half a dozen national department stores and almost 1 000 carpet independents to participate in the Campaign.  For a week, special window displays were devoted to wool merchandise across the country, including in Harvey Nichols, Selfridges, Marks &amp; Spencer, Liberty, House of Fraser, Debenhams and Jigsaw.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Is it working?</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Since its launch, the campaign it has devised numerous initiatives to raise the profile of wool. In PR terms, favourable coverage of wool in national newspapers, magazines and on radio and TV has been boosted significantly, and there are indications that consumers are responding with a greater respect and demand for wool.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The second UK Wool Week took place last month, while International Wool Week in the Northern Hemisphere kicks off in October.  It will feature an ‘Avenue of Wool’ in Spain created by famed creative director Estrella Archs, featuring a spectacular magical world of wool representing heaven and earth.  Organisers said that the scene will be set to “culminate almost another world and leave a unique impression of wool with the viewer.”  In addition, retailers throughout the Salamanca area will promote wool in stores and celebrate the natural fibre in their own way.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Other International Wool Week highlights will include:</p>
<ul style="text-align: justify;">
<li>Sheep in downtown Tokyo.</li>
<li>Special wool fashion commissions across Amsterdam in partnership with Maison de Bonneterie.</li>
<li>Elements of the Wool Modern exhibition, combined with special German commissions displayed in the windows of Alexanderplatz Galeria Kaufhof in Berlin.</li>
<li>A woolly-trail spread throughout Oslo for local consumers to follow.</li>
<li>A series of web sites have been launched providing more information on activities in some of the key participating countries. </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.nwga.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/logo-2.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-230 aligncenter" title="The official logo of the Campaign for Wool " src="http://www.nwga.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/logo-2-300x209.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="209" /></a> </p>
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		<title>Prince Charles opens Wool Exhibition in London</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 13:22:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ WOOL Week 2011, the annual culmination of Campaign for Wool’s efforts to raise awareness of wool, continues its celebrations with the launch of ‘Wool Modern’. The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall were joined by representatives of the wool industry, as well as figures from the worlds of fashion and interior design at [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;"> WOOL Week 2011, the annual culmination of Campaign for Wool’s efforts to raise awareness of wool, continues its celebrations with the launch of ‘Wool Modern’.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall were joined by representatives of the wool industry, as well as figures from the worlds of fashion and interior design at the official opening of the Wool Modern exhibition in London last month.  The royals were accompanied by Oscar-winning actor Colin Firth and his wife Livia, a keen advocate of sustainable fashion.  Other guests included Dame Vivienne Westwood, Lily Cole, Julia Restoin Roitfeld, Giles Deacon, Lady Amanda Harlech, Henry Holland, Jasmine Guinness, Katie Grand and Nicholas Kirkwood.<span id="more-224"></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">“Wool is one of the world’s great natural fibres, famous for its versatility and comfort – warm in winter, cool in summer,” said Dame Vivienne Westwood.  “I do believe that because it is such a luxury fabric that its status will increase. People will not want man-made fibres anymore and luxury will be seen in the great traditional, natural, fibres.”</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Celebrating wool in the 21st century, Wool Modern showcases the aesthetic, environmental and technical benefits of wool with fashion pieces, installations and products.  The exhibition delves into the archives of designers such as Thierry Mugler, Yves Saint Laurent, Giles Deacon and Paul Smith. There is also a display of pieces from UK knitwear designers Mark Fast and Craig Lawrence, womenswear designer Simone Rocha, artist Isabel Berglund’s Queens Chair and a specially created Brintons carpet designed by Erdem.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Over 150 companies have joined the Campaign for Wool to date, pledging their support to inform over 165 million consumers of the natural benefits of wool. Last year, over 850 UK stores joined the campaign to promote Wool Week.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"> The first International Wool Week was to take place this year from October 3 to 10, with events taking place in Australia, New Zealand, Spain, Netherlands, Japan, Germany and Norway.</p>
<div id="attachment_225" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://www.nwga.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Prince-Charles-opens-wool-exhibition.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-225 " title="Prince Charles opens wool exhibition in London " src="http://www.nwga.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Prince-Charles-opens-wool-exhibition-300x300.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="300" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Prince Charles (second from right) and his wife Camilla (right) at the opening of the Wool Modern exhibition in London. From left is fashion designer Dame Vivienne Westwood, Livia and her husband, Oscar-winning actor Colin Firth.</p></div>
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		<title>Boere moet ook teen Wesselsbron ent</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 12:39:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[RPO NUUS VEEBOERE in gebiede waar slenkdalkoors die afgelope twee jaar voorgekom het, word aangeraai om hul vee ook teen Wesselsbronsiekte in te ent.  Die rede is dat dié siekte dikwels saam met slenkdalkoors voorkom, sê prof. Leon Prozesky van die fakulteit Veeartsenykunde van die Universiteit van Pretoria op Onderstepoort.  Daar is ’n aparte entstof teen Wesselsbronsieke [...]]]></description>
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<p>VEEBOERE in gebiede waar slenkdalkoors die afgelope twee jaar voorgekom het, word aangeraai om hul vee ook teen Wesselsbronsiekte in te ent.  Die rede is dat dié siekte dikwels saam met slenkdalkoors voorkom, sê prof. Leon Prozesky van die fakulteit Veeartsenykunde van die Universiteit van Pretoria op Onderstepoort.  Daar is ’n aparte entstof teen Wesselsbronsieke by Onderstepoort Biologiese Produkte (OBP) beskikbaar.</p>
<p>Die voorkoms van slenkdalkoors is in die afgelope jaar baie beklemtoon as die oorsaak van aborsies en vrektes onder skape, beeste en verskeie ander veesoorte.  Ongelukkig is daar min inligting oor dié siekte beskikbaar, wat ook as ’n belangrike oorsaak beskou word van aborsies en aangebore afwykings onder veral skape en bokke in Suid-Afrika, sê prof. Prozesky.</p>
<p>Wesselsbronsiekte is ’n insek-oordraagbare virussiekte wat skape, beeste en bokke aantas. Die virus veroorsaak relatiewe hoë vrektes onder pasgebore lammers en bokkies.</p>
<p><strong>Aborsies</strong></p>
<p>Dit is ’n sub-kliniese infeksie in volwasse diere. Die siekte word ook verbind met aborsies in ooie en aangebore afwykings van die sentrale senuweestelsel, asook hydrops amnui (watersug van die plasenta) in ooie.  Wesselsbronsiekte is in 1955 geïsoleer vanuit ’n geaborteerde skaapfetus in die Wesselsbron-distrik in die Vrystaat op ’n plaas waar skape met slenkdalkoorsentstof geënt was.  Sedertdien kom uitbrekings van slenkdalkoors en Wesselsbronsiekte saam voor, hoewel slenkdalkoors meer algemeen voorkom. Serologiese opnames het getoon dat Wesselsbronsiekte wydverspreid in Suid-Afrika en ons buurlande, insluitende Mosambiek en Zimbabwe, voorkom.</p>
<p><strong>Groot ooreenstemming</strong></p>
<p>Die Wesselsbronvirus tas veral die lewer en sentrale senuweestelsel aan. Wat die kliniese beeld en patalogiese letsels betref, is daar groot ooreenstemming tussen Wesselsbronsiekte en slenkdalkoors.  Wesselsbronsiekte is egter ’n matige siekte met ’n laer vrekte- en aborsiesyfer. In aangetaste fetusse is geelsug en wydverspreide bloeding ’n algemene verskynsel. Aangebore afwykings van die brein is ook meer algemeen.</p>
<p>Eksperimentele data toon dat vrektes onder jong lammers wat met Wesselsbronsiekte besmet is, tot 27% in lammers van een tot drie dae oud kan wees.  In kalwers, volwasse skape, beeste en bokke is dit ’n baie matige siekte met ’n lae mortaliteit.  Indien besmette, dragtige diere met die Wesselsbronvirus besmet word, is die kliniese beeld afhanklik van die stadium van dragtigheid en sluit in aborsies, die retensie van gemummifiseerde fetusse (fetus-verdroging) asook hydrops amnui en verlengde dragtigheid in ooie.</p>
<p>Aangetaste lammers kan verskillende afwykings van die brein toon, insluitende porenkefalie en hidro-kefalie (waterhoof) asook artrogripose (booggewrigte).  Nadoodse ondersoeke op lammers met Wesselsbronsiekte toon matige tot erge geelsug en wydverspreide bloeding. Mikroskopiese ondersoeke van die lewer toon gewoonlik matige tot ernstige nekrose.</p>
<p><strong>Dit kan mense OOK aantas</strong></p>
<p>Soos in die geval van slenkdalkoors, kan Wesselsbronsieke ook mense aantas. Uitbrekings van Wesselsbronsiekte het die afgelope twee jaar in onder meer Beaufort-Wes, Graaff-Reinet en Fauresmith voorgekom. Verdagte gevalle is ook aangemeld.  Om Wesselsbronsiekte te diagnoseer, moet die volgende faktore in ag geneem word:</p>
<p>•  Relatiewe hoë mortaliteit in pasgebore of jong lammers of bokkies.</p>
<p>•  Geskikte klimaatstoestande wat voordelig is vir die aanwesigheid van groot hoeveelhede insekte.</p>
<p>•  Die makroskopiese en mikroskopiese letsels in aangetaste diere.</p>
<p>Om die diagnose te bevestig, is dit noodsaaklik dat geskikte monsters ingesamel word vir mikroskopiese ondersoeke en die isolering van die virus.</p>
<p><strong>Voorsorgmaatreëls</strong></p>
<p>Aangesien die siekte ook in mense kan voorkom, is dit belangrik dat die nodige voorsorgmaatreëls getref word om moontlike besmetting te voorkom en dat geskikte monsters deur ’n professionele persoon, verkieslik ’n veearts, ingesamel word en korrek na ’n diagnostiese laboratorium versend word.  Hou in gedagte dat ander virusse ook binne die groep van flavi-virusse val, waarvan Wesselsbronsiekte een is, wat soorgelyke aangebore afwykings/aborsies in skape en beeste kan veroorsaak.</p>
<p>Daar is minstens tien soortgelyke virusse in Suid-Afrika. Dit is dus noodsaaklik om so akkuraat moontlik te bepaal wat die oorsaak van die reproduksieprobleme of mortaliteit is.  Daar is tekens dat van die ander flavi-virusse moontlik die oorsaak was van vrektes onder jong skaap- en boklammers die afgelope jaar.</p>
<p>&#8216;n Mens moet dus nie sonder die nodige bewyse aanvaar dat slenkdalkoors of Wesselsbronsiekte die enigste oorsaak van reproduksieprobleme of hoë vrektesyfers in veral jong diere is nie, sê prof. Prozesky.</p>
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		<title>Wat jy moet weet oor die sensusopname</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 12:31:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Waarom is dit belangrik?</strong></p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>’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.</p>
<p><strong>Watter sort inligting sal tydens die sensus versamel word?</strong></p>
<p>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.</p>
<p><strong>Wanneer vind dit plaas en hoe lank sal dit duur?</strong></p>
<p>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.</p>
<p><strong>Hoekom word huishouding nou reeds besoek?</strong></p>
<p>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. </p>
<p><strong>Hoe kan jy weet dat dit Statistieke SA-werknemers is?</strong></p>
<p>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.      </p>
<p><strong>Het ek ’n waarborg dat my inligting vertroulik gehou sal word?</strong></p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.”</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p><strong>Plaasprotokol </strong></p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>Vir navrae of kommentaar oor Sensus 2011 skakel 0800 100 248, of stuur vir ’n e-pos na info@statssa.gov.za.</p>
<p>Webtuiste: www.statssa.gov.za.</p>
<p>Mnr. Fanie Roos, 082 804 2135, E-pos: fanier@statssa.gov.za</p>
<p>Me Vienie Botha, 082 474 8840, Tel. 012 310 2168/012 337 6492, Epos:  <a href="mailto:vienieb@statssa.gov.za">vienieb@statssa.gov.za</a></p>
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