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President Cyril Ramaphosa says opportunities in the biodiversity economy have the potential to unlock the country’s rural economy and lift rural people out of poverty. “If properly developed, the biodiversity economy can assist in accelerating transformation by providing not only employment, but also business opportunities, for black South Africans.It is also an opportunity for innovation,”

Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba says R6 billion has been allocated towards drought relief and to augment public infrastructure investment. The announcement comes as efforts are underway to declare three provinces, particularly Cape Town in the Western Province, as national disaster areas. On Tuesday, the City of Cape Town announced that Day Zero – a day

An outbreak of the Oriental Fruit Fly has been detected in Grabouw, in the Western Cape, the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said on Monday. The Oriental Fruit Fly is an exotic fruit fly native to Asia, previously described from Africa as the invader fruit fly (Bactrocera invadens). The commercial fruit at threat include