The high-level inter-ministerial group on the Red Sea crisis, chaired by commerce secretary Sunil Barthwal, convenes to address shipment delays and rising cargo transport costs. Officials from various ministries will discuss measures to support exporters and ensure adequate credit flow. While India s exports remain unaffected for now, diversion of shipping routes via the Cape of Good Hope has led to increased costs, prompting the need for strategic planning amid potential long-term impacts on trade.
Agri SA is concerned about the rapid proliferation of illegal and unregulated sand mining activities in the vicinity of the recently proclaimed Musina-Makhado Special Economic Zone in Limpopo. This activity has serious implications for the environment, food production and proper management of water resources in the area. Agri SA is therefore calling on President Ramaphosa to convene an Inter-Ministerial Panel to coordinate urgent interventions to prevent large-scale environmental devastation. Illegal mining by purported artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) miners in the Sand River basin, a tributary of the Limpopo River (one of Southern Africa’s major water courses), has reached crisis levels for the agricultural sector in that province.
Only through investment in innovative solutions together with regulatory support and budgetary planning based on a long-term economic model, will Israel achieve its ambitious target to reduce methane emissions.