Marcel van der Merwe and Dean Greyling will earn first starts in the 2015 Vodacom Super Rugby competition as Vodacom Bulls coach Frans Ludeke made three changes to his pack that will face the Western Force at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday. Van der Merwe and Greyling, who both made late starts to the competition due […]
Vodacom Blue Bulls coach Nollis Marais made changes to his loose trio for Friday’s Vodacom Cup clash against the Golden Lions in Johannesburg. Marais opted for Chris Massyn to replace the injured Roelof Smit and in a straight swop with the Vodacom Bulls gained Hanro Liebenberg in place of Arno Botha, who was called into […]
Visagie, Ndungane to miss Force clash Vodacom Bulls hooker Callie Visagie and wing Akona Ndungane has been ruled of out action for this weekend’s Vodacom Super Rugby match against the Western Force at Loftus Versfeld, it was confirmed on Monday. Ndungane has in fact been ruled out for a month after he broke his hand, […]
Media Release Nation in Conversation Nampo Harvest Day 12 – 15 May 2015 A new approach to agriculture starts with dialogue There is no doubt that South Africa’s agricultural industry is under pressure. High economic and political demands are being placed on food producers to transform and find a different approach to agricultural practices, production activities, ownership […]
Flanker Deon Stegmann will lead the Vodacom Blue Bulls on Saturday when they take on Saracens in a friendly match outside London. The Blue Bulls named their final travelling squad on Wednesday, just before departure to England. Regular captain Pierre Spies will only play off the bench in his return to first class rugby after more than […]
Increases in the price of raw materials and inputs is a perpetual fact of life in many industries across the board and AFGRI Poultry has not been able to escape this either. Packaging increases are one thing, but a business has to be mindful of the impact on the product when this price is passed […]
The team won Legal Department of the Year (for the second consecutive year) and the Innovation Award at the 2014 African Legal Awards. This is the first time an in-house legal team has won the Innovation award. The team was also a finalist in the CSR category resulting in the team being the most nominated […]
AFGRI the leading agricultural solutions and industrial foods company has launched a successful entrée into collateral management across Africa. So successful has been the drive that Collateral Management International (“CMI”) (an AFGRI owned company) has more than 100 sites under collateral management and more than 400 sites to which stock monitoring and inspection services are provided across 14 […]
AFGRI, the leading agricultural solutions and industrial foods company, through its involvement with the Kansas State University, has developed a rumen bypass technology. The technology is installed and supports manufacturing at the Afgritech LLP (“Afgritech”) plant in Watertown, New York. It is the only product worldwide that utilizes canola in addition to soya beans to achieve high bypass protein […]
4 June 2014, Pretoria – AFGRI Limited (“AFGRI”), South Africa’s leading agricultural services and diversified foods group, has increased storage capacity by building five new bunkers in strategic locations within South Africa. Chris Venter, CEO of AFGRI, said that, “Our silo infrastructure is well distributed in our traditional area of operation and with the additional bunker facilities […]