"arable land" bedeutet sowohl bebaubares Land als auch Ackerland:
In geography, arable land (from Latin arare, to plough) is an agricultural term, meaning land that can be used for growing crops. Non-arable land Land which is unsuitable for arable farming usually has at least one of the following deficiencies: no source of fresh water; too hot (desert); too cold (Arctic); too rocky; too mountainous; too salty; too rainy; too snowy; too polluted; or too nutrient poor. Clouds may block the sunlight plants need for photosynthesis (making sunlight into food), reducing productivity. Plants can starve without light. Starvation and nomadism often exists on marginally arable land. Non-arable land is sometimes called wasteland, badlands, worthless or no man's land. ...
A crop is any plant that is grown in significant quantities to be harvested as food, livestock fodder, or for any other economic purpose. This category includes crop species as well as agricultural techniques related to cropping.
As used in The World Factbook land use statistics the term comprises land cultivated for crops like citrus, olives,coffee, and rubber; it includes land under flowering shrubs, fruit trees, nut trees, and vines, but excludes land under trees grown for wood or timber.
Hieraus kann man erkennen, das Konnos Annahme plausibel ist, da "arable land" zusammen mit den "permanent crops" unter Berücksichtigung der unterschiedlichen Erhebungsjahre ungefähr dem bewässerten Land entspricht. Eine Entwicklung ist aus allein diesen Zahlen nicht ableitbar,
Dennoch halte ich meine Einschätzung insofern aufrecht, als in Südafrika zurzeit bezogen auf den Farmsektor ähnliche Entwicklungen ihren Anfang nehmen, wie sie in Zimbabwe ab 1998/99 zu beobachten waren. Zu dem Zeitpunkt ernährte Zimbabwe nicht nur sich selbst.
Communities want to take the law into their own hands
After the farm attacks that were reported during the past few days, TAU SA expressed its serious concern about the deteriorating security situation in the rural areas.
In a letter from TAU SA President, Mr Ben Marais to ANC-leader, Mr Jacob Zuma, specific mention was made that whilst the current levels of crime in whatever sector of society, is unacceptable, the mandate of TAU SA was to focus on the situation applicable to it's members.
The memorandum tabled during discussions with mr Thabo Mbeki on 20 May 2008 was attached to the letter to Mr Zuma The need for improving of the security situation in the farming community, had been emphasized in the said document, and several proposals in this regard were made previously.
Mr Marais said that despite submissions and talks with the SAPS, the ferocity of farm attacks is continuing unabated and recent incidents have seen a considerable number of senseless and brutal murders with deadly consequences for defenceless families. “This state of affairs has already contributed to decreasing levels of trust in the ability of the SAPS and the growing urge of desperation within certain communities to take the law into their own hands. This can not be allowed, but the severity of the situation needs to be understood and rectified. Rampant crime cannot be allowed to continue,” Mr Marais said.
Mr Marais also thanked Mr Zuma for the opportunity for the discussions last week in Rustenburg, and suggested that a follow discussions up should realise rather sooner than later.
Den zugehörigen UNISA-Bericht habe ich leider noch nicht gefunden:
Whites murdered at disproportionally-higher rates of the population: The 2007 'Unnatural Deaths" statistics (more than 80,000 recorded in 2007), were analysed by UNISA's forensic analysis department and showed that SA whites, now a mere 7.5% of the population, show an Unnatural Death rate of 10 % of the population. Blacks in SA, while now at 85% of the population in 2007; showed unnatural deaths rates of 76 % of the population in 2007.
'Child-witches' of Nigeria seek refuge Mary is a pretty five-year-old girl with big brown eyes and a father who kicked her out onto the streets in one of the most dangerous parts of the world. Her crime: the local priest had denounced her as a witch and blamed her "evil powers" for causing her mother's death. …
Fitch revises South Africa’s credit rating Fitch Ratings has revised the outlook for South Africa’s long-term foreign currency rating of ‘BBB+’ from Positive to Stable.
Fitch: SA risks hard landing Johannesburg - Global ratings agency Fitch Ratings said during a teleconference on Monday afternoon that its outlook downgrade to negative for SA was largely related to the extent of its current account gap at a time when supply to emerging markets becomes "much reduced". …
WolffRuediger1'125 Beiträge · seit 200613. Nov. 2008 ·
Hallo, Lateiner, manchmal ist es gut, wenn man ein bisschen Latein gelernt hat. Michael hat mit seiner sprachlichen Erläuterung ('arable') vollkommen recht (ohne dass ich auf den Inhalt seiner Aussagen eingehen möchte). 'Arare' heißt pflügen, (einen Acker) bebauen. Die Adjektivendung -bilis, -bile bedeutet immer, dass etwas gemacht werden kann, ist also Passiv und drückt eine Möglichkeit aus. Das entspricht etwa unserer Nachsilbe -bar: machbar, essbar etc. Das heißt nicht, dass etwas tatsächlich gemacht oder gegessen wird - aber es ist möglich. 'Arabilis, arabile' heißt also, dass das Land landwirtschaftlich genutzt werden kann. Es heißt nicht, dass es agrarwirtschaftlich tatsächlich auch genutzt wird, es ist nur MÖGLICH. Nachzulesen bei Plinius. Und die englische Sprache hat das sowieso von den Lateinern geklaut ... Grüsse von einem ergrauten Lateinlehrer Wolff-Rüdiger
Hallo, Lateiner, manchmal ist es gut, wenn man ein bisschen Latein gelernt hat. Michael hat mit seiner sprachlichen Erläuterung ('arable') vollkommen recht (ohne dass ich auf den Inhalt seiner Aussagen eingehen möchte). 'Arare' heißt pflügen, (einen Acker) bebauen. Die Adjektivendung -bilis, -bile bedeutet immer, dass etwas gemacht werden kann, ist also Passiv und drückt eine Möglichkeit aus. Das entspricht etwa unserer Nachsilbe -bar: machbar, essbar etc. Das heißt nicht, dass etwas tatsächlich gemacht oder gegessen wird - aber es ist möglich. 'Arabilis, arabile' heißt also, dass das Land landwirtschaftlich genutzt werden kann. Es heißt nicht, dass es agrarwirtschaftlich tatsächlich auch genutzt wird, es ist nur MÖGLICH. Nachzulesen bei Plinius. Und die englische Sprache hat das sowieso von den Lateinern geklaut ... Grüsse von einem ergrauten Lateinlehrer Wolff-Rüdiger
Dann wird demnächst ein ergrauter Lateinlehrer auf einen partiell ergrauten ehemaligen Lateinschüler mit großem Latinum treffen 😉 Wenn mir meine Lehrer - es waren derer vier in sieben Jahren - das damals richtig beigebracht haben, muss ich Dir und auch Michael in der Übersetzung zustimmen 🙂
Zum Wochenende heute noch einen Artikel zum Thema “Hilfe für Afrika”:
Residents spurn aid Hatred of foreigners is placing a R62-million housing project in a township outside Kommetjie at risk after a group of residents said they didn't want the project to receive donor money from "makwerekwere". … "That man is a foreigner and he's forcing us to move. We don't want to live in flats -- we want houses and we don't want Lutz's money because he is a corrupt foreigner who doesn't belong in South Africa," said Simon Kiti, spokesperson for the group of residents opposed to the development.
"We don't want their money. We don't want money from the private sector. We want the government to come and build us houses -- the ANC is on our side on this issue and said we don't have to move," he said. …
P.S. Wie lange ist es jetzt eigentlich her, dass Morgan Tsvangirai und der MDC die Wahlen in Zimbabwe gewonnen haben? Wer regiert dort nochmal zurzeit mit aktiver Unterstützung Südafrikas und der SADC?
ist doch wunderbar - kann der ANC seine Versprechungen nicht einhalten, wird er an Zulauf verlieren. Der Niedergang des ANC würde nicht zwangsläufig den Niedergang Südafrikas bedeuten.
nur noch mal kurz. Es war eigentlich keine Vermutung meinerseits, sondern vielmehr eine Aussage (ohne jetzt zu prollen, aber immerhin studiere ich momentan tropisch/subtropische Landwirtschaft). ich hab mich aber wohl undeutlich ausgedrückt.
Mir ging es vor Allem darum das, wenn man eine Aussage über Ernährungssicherheit wagt, man nicht nur Ackerbaulich genutztes Land, sondern AUCH Weideland mit hinzurechnen muss. Und genau das geschah in obigem Beitrag nicht.
Es war eigentlich keine Vermutung meinerseits, sondern vielmehr eine Aussage (ohne jetzt zu prollen, aber immerhin studiere ich momentan tropisch/subtropische Landwirtschaft).
Da muß ich mal einhaken, nachdem ich gerade erstmal herzlich lachen konnte: 😄
Konno, zumindest die graduierten Akademiker unter uns werden in der Mehrzahl wissen, dass der Besuch gewisser Vorlesungen keinerlei Ausweis für Fachexpertise ist. Von daher ist das ein sehr zweifelhaftes bis gar kein Argument.
Studiert hat so mancher manches. Ob er etwas daraus gelernt hat, zeigt erst das Leben. Wirst Du auch noch eines Tages merken. Viel Erfolg noch beim Studium! 😎
SA life expectancy worse than Iraq The life expectancy of South Africans is lower than the average in Africa and that of war-ravaged Iraq, a UN Population Fund report showed. … The report also showed that the number of illiterate South African men is more than double than those in Zimbabwe. Illiteracy among South African men over 15-years-old is 16 percent as opposed to 7 percent in Zimbabwe, Beeld said. – Sapa
The Politician in RSA, from the time where, they take over the power ,start to destroy the Country, day after day, ( ministry of Health, of Security and las Mr Mkebi) to assign..(confiscated) lands from the old farmerslike in Zinbabwe... to who doesn't even know how grow a little lemon plant..... so a complete downgrade, refusing to apply the anti HIV prevention and let's criminals running themself any place without been stopped. What can we wish for tomorrow? the mess will never stop until those look like politicians running the Country will desappear..or an epidemic distruction will wipe off everyone...and we will go back to re-build a real life....
NOT SURPRISING AT ALL, WHATS TO BE EXPETED??
too much complaining and negative 'facts' . . . solutions please? make it law for a male SA individual to be running a recognized revenue generating entity (big or small) by the age of 24 as opposed to paying of taxes
To anonymous who thinks the first 2 comments are emotional. This report is stating that life expectancy rates in SA (a peaceful country) are lower than those in Iraq (a worn torn country). You discredit our reasons but dont seem ro provide any of your own, so I assume like many other south africans you think nothing is wrong here! Part of the reason why we have such big problems, nobody seems to think there is one.
I think African below is from the Mugabe School of Denialism. Perhaps you would care to share with us your source of statistics that contradict those of the UN ? Is it perhaps that knee jerk that informs your opinion or do you just prefer your propaganda to be of a more local flavour ?
This country is a joke.
This report is nothing but propoganda thrash. Anything and everything from the UN is a worthless piece of toilet rubbish. We are used to be trampled upon by EU and US NGOs. We had Firtch downrating our credit standing, now the UN. We are going to live a long time!!!
The first two comments sounded more emotional than scientific. For instance, a recent BMR Report (Number 330) found that the life expectancy for South Africans if you ignore Aids is actually as follows: African Male - 60 African Female - 66 White Male - 71 White Female - 78 (Higher than the reported average by the way.) Obviously as you add in the impact of HIV, this decreases the life expectancies. The reason for this is because some people end up living their full lives, up to 60, 70+, but others die before 30 due to the impact of HIV. This brings down the AVERAGE life expectancy. It is important to remember when looking at these statistics that some people will live well above the number, and some well below it. It is an AVERAGE. Crime has an almost negligible effect on life expectancy figures.
The time has come to put an end to ANC leadership,what have they done these last 15 years to help people that cant help themselves??????????? NOTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
People think everywhere is the same bt there is one thing to consider. The media think abt it in other country there are reporters covering anything and everything, every little crime murder. In SA there is NO MEDIA no one to report anything is it is everywhere so we just hear abt the serious one or one that they decide is good enough to write abt. If we had reporter like other countries there wld be news 24/7, hey that mean more jobs etc ........... SA is really bad and wht is worst most of us living here dont know it.
Between HIV and crime we will have a lower life expectancy and we live in "peaceful times"! Both issues can be tackled by our gov but they do nothing, its more like living in a war zone. I dont think South Africans realise how bad the situation is here, they tend to believe its the same everywhere but even in the poorest countries they do not live under siege from crime like we do here.
Moin zusammen, wegen seiner grundsätzliche Bedeutung ausnahmsweise einmal im Volltext:
KZN farms lie abandoned 17 November 2008, 07:48 By Colleen Dardagan
Millions of rands spent by the government on land reform projects in Zululand have been wasted so far, with many farms handed to farmers since 2004 lying abandoned and derelict.
More than 21 properties in the Empangeni and Eshowe districts, and reportedly many more across KZN bought by the land affairs department, lie fallow, producing only weeds, dead trees and choked sugar cane.
Amid increased concern about food shortages, these farms have derelict or ransacked farmhouses and packing sheds. On some, pump houses have been reduced to rubble and farming equipment destroyed or stolen.
Hennie de Villiers, a board member of the KZN agricultural union and chairman of the district agricultural committee in uThungulu - where more than 10 farms have been abandoned - said not only had land reform failed in the district, but it had also cost jobs and millions of rands in income from sugar cane, vegetables and export citrus.
"At least 500 farm workers have lost their jobs. On one farm alone, over R9 million a year in income from export grapefruit has been squandered. All these farms were producing at least 60 tons of sugar cane a hectare a year. Now there is nothing," said de Villiers. On Valley Farm, Confluence, Concor and Grass Farm, valuable citrus trees are dead, irrigation pipes have been ripped from the ground and productive sugar cane fields have been either burnt or become overgrown with weeds.
De Villiers said all the farms had been handed over as working entities.
The new farmers inherited water rights, electricity, tractors and other farm implements. Pointing to a rusted trailer used to transport sugar cane, he said it had not moved for five years.
"It's never been used. It's just been left to rot out in the open." This while the sugar industry in the province fights for its survival amid persisting drought conditions on the North Coast, rocketing input costs, low global sugar prices and more than 50 percent of the industry's land now under claim.
Illovo Sugar managing director Don Macleod said cane supply had dropped from nearly three million tons a year to below 2,3 million tons for this year.
"I won't be surprised if it drops to below two million next year. The knock-on effect is that mills are finding it hard to remain financially viable - in fact I would agree that at least one mill is going to close on the North Coast, if not next year at least the year after."
Macleod said the land claim process had also taken its toll on the mental attitude of farmers.
"When you think 85 000ha of cane land in KZN is under claim and only 2 200ha have been resolved, it has to affect people's mental attitudes. No farmer is going to invest in his property if he knows it's under claim."
A land affairs department official said the reasons for the failed farm projects in KZN were complicated.
"We really tried to get these projects going but there were social and political tensions between communities. In one case, the head of the community group was shot and killed. He was really a good farmer but the people didn't trust him. They believed he was taking money deposited directly into his bank account from the department for the project. That farm is now in the process of being repossessed by the Land Bank."
Kwanalu's Sandy le Marque said land reform failures had brought agricultural projects across KZN to a halt.
"There are hundreds of farms all over KZN which are in the same state as those in Empangeni and Eshowe." Melmoth Farmers' Association chairman Nick Harris said government bungling was the single biggest reason for the failure of the land reform process.
"There are four farms in our district which are no longer productive. Neighbouring farmers are more than ready to plant and plough the fields for the new farmers, but there is so much red tape.
"No one can get involved unless they are registered contractors with the agriculture department.
"They have to be BEE accredited and it can take anything up to six months to get approval," Harrison said.
"By then the planting season has passed. The new farmers are begging for help."
Bei meinem Hinweis auf die schwindende Fähigkeit Südafrikas, sich selbst zu ernähren, war der Hinweis auf die schmale potentielle Produktionsbasis nur ein unterstützender Hinweis. Das eigentliche Problem des Landes ist oben dargestellt.
Many young blacks want to leave One in five South Africans is planning to emigrate - or seriously considering it.
A recent survey by global market research company Synovate revealed almost half that figure are young blacks. The urge to emigrate is prevalent in the 18 to 44 age group. …
'I fear a civil war' In just over a fortnight 24 by-elections will be held in the Western Cape and many voters are worried the battle between the ANC and COPE could turn into a violent street fight in some areas.
Most people in Philippi and Gugulethu were too scared to speak to the Weekend Argus about who they supported.
One Philippi man was so fearful he kept on looking around. He said that there was so much tension between ANC and Congress of the People supporters that he was too afraid to say how he felt about the split in the ANC.
"You will not believe how scared we all are of saying who we support, the tension here is great. We don't know who to trust." …
Eddie Cross: The Web of Corrupt Practice and Politics in the region … Kabila was initially hailed as a savior in The Congo having finally rid the Congolese of Mobutu's tyrannical regime which had plundered the country for decades. It soon became apparent however that Kabila was every bit as bad and corrupt as Mobutu. He was also having problems with internal rebellions and the fact that the Ugandan and Rwandan forces were showing no signs of leaving The Congo. Far from leaving they were consolidating their control of the vital mineral rich Katanga province. In August 1998 he ordered that the Ugandan and Rwandan forces leave The Congo along with all ethnically Tutsi Congolese.
The Rwandans and Ugandans replied by sending more troops to overthrow Kabila. This started the Second Congo war in which 5.4 million people died making it the deadliest war since the Second World War. The Ugandan and Rwandan backed rebels had quick and dramatic victories over Kabila's forces and within two weeks it seemed he would be ousted imminently.
On April 19, Kabila flew to Harare and met Mugabe who at that time was heading SADC's Organ on Politics and Defence. Three Three SADC countries; Zimbabwe, Angola and Namibia came to his immediate rescue. They were later joined by Sudan and Libya. It is alleged that Kabila signed $200 million worth of deals with Mugabe. … Namibian President Sam Nujoma also secured many contracts for his own businesses and those of his family. They remain heavily involved in The Congo's mining activity. Namibians worth investigating include The Permanent Secretary for Defence, Erastus Negona, T . Lamec, David Shimuuino, Army Chief Major General Shalli, Deputy Police Commissioner Fritz Nghiishililiwa and Police Inspector General Raonga Andima. … South Africa had an elite anti corruption investigative unit called The Scorpions. The Scorpions consisted of 2000 of the best police, financial, forensic and intelligence experts in South Africa. They came into being after the passing of The National Prosecuting Authority Act, 32 of 1998.
This was one of Mandela's last projects before he stepped down in 1999. The Scorpions answered to the Head of The National Prosecuting Authority, not to The Commissioner of Police.
When Mandela took over in South Africa he appointed a professional Policeman, George Fivaz, as his Commissioner of Police. Mbeki replaced him Jackie Selebi who had no police experience whatsoever but was a trusted ANC man. He has been described as "the gatekeeper" of the ANC ; privy to all it's financial dealings. It appears that in 1999, as Mandela stepped down, South Africa involved itself in a controversial arms deal totaling $US4.8 billion. It appears over $200 million was paid in bribes. The Scorpions were investigating increasingly more senior members of The ANC about the deal.
Names included Thabo Mbeki, Jacob Zuma, Zuma's financial adviser Schabir Shaik, his brother Chippy Shaik and Joe Modise, founder of the ANC's military wing and then minister of defence.
The Scorpions brought a successful prosecution against Schabir Shaik, Zuma's financial adviser. Shaik was given two 15 year imprisonment sentences. The Scorpions then turned their attention to Jacob Zuma, then Deputy President.
Zuma's house was raided repeatedly. On 28 December 2007 The Scorpions served Zuma an indictment to stand trial in The High Court on counts of racketeering, money laundering, corruption and fraud.
During 2007 the Scorpions started to become concerned about Jackie Selebi, Mbeki's Commissioner of Police. Selebi, it turns out, had been up to all sorts of unsavory business. His personal friend Glenn Angliotti turned out to be a mafia kingpin and drug dealer. Selebi claims they never discussed Agliotti's criminal activities but does admit to warning him of a British Intelligence request for information about him. Agliotti funded Selebi to the tune of about $170 000. Part of this funding was used to successfully lobby for Selebi's appointment as head of Interpol. Interestingly Zimbabwe's Police Commissioner Augustine Chihuri has also had senior positions in Interpol. The senior Interpol positions are said to be useful in covering international money laundering and corruption tracks. … In view of these allegations listed above I believe the world should be very circumspect of any deals Mbeki negotiates. especially in mineral rich areas such as Darfur.
The story now moves to Blantyre, Malawi where President Mutharika astounded Malawian journalists last week when he told them to stop the negative reporting about Mugabe and Zimbabwe. He has since said he recognizes Mugabe as Zimbabwe's legitimate President. His brother and Vice President Peter Mutharika attended Mugabe's inauguration ceremony. Mutharika has many suspect ties with Mugabe's regime. He has diverted huge amounts (300 000 tonnes) of maize to Zanu PF, most recently during the just passed Zimbabwean election. There has been no entry in Malawian National Food Reserves Agency's regarding these deals. Similarly he has supplied Mugabe with fuel and also tear gas which killed 11 Zimbabweans in a single incident in 2005. Interestingly Mutharika has a farm in Zimbabwe, which is guarded by Mugabe's Presidential Guard.
Mutharika's past also merits some investigation. He was sacked when he was Secretary General of COMESA in 1995 for stealing money and diverting it to his Zimbabwean farm. He came to power in Malawi as The UDF's presidential candidate after the incumbent, Muluzi, had served the specified maximum number of terms. Soon after he came to power he began upsetting senior UDF and government people. His response was depressingly familiar. He undermined the Anti Corruption Bureau and then replaced the heads of the offices of The Director of Public Prosecutions and The Police Commissioner with trusted political associates. He had Muluzi arrested and Muluzi is currently being tried. Muluzi has dismissed the documents the state has offered to make its case as "laughable and fake." Their blatant forgery is reminiscent of many trials in Zimbabwe, such as that of Tendai Biti. The Zimbabwean CIO are said to be increasingly active in Malawi.
Dam dirty There is no doubt anymore that SA is facing a water crisis. An FM investigation digs deep into what is threatening the quality of water in SA Salts, sewerage, industrial effluent, acids and toxic algae - some of SA's biggest rivers and dams will soon be so contaminated that the water will be unusable for drinking and agriculture. And there's little in reserve. SA is 30th on the global list of the driest countries. The country's water resources have been fully allocated and no additional water is available for industry, agriculture or domestic use. … Anyone with the stomach to tramp around some of the smaller treatment plants or pump stations on the Highveld, particularly in Mpumalanga, cannot miss the evidence of a looming disaster. Due to lack of capacity and expertise, blockages are often "repaired" by simply disconnecting the system. At Leandra, for instance, a farmer who lost a stud bull due to bad water showed the FM how, after a blockage, municipal officials disconnected pipes. As a result, for a year, the sewage flowed directly into the river he used for irrigation. Further upstream at Witbank, the FM visited a pump station where three of the four pumps had been stripped or stolen. Waste flowed in at one end and out the other, still untreated, and down a grassy verge into the watercourse. …
Contaminated water threatens fruit exports to EU Bad water from rivers and dams is affecting agricultural productivity and the quality of food grown in SA. Exports of agricultural products to the EU, valued at R28bn last year, are in jeopardy. EuroGAP, the body that monitors water standards for EU imports, has issued warnings that SA's water quality is way below acceptable standards. …
ok, habe verstanden - Wasserversorgung ist ein wichtiges Thema auch für Südafrika. Dann liegen wir mit unseren Brunnenbauplänen gar nicht so verkehrt. Aber können wir sicher sein, dass wir nicht entführt werden, wenn wir vor Ort sind?
um eine Entführung musst Du dir keine Gedanken machen. Die bringen Dich nach 10 Minuten freiwillig zurück.:P Falls doch nicht werden wir halt im Forum einen Lösegeldtopf für Dich einrichten.😃
da hast Du leider wieder einmal nicht richtig gelesen. Südafrikas wesentliches Problem wird in der nahen Zukunft sein, dass seine Wasservorräte nahezu alle für eine Nutzung erschlossen sind und diese durch verschiedene Ursachen zunehmend vergiftet und dadurch für den menschlichen Konsum unbrauchbar werden.
Eine der Ursachen sind die vielen, teilweise aufgegebenen Gold- und Kohleminen. Diese verseuchen das Grundwasser, welches Du, wenn Du in SA tätig werden wolltest, wohl anbohren würdest.
Zurzeit sterben nur die Krokodile, die übrigens eines der widerstandsfähigsten Immunsysteme besitzen.
Bald werden Menschen sterben.
Water probed after Kruger crocs die The perplexing deaths of hundreds of crocodiles in the Kruger National Park may have stumped South Africa's leading scientists, but Danie Pienaar believes it has also created awareness about this predator's vital role in ecosystems.
