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pdf CGA - CEO Newsletter 51/2021 (24/12/21)  Published Popular

CGA - CEO Newsletter 51/2021 (24/12/21)

“Don’t try to solve serious matters in the middle of the night.” Philip K Dick

  • COVID-19

pdf CGA - CEO Newsletter 50/2021 (17/12/21)  Published Popular

CGA - CEO Newsletter 50/2021 (17/12/21)

“If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman."
Margaret Thatcher

  • Gloria Weare
  • Hierdie nuusbrief is ook in Afrikaans beskikbaar
  • CGA Roadshows
  • Successful in Businesses

pdf CGA - CEO Newsletter 49/2021 (10/12/21)  Published Popular

CGA - CEO Newsletter 49/2021 (10/12/21)

“It isn’t where you came from. It’s where you’re going that counts.” Ella Fitzgerald

  • Sabbatical
  • Roadshows 2022
  • CGA Grower Development Company

pdf CGA - CEO Newsletter 48/2021 (03/12/21)  Published Popular

CGA - CEO Newsletter 48/2021 (03/12/21)

“Either you run the day, or the day runs you.” Jim Rohn

  • 2021 Valencia Seasonal Review (Portia Magwaza)

pdf CGA - CEO Newsletter 47/2021 (26/11/21)  Published Popular

CGA - CEO Newsletter 47/2021 (26/11/21)

“Leadership is about vision and responsibility, not power.” Seth Berkley

  • 2021 Soft Citrus Seasonal Review (Portia Magwaza)
  • Phytosanitary Market Registration – Deadline 6th December 2021

pdf CGA - CEO Newsletter 46/2021 (19/11/21)  Published Popular

CGA - CEO Newsletter 46/2021 (19/11/21)

“The time is always right, to do what is right.” Martin Luther King, Jnr.

  • 2021 Lemon Seasonal Review (Portia Magwaza)

pdf CGA - CEO Newsletter 45/2021 (12/11/21)  Published Popular

CGA - CEO Newsletter 45/2021 (12/11/21)

“If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.” Napoleon Hill

  • 2021 Navel Seasonal Review (Portia Magwaza)

pdf CGA - CEO Newsletter 44/2021 (05/11/21)  Published Popular

CGA - CEO Newsletter 44/2021 (05/11/21)

“Our words have power, but our actions shape lives.” Rachel Hollis

  • 2021 Grapefruit Seasonal Review (Portia Magwaza)

pdf CGA - CEO Newsletter 43/2021 (29/10/21)  Published Popular

CGA - CEO Newsletter 43/2021 (29/10/21)

“Every election is determined by the people that show up” Larry Sabato

  • A Green Deal?
  • Global Citrus Congress

pdf CGA - CEO Newsletter 42/2021 (22/10/21)  Published Popular

CGA - CEO Newsletter 42/2021 (22/10/21)

"The world’s strongest animals are plant eaters. Gorillas, Buffaloes, Elephants and me." Patrick Baboumian

  • Transnet Fruit Rail (TFR) Achieves a Milestone
  • New Chair of CGA-GDC
  • Covid-19 Vaccinations

pdf CGA - CEO Newsletter 41/2021 (15/10/21)  Published Popular

CGA - CEO Newsletter 41/2021 (15/10/21)

“There’s always an easy solution to every human problem – neat, plausible and wrong.” HL Mencken

  • Economic Transformation of Black Citrus Growers (ETBCG) Programme (Robert Miller)
  • New Appointment at CGA
  • Agri’s Got Talent
  • COVID 19 Vaccinations

pdf CGA - CEO Newsletter 40/2021 (08/10/21)  Published Popular

CGA - CEO Newsletter 40/2021 (08/10/21)

“A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little courage.” Sydney Smith

  • CGA Levies and their Allocation (Robert Miller)
  • COVID 19 Vaccination Sta

pdf CGA - CEO Newsletter 37/2021 (01/10/21)  Published Popular

CGA - CEO Newsletter 37/2021 (01/10/21)

“Tactics is knowing what to do when there is something to do; strategy is knowing what to do when there is nothing to do.” Savielly Tartakower (Polish chess player)

  • AgriBEE Sector Codes
  • World Food Moscow Exhibition
  • COVID-19 Vaccination Stats

pdf CGA - CEO Newsletter 36/2021 (24/09/21)  Published Popular

CGA - CEO Newsletter 36/2021 (24/09/21)

"I saw that leaders placed too much emphasis on what some call high level strategy, on intellectualizing and philosophising, And not enough on implementation. People would agree on a project or initiative, and then nothing would come of it."  Lawrence Bossidy

  • Is Transnet the biggest threat to the [citrus] fruit export industry? (Mitchell Brooke)

pdf CGA - CEO Newsletter 35/2021 (17/09/21)  Published Popular

CGA - CEO Newsletter 35/2021 (17/09/21)

"No time for your health today, no health for your time tomorrow."  Thibaut

  • BFAP Baseline 2021
  • COVID-19 Vaccination stats

pdf CGA - CEO Newsletter 34/2021 (10/09/21)  Published Popular

CGA - CEO Newsletter 34/2021 (10/09/21)

"An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered."  GK Chesterton

  • CGA Board
  • Paul Hardman: Acting CEO
  • Durban Port starting to normalise

pdf CGA - CEO Newsletter 33/2021 (03/09/21)  Published Popular

CGA - CEO Newsletter 33/2021 (03/09/21)

"I have yet to see any problem, however complicated, which, when you looked at it in the right way, did not become still more complicated."  Poul Anderson

  • Truck arrivals in Durban still high
  • Revised protocol for citrus shipments to China now in force

pdf CGA - CEO Newsletter 32/2021 (27/08/21)  Published Popular

CGA - CEO Newsletter 32/2021 (27/08/21)

“Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.”  Aldous Huxley

  • Vaccinations
  • Congestion in Durban Port

pdf CGA - CEO Newsletter 31/2021 (20/08/21)  Published Popular

CGA - CEO Newsletter 31/2021 (20/08/21)

“People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.”

  • On farm vaccinations
  • Shipping lines addressing supply of reefer equipment to meet demand (Mitchell Brooke)

pdf CGA - CEO Newsletter 30/2021 (13/08/21)  Published Popular

CGA - CEO Newsletter 30/2021 (13/08/21)

"When ignorance screams, intelligence is silent." Fable (as quoted by Rassie Erasmus)

  • Thank you to growers for responding to port operators plea to stop packing
  • Joan Sadie: Making important contributions to the citrus industry

pdf CGA - CEO Newsletter 29/2021 (06/08/21)  Published Popular

CGA - CEO Newsletter 29/2021 (06/08/21)

"Birds scream at the top of their lungs in horrified hellish rage every morning at daybreak to warn us all of the truth, but sadly we don't speak bird."  Kurt Cobain

  • Mid-season review
  • Vaccination of farm workers

pdf CGA - CEO Newsletter 28/2021 (30/07/21)  Published Popular

CGA - CEO Newsletter 28/2021 (30/07/21)

"Or we can walk through lightly, with little luggage, ready to imagine another world. And ready to fight for it." Arundhati Roy

  • CRI research feedback 2021
  • Transnet cyber-attack

pdf CGA - CEO Newsletter 27/2021 (23/07/21)  Published Popular

CGA - CEO Newsletter 27/2021 (23/07/21)

“What a year this week has been.” Anon

  • Impact of civil unrest on citrus industry and recovery plan

pdf CGA - CEO Newsletter 26/2021 (16/07/21)  Published Popular

CGA - CEO Newsletter 26/2021 (16/07/21)

"It is easy to break down and destroy. The heroes are those who make peace and build." 
Nelson Mandela

  • Impact of civil unrest on citrus industry and recovery plan

pdf CGA - CEO Newsletter 25/2021 (09/07/21)  Published Popular

CGA - CEO Newsletter 25/2021 (09/07/21)

"Experience is the hardest kind of teacher. It gives you the test first and the lesson afterward."  Oscar Wilde

  • Snap survey on worker numbers in the citrus industry
  • Agri's Got Talent
  • FCM sit with X-Sit - A CGA initiative

pdf CGA - CEO Newsletter 24/2021 (02/07/21)  Published Popular

CGA - CEO Newsletter 24/2021 (02/07/21)

"There are two types of people – those who come into the room and say "Well, here I am!" and those who come in and say "Ah, there you are.""  Frederick Collins

  • Espie and Hilda Ferreira
  • Andile Maxwell Hawes
  • China list 2021

pdf CGA - CEO Newsletter 23/2021 (25/06/21)  Published Popular

CGA - CEO Newsletter 23/2021 (25/06/21)

"The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word ‘crisis’. One brush stroke stands for danger; the other for opportunity. In a crisis, be aware of the danger – but recognise the opportunity." 
John F Kennedy

  • China lemons

pdf CGA - CEO Newsletter 23/2021 (18/06/21)  Published Popular

CGA - CEO Newsletter 23/2021 (18/06/21)

"People will sit up and take notice of you if you will sit up and take notice of what makes them sit up and take notice."  Harry Selfridge

  • Paula Bester to join CGA team
  • Beanstalk

pdf CGA - CEO Newsletter 22/2021 (11/06/21)  Published Popular

CGA - CEO Newsletter 22/2021 (11/06/21)

"I have only one superstition. I touch all bases when I hit a home run."  Babe Ruth

  • Philippines
  • Global Citrus Congress
  • Citrus Statistics Booklet 2021

pdf CGA - CEO Newsletter 21/2021 (04/06/21)  Published Popular

CGA - CEO Newsletter 21/2021 (04/06/21)

"The world is a tragedy to those who feel, but a comedy to those who think."  Horace Walpole

  • Senwes

pdf CGA - CEO Newsletter 20/2021 (28/05/21)  Published Popular

CGA - CEO Newsletter 20/2021 (28/05/21)

"Whenever men take the law into their own hands, the loser is the law. And when the law loses, freedom languishes." Robert Kennedy

  • Citrus Academy Citrus Packing short course
  • Eastern Cape

pdf CGA - CEO Newsletter 19/2021 (21/05/21)  Published Popular

CGA - CEO Newsletter 19/2021 (21/05/21)

"Seeing ourselves as others see us would probably confirm our worst suspicions about them." Franklin P. Adams

  • Presentation by Eric Imbert - WCO AGM

pdf CGA - CEO Newsletter 18/2021 (14/05/21)  Published Popular

CGA - CEO Newsletter 18/2021 (14/05/21)

"Furious activity is no substitute for understanding."  H.H. Williams

  • World Citrus Organisation (WCO) AGM
  • Market Access: China

pdf CGA - CEO Newsletter 17/2021 (07/05/21)  Published Popular

CGA - CEO Newsletter 17/2021 (07/05/21)

"A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd."  James Crook

  • Market Access: Indonesia / Philippines / China
  • CGA Directors

pdf CGA - CEO Newsletter 16/2021 (30/04/21)  Published Popular

CGA - CEO Newsletter 16/2021 (30/04/21)

"No man can be successful, unless he first loves his work." David Sarnoff, CEO of RCA

  • Developing information platforms to enhance export capabilities (Mitchell Brooke)

pdf CGA - CEO Newsletter 15/2021 (23/04/21)  Published Popular

CGA - CEO Newsletter 15/2021 (23/04/21)

"There is little success where there is little laughter." Andrew Carnegie

  • CGA seeking a Food Safety and Sustainability Portfolio Assistant!
  • Citrus Sustainability Survey
  • Weekly Statistic: 2021 grapefruit estimate

pdf CGA - CEO Newsletter 14/2021 (16/04/21)  Published Popular

CGA - CEO Newsletter 14/2021 (16/04/21)

"Those who wish to sing always find a song."  Swedish Proverb

  • Agri's Got Talent
  • Weekly Statistic: 2021 lemon estimate

pdf CGA - CEO Newsletter 13/2021 (09/04/21)  Published Popular

CGA - CEO Newsletter 13/2021 (09/04/21)

"If my mind can conceive it, and my heart can believe it, I can achieve it." Muhammad Ali

  • Reefer equipment supply for the 2021 export season
  • Weekly Statistic: 2021 navel estimate

 

pdf CGA - CEO Newsletter 12/2021 (02/04/21)  Published Popular

CGA - CEO Newsletter 12/2021 (02/04/21)

"Only the mediocre are always at their best."  Jean Giraudoux

  • Philippines
  • CGA Grower Development Company (CGA GDC) to update situational analysis
  • Mental health and COVID-19
  • Weekly Statistic: 2021 valencia estimate

pdf CGA - CEO Newsletter 11/2021 (26/03/21)  Published Popular

CGA - CEO Newsletter 11/2021 (26/03/21)

"A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new." Albert Einstein

  • Orange Heart Fruit Drive
  • Orange Heart Vaccination Drive
  • Agri's Got Talent
  • Weekly Statistic: BFAP look at Agriculture's role in GDP of South Africa

pdf CGA - CEO Newsletter 10/2021 (19/03/21)  Published Popular

CGA - CEO Newsletter 10/2021 (19/03/21)

"If we have learnt one thing from the history of invention and discovery, it is that, in the long run – and often in the short one – the most daring prophecies seem laughably conservative."
Arthur C. Clarke

  • Southern African citrus to reach new heights as 2021 export estimate is released

pdf CGA - CEO Newsletter 09/2021 (12/03/21)  Published Popular

CGA - CEO Newsletter 09/2021 (12/03/21)

"Part of the secret of success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside."
Mark Twain

  • Asian Citrus Greening Disease: A serious threat to the citrus industry
  • Logistics - Be ready
  • Weekly Statistics

pdf CGA - CEO Newsletter 08/2021 (05/03/21)  Published Popular

CGA - CEO Newsletter 08/2021 (05/03/21)

"We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses." Abraham Lincoln

  • DALRRD Pre-season workshops
  • Southern Hemisphere Fresh Fruit Trade Congress
  • Weekly Statistics

pdf CGA - CEO Newsletter 07/2021 (26/02/21)  Published Popular

CGA - CEO Newsletter 07/2021 (26/02/21)

"Another flaw in the human character is that everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance."  Kurt Vonnegut

  • Tzaneen dam spills
  • UK no longer requires phytosanitary certificates for South African citrus
  • Weekly Statistics

pdf CGA - CEO Newsletter 06/2021 (19/02/21)  Published Popular

CGA - CEO Newsletter 06/2021 (19/02/21)

"Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness."  Zhuangzi

  • Citrus Academy short courses are coming back
  • Variety Focus Groups (VFG)
  • Cyclone Eloise
  • Weekly Statistics

pdf CGA - CEO Newsletter 05/2021 (12/02/21)  Published Popular

CGA - CEO Newsletter 05/2021 (12/02/21)

"The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority." Ralph W. Sockman

  • Cyclone Eloise
  • Weekly Statistics

pdf CGA - CEO Newsletter 04/2021 (05/02/21)  Published Popular

CGA - CEO Newsletter 04/2021 (05/02/21)

"If you are not criticized, you may not be doing much." Donald Rumsfeld

  • Orange Heart Fruit Drive: Call for donations
  • Growth will continue
  • Weekly Statistics

pdf CGA - CEO Newsletter 03/2021 (29/01/21)  Published Popular

CGA - CEO Newsletter 03/2021 (29/01/21)

"It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is most adaptable to change."  Charles Darwin

  • 2020 Tree Census: Southern African citrus industry continues to grow
  • CGA Directors
  • CGA COVID-19 Response Committee (ORC) - Fast out of the blocks

pdf CGA - CEO Newsletter 02/2021 (22/01/21)  Published Popular

CGA - CEO Newsletter 02/2021 (22/01/21)

"The cyclone derives its powers from a calm centre. So does a person."  Norman Vincent Peale

  • 2021 - International Year of Fruits and Vegetables
  • Hold tight
  • Weekly Statistic

pdf CGA - CEO Newsletter 01/2021 (15/01/21)  Published Popular

CGA - CEO Newsletter 01/2021 (15/01/21)

"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities."  Voltaire

  • Best wishes for 2021
  • CRI Postharvest Workshop
  • Packaging and pallets
  • Weekly Statistic

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