By Newsbreak Senior Producer Taresh Harreeparshad - Coffee is becoming more expensive. Unfavorable conditions in Brazil and Vietnam - two of the world's largest coffee producing nations - has resulted in the global increase in the price of coffee. 250 grams of instant coffee rose by 30.6% year on year - with ground coffee rising by 6.8% for the same period. This has been attributed to drier conditions in Brazil and Vietnam, resulting in poorer yields in crop production. FNB Commercial Senior Agricultural Economist Paul Makube explains what this means for avid coffee drinkers...

By Newsbreak Senior Producer Taresh Harreeparshad - Coffee is becoming more expensive. Unfavorable conditions in Brazil and Vietnam - two of the world's largest coffee producing nations - has resulted in the global increase in the price of coffee. 250 grams of instant coffee rose by 30.6% year on year - with ground coffee rising by 6.8% for the same period. This has been attributed to drier conditions in Brazil and Vietnam, resulting in poorer yields in crop production. FNB Commercial Senior Agricultural Economist Paul Makube explains what this means for avid coffee drinkers...

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Award-winning Current Affairs programme and News talk show bringing you topical news issues of the week relevant to Lotus FM - we cover issues YOU want to hear - beating deadlines, making headlines. 5-6am, 12-12:30pm weekdays and weekends from 12-1pm.

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#PODCAST ANALYSIS: Poor conditions in big coffee producing nations results in a global increase in the price of coffee #sabcnews

By Newsbreak's Salma Patel - 

Rescue and relief efforts are continuing along the N3 Toll Route in the KwaZulu-Natal midlands and have now extended towards Harrismith in the Free State. Aid organisation - The Al Imdaad Foundation - is still on the ground assisting those commuters who are still stuck in their vehicles. Hygiene has now become an issue and the foundation is distributing packs for this. The foundation's Disaster relief manager, Abed Karrim, was also one of the commuters who was entrapped in the snow with two other colleagues at Nottingham Road. He says they are still assisting people along the N3...

By Newsbreak's Salma Patel - 
Rescue and relief efforts are continuing along the N3 Toll Route in the KwaZulu-Natal midlands and have now extended towards Harrismith in the Free State. Aid organisation - The Al Imdaad Foundation - is still on the ground assisting those commuters who are still stuck in their vehicles. Hygiene has now become an issue and the foundation is distributing packs for this. The foundation's Disaster relief manager, Abed Karrim, was also one of the commuters who was entrapped in the snow with two other colleagues at Nottingham Road. He says they are still assisting people along the N3...

#PODCAST Aid organisation - The Al Imdaad Foundation - is still on the ground assisting commuters along the N3 Toll Route

By Newsbreak Talk's Shanell Daniel - 

The N3 Toll Route has been closed from Estcourt in the Kwazulu-Natal Midlands to Harrismith in the Free State due to heavy snowfall. This after the snowfall left motorists stranded in their vehicles and unable to move due to the thick snow on Friday evening. Newsbreak Talk gets an update on weather conditions and road traffic conditions is Kwazulu-Natal, Gauteng, Eastern Cape and other parts of the country that have been affected by the adverse weather conditions.

By Newsbreak Talk's Shanell Daniel - 
The N3 Toll Route has been closed from Estcourt in the Kwazulu-Natal Midlands to Harrismith in the Free State due to heavy snowfall. This after the snowfall left motorists stranded in their vehicles and unable to move due to the thick snow on Friday evening. Newsbreak Talk gets an update on weather conditions and road traffic conditions is Kwazulu-Natal, Gauteng, Eastern Cape and other parts of the country that have been affected by the adverse weather conditions.

#PODCAST Heavy snowfall and rainfall across parts of the country #NewsbreakTalk

By Newsbreak's Shanell Daniel - 

President Cyril Ramaphosa signed the Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill (BELA Bill) into law at a public ceremony on Friday. However, he did press pause on two controversial clauses for three months. These include Clause 4 of the Bill which provides for a provincial head of education to override a school's language policy – that authority currently lies with School Governing Bodies (SGBs), and Clause 5 which provides for the provincial education department heads to control admission policies. Education Expert, Professor Mary Metcalfe, says the Bill is a step in the right direction for the education sector...

By Newsbreak's Shanell Daniel - 
President Cyril Ramaphosa signed the Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill (BELA Bill) into law at a public ceremony on Friday. However, he did press pause on two controversial clauses for three months. These include Clause 4 of the Bill which provides for a provincial head of education to override a school's language policy – that authority currently lies with School Governing Bodies (SGBs), and Clause 5 which provides for the provincial education department heads to control admission policies. Education Expert, Professor Mary Metcalfe, says the Bill is a step in the right direction for the education sector...

#PODCAST ANALYSIS: Poor conditions in big coffee producing nations results in a global increase in the price of coffee #sabcnews

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