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Hormuz re-opening will ease pressure on SA agriculture: Steenhuisen

Theherald · 🇮🇷 public Iran · · 426 words · By Koena Mashale
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What to know about Hormuz re-opening will ease pressure on SA agriculture: Steenhuisen

With farmers feeling the pinch of rising fuel costs and fertiliser shortages, agriculture minister John Steenhuisen said the recent opening of the Strait of Hormuz should help ease that expected pressure.

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What happened

With farmers feeling the pinch of rising fuel costs and fertiliser shortages, agriculture minister John Steenhuisen said the recent opening of the Strait of Hormuz should help ease that expected pressure.

Why it matters

This comes as Iran granted South African vessels safe passage through the strait, which comes amid a fragile two-week ceasefire between the US and Iran, which was agreed upon on Wednesday.

Common ground

Speaking to Sowetan at the DA federal congress in Midrand, Steenhuisen said the government has already implemented measures to help with the subsidising of the levy but added the ceasefire would be an extra push.

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9 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“the recent opening of the Strait of Hormuz should help ease that expected pressure”
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Theherald's cross-reference claims the Strait of Hormuz was recently opened, but Wikipedia entries indicate Iran closed the strait in 2026 and the US launched a campaign to reopen it, without confirming successful reopening. The evidence does not definitively support the claim.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 19 March 2026, the United States began an aerial campaign against Iranian targets to reopen the Strait of Hormuz following its closure by Iran in response to the 2026 Iran war. The operation was an…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Strait_of_Hormuz_campaign
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, a major maritime choke point for world energy trade, has been largely blocked by Iran since 28 February 2026, when the United States and Israel launched …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Strait_of_Hormuz_crisis
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Strait of Hormuz () is a waterway between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. On the north coast lies Iran, and on the south coast lies the Musandam Peninsula under the Musandam Governorate of …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strait_of_Hormuz
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“Iran granted South African vessels safe passage through the strait”
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Theherald's cross-reference claims Iran granted safe passage, but Wikipedia entries confirm Iran blocked shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz in 2026, directly contradicting the claim.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, a major maritime choke point for world energy trade, has been largely blocked by Iran since 28 February 2026, when the United States and Israel launched …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Strait_of_Hormuz_crisis
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 28 February 2026, Israel and the United States launched airstrikes on Iran, targeting military and government sites, assassinating Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and other Iranian officials, and infli…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 19 March 2026, the United States began an aerial campaign against Iranian targets to reopen the Strait of Hormuz following its closure by Iran in response to the 2026 Iran war. The operation was an…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Strait_of_Hormuz_campaign
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“a fragile two-week ceasefire between the US and Iran, which was agreed upon on Wednesday”
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No evidence confirms a two-week ceasefire between the US and Iran was agreed upon on Wednesday. Wikipedia entries mention ongoing conflict and no ceasefire.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Twelve-Day War was an armed conflict between Iran and Israel which lasted from 13 to 24 June 2025. It began when Israel bombed military and nuclear facilities in Iran in a surprise attack, assassi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelve-Day_War
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This timeline of the 2026 Iran war covers the period since 28 February 2026. The war is ongoing.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_2026_Iran_war
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 28 February 2026, Israel and the United States launched airstrikes on Iran, targeting military and government sites, assassinating Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and other Iranian officials, and infli…
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“the government has already implemented measures to help with the subsidising of the levy”
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No evidence found to confirm or refute the claim about South Africa subsidizing the levy.
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“two ships are stuck in the Strait of Hormuz with fertiliser we desperately need for our winter planting now”
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No evidence found to confirm or refute the claim about ships stuck in the Strait of Hormuz with fertilizer.
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“we’ve lost our ability to produce the type of volumes of fertiliser we used to under Foskor, with the decline in our rail [capability] and the decline in our ability through Richards Bay to mix the two”
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“The ARC has, for the first time since 2019, started to produce vaccines in the country”
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No evidence found to confirm or refute the claim about the ARC's role in South Africa's energy sector.
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“The first 12,900 [vaccines] rolled off two months ago, and just last week we took delivery of the first 20,000 of the new batch”
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No evidence found to confirm or refute the claim about the ARC's energy initiatives.
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“we hope by mid next year that the ARC will have ramped up their facility to be able to produce the millions that we need in the future”
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No evidence found to confirm or refute the claim about the ARC's future energy plans.
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