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SA agriculture groups urge more fuel relief as IMF warns of global shock

Daily Maverick · · 690 words · By Ed Stoddard
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“South African agricultural groups on Tuesday welcomed the R3.0/litre cut to the fuel levy”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia entries that confirm or refute the claim about South African agricultural groups welcoming a fuel levy reduction.
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“South Africans woke up on Wednesday to significantly higher fuel prices at the pump”
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Wikipedia entries for 'Black Wednesday', 'South Africa's genocide case', and 'South African energy crisis' are unrelated to fuel price increases on Wednesday. No relevant evidence found.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Black Wednesday, or the 1992 sterling crisis, was a financial crisis that occurred on 16 September 1992 when the UK Government was forced to withdraw sterling from the (first) European Exchange Rate M…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip (South Africa v. Israel) is an ongoing case that was brought before the International Cour…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — South Africa's energy crisis (or load shedding) is an ongoing period of widespread national power outages beginning at the end of 2007. The South African government-owned national power utility, and p…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_African_energy_crisis
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“The relief measure will therefore help to ease immediate cost pressures and could play an important role in buffering against further food price inflation in the short term”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia entries that confirm or refute the claim about fuel levy reducing cost pressures and food inflation.
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“In most farming systems, fuel accounts for between 12% and 18% of production costs”
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Wikipedia entries on 'Fossil fuel', 'Fuel', and 'Fuel (video game)' provide general definitions but do not specify fuel's percentage of production costs in farming systems.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A fossil fuel is a flammable carbon compound- or hydrocarbon-containing material formed naturally in the Earth's crust from the buried remains of prehistoric organisms (animals, plants or microplankto…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Fuel are any materials that can react with other substances to release energy as thermal energy or to be used for work. The concept was originally applied solely to those materials capable of releasin…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Fuel (stylized in all uppercase as FUEL) is an open world racing video game developed by Asobo Studio and published by Codemasters. The game was released in North America in June 2009 for PlayStation …
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“In addition to fuel, other major inputs such as fertiliser, often accounting for up to 35% to 50% of production costs”
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Wikipedia entries on 'Fertilizer', 'Potash', and 'West Fertilizer Company explosion' describe fertilizers but do not quantify their percentage of production costs in agricultural systems.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A fertilizer or fertiliser is any material of natural or synthetic origin that is applied to soil or to plant tissues to supply plant nutrients. Fertilizers may be distinct from liming materials or ot…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fertilizer
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Potash ( POT-ash) are mined and manufactured salts that contain potassium in water-soluble form. The term potash derives from pot ash, either plant ashes or wood ashes that were soaked in water in a p…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On April 17, 2013, an ammonium nitrate explosion occurred at the West Fertilizer Company storage and distribution facility in West, Texas, United States (18 miles (29 km) north of Waco), while emergen…
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“The government has signalled it is considering additional measures”
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“Industry groups Grain SA and the Fertiliser Association of South Africa warned this week that the twin blows on the fuel and fertiliser fronts will have direct and material implications for South African producers”
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“The International Monetary Fund (IMF) ... sounded a warning this week about the ripple effects of the conflict”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia entries that confirm or refute the IMF'skır ripple effects warning related to the Middle East conflict.
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“Parts of the Middle East, Africa, Asia-Pacific and Latin America face the added strain of higher food and fertiliser prices and tighter financial conditions”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia entries that confirm or refute the IMF's report on global prices and financial conditions.
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“The world faces yet another shock ... all roads lead to higher prices and slower growth”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia entries that confirm or refute the IMF's statement about Middle East conflict impacts on global prices and growth.
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“For fuel-importing economies such as South Africa’s, the impact is akin to that of a large, sudden tax on income”
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“food accounts for about 36% of consumption on average, compared with 20% in emerging market economies and 9% in advanced economies”
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“Stats SA has found that the lowest income categories in South Africa spend as much as a third of their income on food”
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“The IMF will provide a fuller assessment in its next World Economic Outlook on 14 April”
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