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Article: Council adopts wine industry charter.(Business Report)
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- The Star (South Africa)
- Article date:
- July 31, 2007
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BYLINE: RONNIE MORRIS
Cape Town - The SA Wine Industry Council adopted a wine industry transformation charter yesterday, according to the chairman, Kader Asmal.
The council was formed after the SA Wine and Brandy Company was restructured to become more representative of the industry.
Asmal said yesterday that the charter would be forwarded to Lulama Xingwana, the minister of agriculture and land affairs, for her consideration.
The charter is aligned with the codes of good practice on black economic empowerment. These identify three categories for scoring: large enterprises (annual turnover above R35 million) are required to comply ...