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25th July 2025

PG Bison’s Mkhondo facility gets its fourth melamine-faced board line

PG Bison has announced that KAP Limited, its shareholder, has approved a R240 million investment for a new high-volume, high-pressure Melamine Faced Board (MFB) line at its Mkhondo facility in Mpumalanga.

18th July 2025

FSC tools support African forest supply chains with EUDR compliance

The European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) is poised to reshape how forest-based commodities such as timber, paper, and furniture are traded globally. For African producers and exporters, this presents both a challenge and an opportunity.

05th July 2025

Winch-assisted Cobras tackle steep slopes in KZN’s Midlands and Zululand

Leading the way in this regard is Ponsse, the Finnish manufacturer that has taken steep slope harvesting to the next level. Key to the success of the Ponsse steep slope machines is the built-in Herzog Synchrowinch that is synchronised with the transmission of the harvester or forwarder, allowing it to automatically spool in and out as the machine works across the slope.

26th June 2025

Inaugural Youth Webinar inspires SA’s next generation of foresters

In celebration of Youth Month and National Youth Day in June, the Forest Sector Charter Council (FSCC) and Forestry South Africa (FSA) joined forces to host the first-ever FSCC Youth Webinar, themed “Raise Your Hand to Be Part of the Discussion”.

13th June 2025

Goobs Forestry loads up on Bell and Kobelco for timber loading contract

Simphiwe hails from a small village called eMakhwabe between Vryheid and Paulpietersburg in Northern KwaZulu-Natal. When he matriculated at the Mantshinga Combined School in Paulpietersburg in 2007, there was no money for him to continue his education. He worked for a while as an intern with a large timber-growing and paper and pulp company. The same company would later sponsor his tertiary education in forestry.

12th June 2025

PlantMax – The future is here!

One of the most talked-about demonstrations at Elmia Wood 2025 came from Swedish firm PlantMa Forestry AB, which held its European premiere of the PlantMax dual soil prep and mechanised tree planting solution – the machine that "everyone has heard of, but no one has seen".

05th June 2025

AfrEquip celebrates Log Max's 10,000th harvesting head

The Log Max 7000C is one of the brand's most popular units, providing a robust, efficient, and productive head suitable for many forestry applications. The 10,000th head belongs to Imphisi Harvesting and will form part of their expanding forestry fleet, destined to tackle various Pine operations in the Mpumalanga province.

26th May 2025

The new Series V 2006AF Bell Haulage Tractor

Bell Equipment Forestry & Agriculture has released the 2006AF Series V Haulage Tractor with arobust 200hp (149kW) workhorse in response

26th May 2025

Bell Skogger has changed the game for Whisky Valley in the Eastern Cape

Harvesting contractor Wes Redinger’s decision to mechanise his operations paid off when he invested in a Bell Skogger, grew his chainsaw gangs from three to seven, and removed two tractor-trailers and eight manual labourers while increasing productivity and consistency.

24th May 2025

Structural reforms are opening doors and South Africa’s forestry sector is leading the way

The 23rd Forestry South Africa AGM provided fascinating insights into how the public and private sectors are chipping away at the structural reforms and investments required to spark an exciting phase of growth and development in forestry and other key economic sectors. Keynote speaker Rudi Dicks, who is head of projects in the Office of the President and leads Operation Vulindlela, has played a key role behind the scenes in driving these reforms. His presentation provided a welcome dose of optimism that was echoed by other speakers at the AGM.

03rd May 2025

Timber Design Competition closing soon

Students participating in South African Council for the Architectural Profession (SACAP) accredited architecture programmes, or the international equivalent, are invited to enter the 2025 Timber Design Competition.

17th March 2025

14th Annual Wood Conference inspired local built environment professionals

The Kuratle Group's 14th annual Wood Conference, held on 25 February 2025 at the CTICC in Cape Town, convened a

22nd November 2024

Call for comments on Phase 2 of the Carbon Tax 

The South African National Treasury has published a discussion document for public comment on Phase 2 of the Carbon Tax.

21st November 2024

SA pine mass timber used to build four storey Zanzibar building

The superstructure for the four-storey CheiChei Living building, which is Africa's first CLT hybrid structure with more than two levels has been completed and fit-out is well underway. The first residents are scheduled to move-in early in the second quarter of 2025.

11th November 2024

The SA forestry and forest products sector marks 15 years of transformation

The Forest Sector Charter Council (FSCC) marks a decade and a half of overseeing and reporting the forestry and forest products sector's progress in achieving its Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) codes of good practice targets.

15th October 2024

Nwabisa Mpompo bags another silviculture contract

MTO Forestry has awarded Nwabisa Mpompo, owner and director of Bamanye Construction Services, the silviculture contract for its Southern Cape Knysna plantation.

07th August 2024

Wildfires cause havoc in KZN

Wildfire season has kicked off with a bang in the KwaZulu-Natal midlands with a number of destructive fires that have

19th June 2024

NCT beefs up Chain of Custody assurance

Small-scale tree farming on tribal land in the KZN midlands is alive and well, as evidenced by an enthusiastic turnout

31st May 2024

Another state plantation handed over for community management

The Department of Forestry, Fisheries & the Environment (DFFE) is on a roll as another state-owned plantation is handed over

31st May 2024

FSA celebrates another successful year of business

FSA’s 22nd Annual General Meeting was held once again at the Fern Hill conference Centre in Tweedie in May, and

30th May 2024

Kwagga visits the Husky team

Husqvarna, a leading manufacturer of outdoor power products, continued its proud tradition of participation in Grain SA’s annual NAMPO agricultural

30th May 2024

HOT NEWS BYTES: Innovations and inventions for next level forestry

Sappi Southern Africa has concluded a milestone 175GWh per annum renewable energy Power Purchase Agreement with Enpower Trading, a NERSA-licensed

29th April 2024

Waratah unleashes new H216 head

Waratah Forestry Equipment has unveiled the H216 - a versatile new two-roller head added to its 200 series lineup. Built

29th April 2024

NEW PEST ALERT

In Jan 2024 a new pest was discovered to be attacking Acacia mearnsii trees in KZN. It has been identified

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