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CONTENTS REDAKSIONELE KOMITEE /
EDITORIAL COMMITTEE

Cotton SA
CEO Hennie Bruwer
Executive editor Koot Louw
Technical manager Dr Annette Bennett
+27 (0)12 804 1462
PO Box 912232, Silverton,
Pretoria 0127, South Africa
www.cottonsa.org.za
Editorial contributions
& subscriptions
Koot Louw
+27 (0)12 804 1462
kootlouw@cottonsa.org.za
Agri Connect team
Manager Leza Putter
Copy editor Michele van Loggerenberg
Production manager Henk Odendaal
Lead designer Michellé van der Walt
Katoensake / Cotton matters 3 Advertising & rates
Textile scene 5 Ilse Liveris
Markverslag / Market report 6 +27 (0)12 843 5717
Local cotton situation 2018/19 8 ilse@agriconnect.co.za
Op die bol / On the boll 10
Damme en klimaatvooruitsigte 15 Soekie du Toit
+27 (0)12 843 5709
soekie@agriconnect.co.za
BEDRYF / INDUSTRY
Katoen, ’n volhoubare alternatiewe droëlandgewas 16 Illa Hugo
Die vroeë geskiedenis van katoenproduksie +27 (0)82 898 3878
in Suid-Afrika 21 illa@agriconnect.co.za
Accounts
PRODUKSIE EN TEGNOLOGIE / Charlene Bam
PRODUCTION AND TECHNOLOGY +27 (0)12 843 5703
Bolvorming, ontblaring en oes 22 charlene@agriconnect.co.za
The Cottonhand app 25
Ratoon cotton 26 Printers
Typo, Johannesburg
+27 (0)11 402 3468
NAVORSING, OPLEIDING EN ONTWIKKELING /
RESEARCH, TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT Contributors
Fokus op grondvogbepalings vir droëlandprodusente 30 Hennie Bruwer henniebruwer@cottonsa.org.za
Benutting van inleidende graderingskursusse 33 Dr Annette Bennett annette@cottonsa.org.za
Koot Louw kootlouw@cottonsa.org.za
Gert Klindt gert@cottonsa.org.za
PRODUKTE EN LEEFSTYL / Helena Claassens helena@cottonsa.org.za
PRODUCTS AND LIFESTYLE Tanya Aucamp tanya.aucamp@gmail.com
Sustainable fashion: five ways to shop smart 35 Dr Koos Coetzee kooscoetzee49@gmail.com
Demand grows for cellulose fibres 38 Ruan Gagiano ruangagiano777@gmail.com

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