Beleaguered alcohol industry crippled further by looting
South Africa’s alcohol industry, already on its knees due to the fourth booze ban, is now faced with the additional challenge of having liquor stores looted during the riots that…
Rooibos tea: EU protection is good news for South African agriculture
The European Union recently added rooibos (red bush) tea to its register of products with a protected designation of origin. The iconic tea is the first African product to receive such status in the…
Ireland scopes collaboration opportunities for agritech in Africa
Ireland’s agriculture and foreign affairs departments have joined forces to launch the Africa Agri-foods Development Programme, with the objective to encourage business partnerships between Irish agricultural stakeholders and African companies,…
Court overturns the Ingonyama Trust’s PTO Conversion Programme in its tracks
On Friday the 11th of June the Provincial Division of the High Court in KwaZulu-Natal in favour of a group of occupiers who were assisted by NGOs to bring a…
Alcohol industry laments restrictions on off-consumption sales
South African Liquor Brandowners Association (Salba) has issued a statement that acknowledges the government’s decision to consider preserving the economic livelihoods of South Africa’s citizens, but calls for greater effort…
Limited funding, access to land constraining young farmers
Limited access to funding and land, including bureaucracy, are among the key challenges facing young people in the agricultural sector. These issues were raised on Monday, 14 June, by young…
North West govt intervenes in Clover factory closure
North West Premier, Prof Tebogo Job Mokgoro, has dispatched a team to meet the management of Clover in an effort to halt the looming relocation of the company to Durban…
Global food prices rise at a rapid pace in May
The FAO Food Price Index averaged 127.1 points in May, 4.8% higher than in April and 39.7% higher than in May 2020. A surge in the international prices of vegetable oils, sugar…
Botswana suspends some SA animal, meat imports
Botswana said on Monday it had banned imports of cloven-hoofed animals and their fresh products from South Africa after an outbreak of foot and mouth disease was detected in the…
FMD outbreak detected in KwaZulu-Natal
According to a media release by the Minister of Agriculture (DALRRD), another outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), has, this time, appeared near Mtubatuba in KwaZulu-Natal. The release also announced the…