Relentless implementation
Read in magazine South Africa’s new agricultural leadership should focus on getting things done, not designing new policies South Africa’s primary agriculture sector accounts for nearly 3% of GDP and…
How the South African government can boost its credibility in the agricultural sector
Governments can build credibility over time through consistent commitment to implementing policies efficiently and effectively. South Africa hasn’t done well on this score. As a result of the poor record of policy…
South Africa’s land policy seeks to boost women in redistribution
In 2020, the South African government approved a women empowerment policy proposing that roughly 50% of the allocation of agricultural farming land under the Redistribution Programme should be for women,…
South Africa’s agricultural exports on track to beat 2020
South Africa’s agricultural sector is export-orientated. Nearly half of the annual produce, in value terms, is exported in regular and good seasons. The 2020/21 season has been one such season,…
How a land reform agency could break South Africa’s land redistribution deadlock
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has conceded that the country’s land reform programme is taking too long to address the challenge of land ownership inequality in South Africa. Bureaucratic delays, patronage and…
Forecasts suggest food price inflation will start to slow
We are yet to fully understand the impact and financial costs of the devastation from the recent incidents of unrest in KwaZulu-Natal and parts of Gauteng in the agricultural sector.…
What is driving South Africa’s consumer food prices higher?
Rising food prices continue to dominate the headlines, domestically and globally. It is not unusual for one to see complaints about rising sunflower oil prices or broader headline food price…
Here are the challenges constraining faster and more inclusive growth in South Africa’s agriculture
The current growth momentum in South Africa’s agricultural sector, which I have writtenabout several times over the past few weeks, is not just a development of the past twoseasons. If…
SA tractors and harvesters’ sales remained robust in May 2021
We continue to observe robust activity in South Africa’s agricultural machinery market, and this optimism has been underway since May 2020. Last week, the figures released by the South African…
Ghost towns across South Africa a growing concern for the farming community
On June 9, I presented at the South African Cane Growers Association’s annual general meeting. My talk was, titled South Africa’s agriculture in the economic reconstruction and recovery narrative. I reflected…