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Nokutula Mhene

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Nokutula Mhene

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4IR and mechanisation threaten the livelihoods of unskilled South African farmworkers. (Photo: Reuters/Charles Mostoller)
4IR

Farmworkers and 4IR

Permanent jobs are shrinking in the farming sector

  • Nokutula Mhene
4 min read
We will get through this crisis together. Covid-19 can be defeated in Africa, and we can build back better. (Jasper Juinen/Bloomberg/Getty)
AGRICULTURE

Corporate control of seeds hurts Africa

Governments don’t protect plant genetic resources, resulting in biodiversity destruction and growers dependent on seeds supplied by firms

  • Nokutula Mhene
  • Busiso Moyo
7 min read