We will have a poorer harvest than the glowing 2020-21 harvest, but will probably not have to import supplies
Drought in some key maize-growing regions has curbed output, and maize is being imported for the first time in 22 months as a result.
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Agriculture Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson says the country needs farmers to respect early-warning systems for drought.
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South Africa may run out of yellow maize if exports of the grain rise further, a stock firm specialising in agricultural futures has said.
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The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) warned on Monday of riots as it launched a protest campaign against soaring food prices. Rice prices on world markets have climbed about 75% in just two months, and the cost of wheat has rocketed by 120% in the past year. The price of maize has more than doubled since the beginning of 2006.
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/ 13 September 2007
Since the beginning of the year not a single illegal farm eviction has been reported to farming union AgriSA, it said in a statement on Thursday. The union was responding to remarks by Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Land Affairs Dirk du Toit that farmers who illegally evicted tenant workers would have their land expropriated.