While the recent rains caused damage to infrastructure and in communities, it does more good than bad in agriculture
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.
Agriculture Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson says the country needs farmers to respect early-warning systems for drought.
South Africa may run out of yellow maize if exports of the grain rise further, a stock firm specialising in agricultural futures has said.
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…
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…