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The country must rethink its agricultural marketing and promotion approach in its export effort. Photo: Peter Adams/Avalon/Universal Images Group/Getty Images)
AGRICULTURE

South African agriculture on sound footing, despite Trump tariffs

We do need to focus on the tariffs but we should not ignore other essential interventions for the long-term growth of local agriculture

  • Wandile Sihlobo
4 min read
Land is about much more that Photo: Michele Spatari/Bloomberg/Getty Images
AFRICAN SWINE FEVER

South Africa’s agriculture to recover in 2025

Better dam levels and a stable electricity supply for irrigation will continue to benefit the horticulture sub-sector and floriculture

  • Wandile Sihlobo
6 min read
There has been progress since 1994. South Africa now has a black middle and upper middle class but the means of production remain largely owned by white people and black people swelling the ranks of labour. Photo: Mujahid Saofodien/AFP)
AGRICULTURE AND AGRO PROCESSING MASTER PLAN

SA’s agriculture output set to be robust in coming quarters

The agricultural quarterly gross value-added figures tend to be quite volatile, hence the focus on annual performance

  • Wandile Sihlobo
4 min read
The Western Cape is by far the province that benefits most from Agoa trade. Photo: Mujahid Safodien/AFP
AGRICULTURE

This is how South Africa could unlock its agriculture growth potential

Unlocking the full growth potential over the long run will require policy interventions in agriculture and cross-cutting government departments

  • Wandile Sihlobo
6 min read