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AGRICULTURE SOUTH AFRICA

This is why South Africa’s agricultural sector has rebounded

The rainy summer shielded field crops and horticulture from the negative effects of load-shedding

  • Wandile Sihlobo
3 min read
Photo: Dwayne Senior/Bloomberg via Getty Images
AGRO ENERGY FUND

South Africa’s food inflation is slowing

The prices of cereals, meat, fish, fruit oils and fats will moderate but the rand/dollar exchange rate remains a risk

  • Wandile Sihlobo
3 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