The move may provide a short-term economic boost, but it also has long-term health costs

South African retailers can help to improve food security – but smallholder farmers need to play a key role.

Massmart Holdings CEO says the South African retailer majority owned by Walmart plans to open 23 new stores in the next eight months.

The Competition Tribunal has ­criticised the government’s call for procurement quotas to apply to the Walmart-Massmart merger.

Saccawu might appeal against the Competition Tribunal’s approval of Walmart’s 51% acquisition of Massmart, it has said.

The government’s local procurement conditions could be in defiance of its WTO commitments.