Ed Stoddard

Johannesburg

Freelance Reporter at Freelance

Freelance journo covering commodities, wildlife and other issues from Johannesburg. Obsessed with fly-fishing, running, red wine and pizza. Views own

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Articles

Wandile Sihlobo peels off the gloves and busts SA agriculture myths in new book

1 week ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Ed Stoddard

BUSINESS REFLECTION The Uncomfortable Truth About South Africa's Agriculture by Wandile Sihlobo and Johann Kirsten.
CPI steady at 2.8% in May, but sizzling meat prices heat up food inflation

1 week ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Ed Stoddard

The fact that for the third month on the trot CPI was below the South African Reserve Bank’s 3% to 6% target range raises prospects that the bank could lower rates again when its Monetary Policy Committee next meets in late July. South Africa’s consumer price index (CPI) was 2.8% on an annual basis in May, unchanged from April and the third consecutive month that the read was below the Reserve Bank’s 3% to 6% target range. Don't want to see this?
Foreign transfers now flow mostly North to South via remittances: report

1 week ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Ed Stoddard

A new study from the World Inequality Lab covers a lot of ground but one of the things that sticks out is that financial transfers are now moving mostly in a North-South direction – because of remittances. This is a striking contrast to the colonial era that defined the 19th century.
Southern African countries removed from UN ‘Hunger Hotspot’ list

1 week ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Ed Stoddard

For southern Africa at least, this is a welcome development which will blunt the twin blades of hunger and food inflation while lifting growth in economies that rely heavily on agriculture. The legacy of last year’s scorching El Niño event is now receding in southern Africa and several countries in the region have just been removed from the UN’s Hunger Hotspot list as harvests have significantly improved from the previous season’s drought.
White shark makes record journey from SA to Indonesia

2 weeks ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Ed Stoddard

EXCLUSIVE A white shark photographed in Gansbaai, Western Cape.
Loaded for Bear: African Parks has disgracefully sent more SA rhinos to repressive Rwanda

2 weeks ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Ed Stoddard

BUSINESS REFLECTION A white rhino, with paint markings on its rump, shortly after its release in Rwanda.
Mantashe withdraws BEE proposals for draft Bill on mining exploration

2 weeks ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Ed Stoddard

MINERAL RESOURCES Minister of Mineral and Petroleum Resources Gwede Mantashe.
Recycling woes, Chinese jewellery platinum pivot hold hope for PGM prices

2 weeks ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Ed Stoddard

Vehicles are also not being replaced as often, with fewer cars being scrapped as a result. With low platinum group metals prices squeezing the margins of recyclers, the upshot is that far less PGM supply is returning to the market via this pipeline. The platinum price quietly hit a four-year high last week at more than $1,125 an ounce, and some developments have unfolded largely below the radar screen that help to explain that bounce.
Mass vaccination of South African poultry launched, Biosecurity Council set up

3 weeks ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Ed Stoddard |Yeshiel Panchia

Getting a grip on these multiple threats to animal health and welfare and the agricultural economy is vital and the Department of Agriculture is clearly signalling that it is taking a proactive approach. The first mass vaccination of poultry in South Africa is being launched to contain avian flu as the agriculture sector also grapples with a spreading outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease infecting livestock that has been detected at the world’s largest feedlot, in Gauteng.
Southwest South Africa now seen having a very wet midwinter

3 weeks ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Ed Stoddard

One key trend that remains largely unchanged from previous forecasts is that across most of South Africa, the winter and spring of 2025 are expected to be warmer than usual. While this will be welcomed by many, it is worrying on a number of fronts. The South African Weather Service has made a U-turn in its rolling five-month outlook for the southwest and the eastern coastal regions of the country.