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Mar 4, 2025 | 
bizcommunity.com | Paul Makube |Johann Kirsten |Wandile Sihlobo |Robin Fredericks
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Minister of Agriculture John Steenhuisen has called on G20 nations to embrace South Africa’s Ubuntu philosophy—'I am because we are'—to tackle shared global challenges in agriculture. Highlighting climate change, food security, and disease threats, he emphasised that no country can face these crises alone and urged stronger global cooperation.
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Mar 4, 2025 | 
bizcom.to | Paul Makube |Johann Kirsten |Wandile Sihlobo |Robin Fredericks
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Minister of Agriculture John Steenhuisen has called on G20 nations to embrace South Africa’s Ubuntu philosophy—'I am because we are'—to tackle shared global challenges in agriculture. Highlighting climate change, food security, and disease threats, he emphasised that no country can face these crises alone and urged stronger global cooperation.
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Mar 4, 2025 | 
bizcommunity.ug | Paul Makube |Johann Kirsten |Wandile Sihlobo |Robin Fredericks
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Minister of Agriculture John Steenhuisen has called on G20 nations to embrace South Africa’s Ubuntu philosophy—'I am because we are'—to tackle shared global challenges in agriculture. Highlighting climate change, food security, and disease threats, he emphasised that no country can face these crises alone and urged stronger global cooperation.
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Mar 4, 2025 | 
bizcommunity.com | Johann Kirsten |Wandile Sihlobo |Robin Fredericks
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Africa is home to approximately 60% of the world’s uncultivated arable land, offering immense potential to bolster both regional and global food security. However, logistical inefficiencies, inadequate infrastructure, and high production costs continue to hinder agricultural development across the continent.
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Mar 4, 2025 | 
bizcommunity.com | Paul Makube |Johann Kirsten |Wandile Sihlobo |Robin Fredericks
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As widely expected for an upward adjustment to the country’s agriculture GDP, today’s update did not disappoint, with sector performance lifting 17.2% quarter-on-quarter (seasonally adjusted) in Q4 of 2024. This follows two consecutive quarter declines of the revised -19.7% (previously ‑28%) and 3.4% in Q3 and Q2, respectively.
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Feb 27, 2025 | 
bizcommunity.com | Johann Kirsten |Wandile Sihlobo |Robin Fredericks
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The South African government, in collaboration with the South African Sugar Association (SASA), has committed to supporting over 24,000 black small-scale sugarcane farmers, a crucial component of rural economies in KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga.
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Feb 27, 2025 | 
bizcommunity.com | Johann Kirsten |Wandile Sihlobo |Robin Fredericks
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Vergenoegd Löw, one of the Cape Winelands' oldest working farms, has introduced its Heritage Circle Wine Club. The Stellenbosch estate, located near the Atlantic Ocean and steeped in rich agricultural history, is offering the club to enhance customer loyalty and provide a deeper experience of its offerings.
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Feb 27, 2025 | 
bizcommunity.com | Johann Kirsten |Wandile Sihlobo |Robin Fredericks
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South Africa Wine, the representative body of the country’s wine industry, has strongly opposed the proposed 6.83% increase in excise tax on alcoholic beverages, as outlined in the recent Budget Speech but not formally tabled. The increase exceeds the latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) by more than 3.5%, adding further strain to an industry that is still recovering from economic pressures.
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Feb 26, 2025 | 
bizcommunity.com | Johann Kirsten |Wandile Sihlobo |Robin Fredericks |Tim Cocks
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South Africa’s new Expropriation Act, which was signed into law by President Cyril Ramaphosa in January 2025, has been at the centre of a political storm set off by the new US administration under President Donald Trump. Source: ArthurHidden via FreepikThe Expropriation Act is not entirely new. It mainly updates the existing legislation from 1975 to align it with the constitution of democratic South Africa.
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Feb 25, 2025 | 
bizcommunity.com | Gus Trompiz |David Evans |Robin Fredericks |Peter Setou
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Ivory Coast's cocoa production for the 2024/25 season is expected to remain at last season's low levels due to poor weather and crop conditions, according to the agriculture minister. The decline in output from the world's top cocoa producer, along with reduced production in Ghana, led to record-high international prices last year.
