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Solution to South Africa’s ‘Growth Question’ hiding in plain sight

President Ramaphosa and his ministers are hard at work, harnessing the spirit of hope and positivity to unlock opportunities for growth. On...

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Agriculture

Farmer associations appeal to government to scrap sugar tax

SA Canegrowers and the South African Farmers Development Association (SAFDA) said they are extremely concerned that any increase to the already devastating...

(From left to right): Louis van Ravesteyn, Head of Agribusiness at Standard Bank Group, Dr Danie Jordaan, Lecturer of Agricultural Economics at University of Pretoria, Dr. Kholofelo Thobejane from VKB Group, Dr Melissa van der Merwe, Lecturer in the Department of Agricultural Economics at Stellenbosch University, Wandile Sihlobo, Chief Economist of the Agricultural Business Chamber of South Africa (Agbiz)

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Education

Standard Bank launches 7th edition of its 43-year-old Finance and Farm Management textbook

Standard Bank has launched its highly anticipated 7th edition of the Finance and Farm Management textbook at the Capital Empire Hotel in...

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Market Synopsis

Maize harvest falls below 13m tons for the first time in 5 years

By Paul Makube, Senior Agricultural Economist at FNB Commercial Monthly live animals and animal products PPI remains in deflationary mode OUTLOOK

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Opinion Piece

South African agriculture primed for yet another golden era of aplenty

The past three weeks have been quite eventful, starting with South Africa’s successful participation in this year’s Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC)...

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Market Synopsis

Silver lining for meat producers as 25-bps rate cut, lower inflation boost demand prospects for meat

Average livestock prices remain weak due to the subdued demand Strong maize prices put pressure on feeding costs, but the long-term outlook...

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Opinion Piece

Trade surplus and its relation to inequality

Thomas Piketty opens his book, ‘Capital and Ideology’, with a very instructive advice on inequality: “Every human society must justify its inequality,...

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Agriculture

WC partners with top agricultural machinery manufacture

The Western Cape Department of Agriculture (WCDoA) has signed a five-year Memorandum of Agreement with CASE IH, an agricultural machinery manufacturer, at...

The overall winner was Eland Farmers, which walked away with R200 000.

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Agriculture

PICTURES: Young farmers win big at GDARD Awards 2024

Young farmers won big amounts at the 2024 Young Entrepreneur Awards themed ‘Recognition of excellence in the Agricultural value chain towards youth...

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Covid-19 Watch

South Africa amid rising global trade tensions

Globalization brought countries closely integrated and with it, peace, and prosperity to most humans. Before COVID19, infectious diseases killed less people than...