President Cyril Ramaphosa moved SA to its highest level of the lockdown since the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic, prohibiting the sale of alcohol and outlawing all gatherings as he warned that the latest wave of infections would be more severe and may last longer than previous ones.
The current growth momentum in South Africa's agricultural sector, which we have written about several times over the past few weeks, is not just a development of the past two seasons.
Farming and agribusiness play a crucial role in sustaining local economies and small towns. There is a lot of evidence of this in the literature and in the popular media.
Tuesday’s GDP data for the first quarter which shows that SA’s agricultural output unexpectedly contracted by 3.2% quarter on quarter on a seasonally adjusted and annualised basis should not be of lasting concern.
It sometimes feels like there is little more to discuss regarding South Africa’s consumer food price inflation.
It sometimes feels like there is little more to discuss regarding South Africa's consumer food price inflation.
