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We are entering a busy period in South Africa's agricultural production cycle.

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Under a dysfunctional government, every state function eventually has to be outsourced if it is to keep working. In South Africa, security, health, electricity, water, road and rail, and even criminal prosecutions have, to a significant degree, become the responsibility of private, non-traditional actors.

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Four weeks since the war in the Middle East broke out, it remains unclear how long the conflict will continue, how bad the damage to infrastructure will be and how long it will take to undertake repairs in the affected countries.

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Under legal pressure from two farmer unions and a business lobby group, Minister of Agriculture John Steenhuisen has submitted last-minute proposals that could, in practice, open the door to farmers privately sourcing and procuring foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) vaccines, subject to veterinary direction.

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This past week, we spent some time on the road, which allowed us to assess early planting activity for the 2025-26 summer crop season

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The South African government and business are aligned on the need for export diversification.