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Consumers have an openness to alternative wine packaging options post pandemic

Consumers have an openness to alternative wine packaging options post pandemic

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The Great BIG Wine Survey (GBWS) survey garnered insights from more than 7 000 wine consumers with varying backgrounds, drawn from across the spectrum of demographics, gender, age, household income and home languages in South Africa. 

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Land reform in South Africa: what the real debate should be about

Land reform in South Africa: what the real debate should be about

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Land reform in South Africa is an emotive and politically fraught subject. That’s because land was at the heart of the dispossession of Africans by colonial settlers.

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Better access: infrastructure & logistics

Better access: infrastructure & logistics

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From deteriorating rural roads and rail infrastructure to bottlenecks at harbours, South Africa’s agricultural sector is negatively affected by a lack of investment in efficient logistics.

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The state of the economy: onwards and upwards - South Africa

The state of the economy: onwards and upwards - South Africa

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The world economy is under pressure, and South Africa is not immune to the impact. Input costs are rising, consumer spending is cautious and general turmoil in world markets contributes to a sense of trepidation.

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Black farmers in South Africa need support: how it could be done

Black farmers in South Africa need support: how it could be done

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Most countries in both the rich and the developing world have some sort of programme to help early career farmers (mostly, but not exclusively young people) to get established in a farming or agribusiness enterprise.

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Private property: overall, a good thing- South Africa

Private property: overall, a good thing- South Africa

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For somewhat over a decade now, a theme in South Africa’s land politics has been whether a new system of landholding is necessary. This is a different issue from the problems of forcible dispossession in the past or the distribution of property ownership today, but is arguably of greater importance.

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