Similar to January 2022, major drivers of food inflation internationally include high agricultural commodity prices, resulting from challenging weather conditions, supply chain disruptions and rising energy prices exacerbated by the ripple effects of the Russia-Ukraine war.
A court in South Africa has confirmed the constitutional right of the country’s citizens to an environment that isn’t harmful to their health.
The Western Cape’s global exports grew by 22.1% last year, to a value of close-on R167 billion in 2021, up from R136.7 billion recorded in 2020.
The Expropriation Bill is currently before the Portfolio Committee on Public Works and Infrastructure.
The good maize production in South Africa this year gives a short window to plan for the next El Niño which will mean severe droughts for the region, and to build resilient regional food production to guard against global changes.
It’s perhaps somewhat counterintuitive, but what has become understood as the Expropriation without Compensation drive has never been entirely and solely about the ability of the state to take property without paying for it.
