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BEE has become one of the certainties of business life in South Africa. It was, and is, a deliberate attempt to reduce our racialised inequality. This is one of the reasons it is so controversial – it is an attempt at (legitimate) social engineering.
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At a time of heightened geoeconomic tensions, it is tempting to argue that countries, industries and businesses must align with particular interests or regions. For businesses and industries, the ideal path should be to remain neutral and continue to broaden business activity with a wider range of countries.
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The most impressive feature of two pieces recently published by the Mail & Guardian − on what both appeared to suggest was the unduly anxious and overblown reaction of its critics to the signing of the Expropriation Act – is just how successful they were in alerting us to the grave dangers of this legislation.
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South Africa has the contradiction of being the leading agricultural exporter in Africa, and a swelling number of households that is food insecure.
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Agriculture is an exciting and complex sector and, while it is volatile, it also offers immense opportunity. The past 2 years, for example, have been challenging, with 2023 having recorded a contraction of just under 5% and 2024 expected to deliver a similar contraction, although final numbers for the full year are still to be released.
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While the 2024 mid-summer drought resulted in a poor grains and oilseed output, the robust harvest of fruit, combined with the recovery in livestock and the better stocks of grains from the previous season, supported South African agricultural export growth in 2024.
