Continuously building friendships should be SA's agricultural trade approach

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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.


Expropriation Act: deepening the deficiency

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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.


How do we ensure that record agricultural exports translate to strong agricultural GDP?

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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.