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The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) announced a 50 basis point interest rate hike at its latest Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting, bringing the repo rate to 8.25%.This increase is the 10th consecutive hike South Africa has seen in the current hiking cycle, which started in November 2021. Despite the multiple interest rate hikes, the SARB has largely failed to bring the country’s high, sticky inflation down and within its target band.April inflation data provided some hope for a turnaround, as annual consumer price inflation hit 6.8% in April 2023 – the country’s lowest since May 2022.However, SARB governor Lesetja Kganyago said, “Headline inflation is forecast to remain above the upper end of the inflation target range until the third quarter of this year and will only sustainably revert to the mid-point of the target range by the second quarter of 2025.”
This month marks a year since the Agriculture & Agro-processing Master Plan was completed and launched. It offers the government and the private sector a framework to grow the sector, build competitiveness, attract more investment, improve inclusion and create jobs. This year should mark the start of the implementation phase. But progress remains limited, as the focus shifted to energy security at the beginning of the year due to intensified load-shedding. With various interventions such as load curtailment, the extension of diesel rebates, and the Agro-Energy Fund under implementation, the sector should refocus its attention on the master plan and explore means of implementation.
The latest crime statistics for South Africa clearly show that the government and the South African Police Service (SAPS) are failing miserably to protect citizens. This can be attributed to the wrong policy direction, cadre deployment and poor country management. The statistics further emphasise that communities, particularly agricultural communities, are left to fend for themselves in safeguarding their families, property and businesses. – January to March 2023 – showing that three murders and three attempts at murder are carried out every hour. Furthermore, 20 serious assaults take place every hour. Nineteen burglaries and three robberies are reported every hour. In addition, sixty-six cases of livestock theft occur daily. It is important to note that these figures represent a skewed image as many crimes are not reported because people have lost trust in the police’s ability to solve crimes.
Die Reserwebank se besluit verlede week om die rentekoers met 50 basispunte te verhoog, was nie “malligheid” nie, maar waarskynlik weens die onverwagte koste van beurtkrag en die swak rand, wat op sy beurt deels ’n gevolg is van die risiko wat Suid-Afrika se verhouding met Rusland inhou. “As bankiers dink ons die verhoging van 50 basispunte was te veel, want ons kom reeds agter dat huishoudings stres ervaar. Dis duur om skuldvlakke te diens en wanbetaling neem toe, hoewel dit nog bestuurbaar is,” het Nicky Weimar, Nedbank se senior ekonoom, tydens Berries ZA se tegniese en handelsimposium in die Paarl gesê. Hoewel Weimar verstaan waarom rentekoerse verhoog is, meen sy die Reserwebank het sy opsies beperk deur dit soveel te verhoog. “Enige verdere verhogings gaan ons in ernstig beperkende gebied laat inbeweeg. Hulle moes liewer in kleiner inkremente beweeg het, sodat daar later nog opsies is, sonder om die ekonomie af te slag.”
The US has continued to top the list of which countries drink the most wine overall, according to preliminary figures for 2022 released by the International Organisation of Vine & Wine (OIV). Wine consumption in the US returned to pre-Covid pandemic levels last year, rising by around 3% versus 2021 to reach an estimated 34 million hectolitres (3.4bn litres), the recent OIV report said. READ MORE
With new technologies cropping up, family farming – one of the world’s oldest economic activities – is evolving to harness emerging opportunities for productivity and sustainability gains. Family-owned farms make up around four fifths of Earth’s farmland and are responsible for over 80% of global food production in value terms, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization. READ MORE
’n Vrou het beslis ’n rol in ’n moderne boerdery, veral omdat ’n boerdery ’n leefwyse is. Dis nie ’n beroep met vaste werksure nie, maar is sewe dae per week deel van ons lewe. Vroue is deesdae meer sakegeoriënteerd en kan só ook waardevolle bydraes tot die boerderybesigheid lewer. Dis veral baie belangrik om my man te ondersteun. Die man hoef nie alleen die laste en bekommernisse te dra en probleme op te los nie. READ MORE
Die algemene aanvaarding dat die Reserwebank en al die ander sentrale banke in die wêreld se rentekoersbeleid inflasie kan beheer, die wisselkoers kan beskerm en ekonomiese groei kan bevorder deur pryse te stabiliseer en die wisselkoers te beskerm, is die grootste enkele dwaling in die totale ekonomiese wetenskap” sê Fanie Brink, ‘n onafhanklike landbou-ekonoom. READ MORE
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The Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development has confirmed that a total of five Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) or bird flu cases have been detected at commercial chickens farms in the Western Cape. The deparment spokesperson, Reggie Ngcobo, said they have taken action against the outbreak of bird flu in the Western Cape.
Die gebruik van dagga as kos dateer 10 000 jaar terug, maar volgens die ministerie van gesondheid en Sahpra het dit nie voedingswaarde nie, sê mnr. Ricky Stone van CTAA. Alle dagga moet as voedsel geklassifiseer word, behalwe wanneer dit as deel van medisyne aangebied word of individuele of gekombineerde komponente daarvan in ’n produk geformuleer is.
SA's Crop Estimates Committee lifted the country's 2022/23 maize production estimate by 2% from last month to 16.1-million tonnes. This crop is 5% more than the 2021/22 season and the third-largest harvest on record. As stated in the previous notes, the expected large harvest is primarily on the back of large yields, as the area planted is slightly down from the 2021/22 season.
The government’s incompetence and negligence in providing basic services such as water, electricity and rail infrastructure is destroying the poultry industry and endangering the country’s food security.
As potato producers welcome the implementation by government of anti-dumping duties on imported potato chips, the poultry industry believes Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition Ebrahim Patel is guilty of double standards. South African poultry producers are hoping that the government will view them as favourably as potato producers.
Dr Jack Armour, FSA’s commercial manager, said in a statement that while retail meat prices were rising drastically, producer prices for weaners were 20% lower than a year ago.
Sekere plaaswerktuie is al baie swaarder as olifante en byna so swaar soos souropode, daardie enorme plantvretende langnek-dinosourusse wat miljoene jare gelede die aarde bewandel het. Dit kan erger ondergrond verdigting veroorsaak as wat voorheen besef is.
In 2023/24 the world will produce 178.8m tonnes of sugar, this is the second largest on record after the 2017/18 crop season. This forecast is 1.9m tonnes lower than our April update.
In the verdant heartland of South Africa, a jarring paradox of two opposing food systems manifests - one burgeoning with excess, privilege, and waste, the other scarred by scarcity, hunger, and hardship. Born in a time of transformation, when the nation sought to liberate its food system from the tight grasp of a bygone era, this paradox arose, well-intentioned, yet seeding the crisis of today.
Transnet SOC Ltd. is pushing ahead with plans to boost private participation in South Africa’s ports and freight-rail networks as the state-owned logistics company’s operational performance deteriorates.
A pricing study by the South African Ports Regulator has found that Namibia's Port of Walvis Bay, widely perceived as one of the biggest competitors to other ports in the region, is 427% more expensive than its immediate regional rival, Cape Town.
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