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South Africa recently finalised a ‘Just Transition’ framework, for how we respond to climate change and become a low-carbon economy while managing the social and economic consequences. It addresses agriculture as one of four major focus areas. But it does not address the broader spectrum of food production – and the urgent issue of food insecurity.

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SA’s agricultural sector was one of the bright spots of our economy during the pandemic.

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The Expropriation Bill — democratic South Africa’s third attempt since 2008 to replace apartheid legislation still on the statute books — has been enmeshed in controversial, but ultimately stalled moves for a constitutional amendment for compensationless expropriation. 

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AGRICULURAL EMPLOYMENT HAS BENEFITTED FROM SUSTAINED JOB NUMBERS AND HIGHER WAGES IN THE PAST DECADE BUT WILL COME UNDER THREAT AS LABOUR-INTENSIVE FRUIT FARM INCOMES DECLINE AND COSTS CONTINUE TO SPIRAL.

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Young people should realise that they do not need to own land in order to earn good money or have a career in agriculture or farming.

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Most South Africans understand that access to necessities like food has an important relationship to safety – poverty and desperation can and do drive people to commit crimes.