The SA food system is in a precarious situation. Already there is ample evidence of the impacts of climate change, deterioration in food quality and increased vulnerability of smallholder farmers.

The South African government has asked the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for $4.2 billion. The money would come from a facility that provides financing to countries.

South Africa’s poverty levels have increased sharply over the past five years with an additional 3 million people now classified as living in absolute poverty.

The DA claims there has been an "upsurge" in the number of farm attacks in South Africa since the start of the national lockdown.

The rural economy should not be forgotten in SA’s post-Covid-19 recovery plans.

There is consensus that land reform is an indispensable yet complicated process often overloaded with multiple objectives including economic, social and political underpinnings.