OPINION: Good Heavens – The Substance of Air in South African National Environment Month...
The wind carries no suitcase, yet moves forests, across centuries.From gentle breezes to tempests fierce, air as an animating force in nature and the...
The risk sitting at the edge of South Africa’s agriculture supply chain
By Lucas Molefe, Cybersecurity Expert at ESET Southern Africa
Agriculture has become agritech. Over the past few years, technology has eased into everything from yield...
Agriculture, financial services sustain South Africa’s economic growth momentum in 1Q26
By Thanda Sithole, FNB & WesBank Senior EconomistSouth Africa’s economy delivered a stronger-than-expected performance in the first quarter of 2026, with agriculture and financial...
A show of resilience as agriculture powers to a 3.9% growth in Q1 of...
By Paul Makube, Senior Agricultural Economist, FNB Commercial Despite elevated risks emanating from the ongoing Middle East war, animal diseases and inclement weather, South Africa’s...
Mixed fuel outlook as South Africa sees record petrol prices and diesel relief
By Koketso Mano, Ester Ochse and Paul MakubeSouth Africa’s June 2026 fuel price adjustment has delivered a sharply divergent outcome for consumers and the...
OPINION: Putting Foodprints on the Agenda for SA National Environment Month – Part 1
“The hunger for good things usually winds up as starvation," wrote the Nobel Prize-winning poet Czesław Miłosz, born in Lithuania during June 1911 -...
Op:Ed : Visibility and control – closing the operational gaps in food and beverage...
By Willie du Preez, MD at Programmed Process Outsourcing (PPO)In the South African food and beverage industry, the pressure to maintain high standards is...
Food inflation slowdown defies expectations after dipping to 2.8% y-y in April 2026
By Paul Makube, Senior Agricultural Economist, FNB CommercialWhile South Africa’s headline inflation jumped from 3.1% in March to 4% year-on-year (y/y) in April 2026,...
Op-Ed: Famous Comeback or Ecological Quandary – Bluebuck Revival Sparks Questions around Species Conservation
When Game of Thrones author George R.R. Martin had his stirring moment seeing 400 prehistoric direwolf skulls arrayed on a wall while visiting the...
The Bitter Truth: How Global Dumping is Dismantling the SA Sugar Industry
By Robert Gumede Vision Sugar GroupLet me be direct. When most people talk about the Tongaat Hulett crisis, they reach for the language of...