Vumelana’s Take on the State of the Nation Address
Land reform: Vumelana Advisory Fund welcomes the President’s State of the Nation Address, as it addressed a number of pressing matters impacting South Africans...
South African farmers must embrace technology to remain competitive
Dawie Maree, Head of FNB Agriculture Marketing and Information
As global competition intensifies and environmental pressures mount, farmers who fail to adopt modern technology risk...
Corteva Agriscience: Boosting SA’s farming future
As South African farmers prepare for 2026, the year ahead presents both challenges and opportunities. As a critical contributor to the national economy and...
Stable interest rate offers relief and opportunity for South African agriculture – Standard Bank
JOHANNESBURG — South Africa’s agricultural sector is finding room to breathe after the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) opted to hold the country’s key...
Africa’s farm mechanization needs a new approach to succeed
By Beth Bechdol
For decades, Africa’s agricultural mechanization has been guided by a stubborn assumption: if tractors transformed farming elsewhere, surely, they would do the...
2025 – the year when land reform underwent a baptism of fire
Land Reform - 2025 was the year that subjected the land reform programme to the most rigorous litmus test yet. The enactment of...
International Day of Education (24 January 2026): Farms as Learning Spaces
Education does not only happen in classrooms. It happens wherever people are supported to learn by doing. Where knowledge is tested against reality, mistakes...
Op-ed : Illicit alcohol: a brewing threat to health and workplace safety
By Rhys Evans, Managing Director at ALCO-Safe
South Africa has one of the highest levels of alcohol consumption per capita in the world, and our...
Lawn and order -keeping your grass in the check
Rescue tips for rainy summers
January is here, which means we’re right in the heart of summer. As the heat sets in, our gardens become...
Surging meat prices put a damper on December braais
By Paul Makube, Senior Agricultural Economist, FNB Commercial
With the December holidays just around the corner, South Africans are facing tough news: meat prices have...