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On China and South Africa's agricultural export possibilities, again.
The conversation about South Africa's important step of signing the China-Africa Framework Agreement, which seeks to lower duties on our products in China, continues. The primary sector of our ec.....
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Equal Parental Leave Isn’t Optional Anymore: What Employers Need to Do Now
For years, parental leave rules treated parents differently depending on how a child joined the family. Birth parents often received stronger leave and pay protections, while adoptive and commissionin.....
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The Worrying drought in parts of the Eastern, Western and Northern Cape provinces of South Africa
The weather this year has been quite strange. Yes, we are experiencing a La Niña weather phenomenon, and have received above-normal rainfall in several regions of South Africa. The rains have been des.....
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Agbiz Chairperson Sean Walsh to Retire as CEO of KAL Group, Will Remain Agbiz Chair Until June Congress
Agbiz acknowledges the announcement of the retirement of its Chairperson, Sean Walsh, from his role as Chief Executive Officer of KAL Group Limited after nearly 15 years of dedicated leadership. Walsh.....
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Lower fuel prices will benefit the South African agricultural sector.
We will get a reprieve on fuel prices from Wednesday, February 4, 2026. The diesel price (0.05% wholesale inland) could decline by fifty cents per litre (50.00 c/l), while the petrol price (95 ULP inl.....
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South Africa’s maize export activity continues, but at a slower pace
We continue to observe maize exports from South Africa to the Southern African region, but the volumes remain much smaller than I anticipated. The stocks are low in Zimbabwe, and I thought they would .....
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The India-EU free trade agreement should serve as an inspiration for the BRICS to follow the same path.
India has just signed an ambitious free trade agreement with the European Union. This adds to the list of other trade agreements they have recently signed with Britain, New Zealand and Oman. We also h.....
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Our formal work for the year in BRICS begins. Let it be a productive year
Work ahead of the BRICS Summit in India later this year has begun. In a working group I participate in, we will have our first meeting next week. As in previous years, each working group explores.....
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Non-tariff barriers distort agricultural trade
Indermit Gill, the chief economist of the World Bank Group, has a brilliant essay in this week’s issue of The Economist. He focuses on how countries have, over time, increased their use of technical n.....
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South Africa's food prices rose at a softer pace in 2025 compared to a year ago
Between meetings and everything that is happening up here in DAVOS, I hadn't had much time to look at our inflation data for December 2025, which Statistics South Africa released in the morning on Jan.....
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