Category Archives: Let’s Talk Fresh

Calls for South Africans to buy local to reignite growth

Source: Bizcommunity, 16 October 2020, photo credit: CC0 Public Domain/Phys.org If South Africa is to ...

Some good news on the cards for SA’s farmers

Source: Wandile Sihlobo, Fin24, 12 October 12, photo credit: Farming for Tomorrow The available data ...

Reaction to the president’s reconstruction and recovery plan

NWU Business School It is not a bold reform plan and there was insufficient emphasis ...

Some good news on the cards for SA’s farmers

Wandile Sihlobo, Agbiz. This essay first appearedon Fin24, 12 October 2020. We are just over ...

Stability in rural areas necessary for economies to thrive

Agbiz is alarmed at the high incidence of crime in South Africa, and in particular ...

BETI data suggest there was big economic bang in Q3

Ed Stoddard, Business Maverick , 14 October 2020, photo credit: ChiefExecutive.net The BankservAfrica Economic Transaction ...

Agri SA welcomes President Ramaphosa’s statement on rural crime

Source: Agri SA media release, 12 October 2020 “Agri SA welcomes the condolences expressed by ...

Veerkragtige bedryf nou nóg belangriker

Johann van Zyl, SAPPO Weekly Update 9 October, photo credit Jasper Raats, Landbou.com Die SA ...

ASF Germany: Group of sick and dead wild boar found

Source: Vincent ter Beek, Pig Progress, 12 October 2020 During a search operation in eastern ...

World Food Day in focus this week

Shani Reddy, Macverick Citizen, 12 October 2020 The Covid-19 pandemic has exacerbated the hunger crisis, ...

Silver lining for agriculture

Paul Makube, senior agricultural economist at FNB 01 October 2020 – Against the backdrop of ...

Post-Covid economy resembles a post-war landscape as joblessness climbs to highest ever

Source: Ferial Haffajee, Maverick Citizen, 30 September 2020 By June, the Covid-19 economy resembled that ...