Is going off grid SA’s biggest energy myth?
This continuous disruption of load shedding to productivity is costing South African businesses, and the economy, money they can’t afford to lose.
Celebrating a decade of Journey of Water
Since 2013, WWF South Africa has been taking influential South Africans on a Journey of Water through some of the country’s key water catchments to highlight the importance of a healthy natural environment for water security.
Fairplay Movement calls on chicken importers to reveal profits
FairPlay has challenged chicken importers to reveal their “substantial” profits and to say how much they have invested in expanding their industry and creating local jobs in South Africa
Herbicides threaten edible weeds in Zambia – that may be bad news for local food security
The use of herbicides – substances that control unwanted plants – is on the rise across Africa. This trend has been referred to by some researchers as the “herbicide revolution”.
Black farmers in South Africa need support: how it could be done
Most countries in both the rich and the developing world have some sort of programme to help early career farmers (mostly, but not exclusively young people) to get established in a farming or agribusiness enterprise.
Long-awaited breakthrough as citrus is loaded from Maputo
A significant volume of South Africa’s citrus is produced in the north-eastern parts of the country, located much closer to Mozambique (Maputo) than to Durban where the congestion grows yearly.
Removing alien plants can save water: we measured how much
Humans’ relationship with nature is broken. We’re transforming the Earth so dramatically that almost one million plant and animals species face extinction.
Thirty farmers in Inchanga aim to supply vegetables locally
The average household food basket in South Africa increases by R354.22 or 8.9% (February 2022 statistic) and food prices continue to rise.
There’s a place for big and small farms in securing South Africa’s food supply
The farming sector is arguably the most important economic sector for South Africa’s development as it is directly linked to food security and poverty reduction. In 2019, 5.3% of employees in South Africa were in the agricultural sector and in 2020, agriculture contributed around 2.5% to the country’s GDP.
1K1V announces $8 million Norfund investment in Redsun Dried Fruit and Nuts
Investment to fuel further growth of one of South Africa’s leading raisin processors and more than double its number of jobs