by Wandile Sihlobo | Nov 28, 2018 | General Comments
The national Crop Estimate Committee kept its estimate for South Africa’s wheat crop unchanged from last month at 1.86 million tonnes. This is a 21 percent increase from last year – a drought period. Also, this means that the heavy rain and wind in the Swartland...
by Wandile Sihlobo | Nov 27, 2018 | General Comments
It is a cloudy and humid afternoon in Nairobi. I am currently sitting in a small coffee shop at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, in transit to Zanzibar where I will be participating in a conference about unlocking Africa’s agricultural potential through land...
by Wandile Sihlobo | Nov 25, 2018 | General Comments
Celebrations were in order when Kenya recovered from the 2017 drought, when food price inflation was at double digits, causing political tension during the general election. However, while food price inflation eased from double digits in 2017 to 0.5% year on year in...
by Wandile Sihlobo | Nov 24, 2018 | General Comments
WEEKEND ESSAY It was almost 9 on a sunny Tuesday morning as I walked out of the arrival terminal at the East London airport. I was greeted with a smile by Felix Hobson, a senior agricultural practitioner at the Eastern Cape’s Department of Rural Development and...
by Wandile Sihlobo | Nov 19, 2018 | General Comments
Tomorrow (November 20) I will participate in a roundtable discussion in East London, organised by the Provincial Department of Rural Development and Agrarian Reform. My focus area will be to provide a brief update on South Africa’s agricultural economy with a key...
