by Wandile Sihlobo | Sep 29, 2020 | General Comments
A bit of self-promotion The University of Oxford historian, William Beinart, has reviewed my book, “Finding Common Ground: Land, Equity and Agriculture”, in the latest issue of the South African Journal of Science. You can read the review here. And oh, you can order...
by Wandile Sihlobo | Sep 28, 2020 | Agricultural Production
This is an important day in South Africa’s economics calendar. At 11h30 this morning, Statistics South Africa will release the Quarterly Labour Force Survey data for the second quarter of 2020. There is a broad consensus that we will see a notable increase in...
by Wandile Sihlobo | Sep 27, 2020 | Daily Notes
My aim in this morning’s blog post is to provide an update of South Africa’s grain trade data for the week of 18 September 2020. I will also share highlights from the International Grain Council monthly global grains update report. SA grain trade data South Africa...
by Wandile Sihlobo | Sep 24, 2020 | Daily Notes
The Western Cape, which is a major producer of South Africa’s winter crops – wheat, barley and canola – has had favourable rainfall over the past couple of months and the crop in the province is in good shape. The benefit of the rainfall is even clear on dam levels in...
by Wandile Sihlobo | Sep 22, 2020 | Daily Notes
The move to ‘level 1’ of the lockdown is a welcome step from a broader macroeconomic perspective, as this ensures that economic activity in the country continues to normalize gradually across more sectors of the economy. Within agriculture, the only segment that will...
