by WANDILE SIHLOBO | Jul 29, 2018 | General Comments
Although the 2017 avian influenza outbreak largely affected egg layers, for some reason, I did not really pay close attention to the South African eggs supplies. I only started thinking about this matter on Friday, when I noticed a report from the United States...
by WANDILE SIHLOBO | Jul 28, 2018 | General Comments
THE WEEKEND ESSAY: By Wandile Sihlobo and Professor Johann Kirsten One key observation from the political discourse over land reform is that beyond the broad objective of what it seeks to achieve, the more specific problems around how to execute its implementation are...
by WANDILE SIHLOBO | Jul 27, 2018 | General Comments
A lot has been said about the US-China trade dispute and its potential impact on American farming communities and the country’s agricultural economy. Yesterday, my good friend, Michael ‘Mike’ McDougall at ED&F Man Capital Markets in New York, introduced an...
by WANDILE SIHLOBO | Jul 27, 2018 | General Comments
By Mmatlou Kalaba and Wandile Sihlobo One of the most prolific messages from the Nelson Mandela centenary lecture presented by Professor Patrick Lumumba was that Tata Madiba would have asked why do African countries consume what they don’t produce, and produce what...
by WANDILE SIHLOBO | Jul 25, 2018 | General Comments
Tonight (July 25) I am flying back from East London to Johannesburg after a day visit. The Eastern Cape Department of Rural Development and Agrarian Reform helped organise a session to explore a couple of ideas and initiatives that could drive agricultural growth and...
by WANDILE SIHLOBO | Jul 24, 2018 | General Comments
I got someone to do a bit of a ‘facelift’ in this blog so it could look a bit cooler and modern, so I stayed offline to allow them to do the design stuff with minimal interruptions. The process, however, seems to be taking a bit longer than I anticipated. And, there...
by WANDILE SIHLOBO | Jul 20, 2018 | General Comments
There are evident concerns within the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and also The European Union (EU)-SADC trade relations. This became clear in a panel discussion I facilitated on 18 July 2018 at Farmers Weekly Agribusiness Africa Conference in...