by Wandile Sihlobo | Apr 19, 2019 | Land Reform
When Emmerson Mnangagwa assumed office as president of Zimbabwe in late 2017, one of the immediate tasks he had was to rebuild an economy that had performed poorly for nearly two decades. At the heart of this process was a need for revitalisation of the agricultural...
by Wandile Sihlobo | Apr 18, 2019 | Agricultural Trade
I am ending this week, not by highlighting an agricultural story that dominated the news headlines – as it is typically the case — but some encouraging developments for the South African beef industry. After 14-weeks since the first case of foot-and-mouth...
by Wandile Sihlobo | Apr 17, 2019 | Food Security
South Africa’s food price inflation numbers continue to surprise us. The figures recently released by Statistics South Africa show that food price inflation remained unchanged in March 2019 at 2.3% for the third consecutive month. But the products price inflation...
by Wandile Sihlobo | Apr 15, 2019 | General Comments
“When the facts change, I change my mind…” – Paul Samuelson or John Maynard Keynes…whatever the source, this is fitting for this post. As Mozambique, Malawi, and Zimbabwe continue to rebuild after devastating Cyclone Idai last month, I deemed it appropriate to revisit...
by Wandile Sihlobo | Apr 15, 2019 | Africa Focus
As a buildup on the post, I published last week about Zimbabwe’s intention to compensate white farmers who lost land under former President Robert Mugabe’s land reform approach in the early 2000s, this morning’s Business Day published further details on this matter....
