by Wandile Sihlobo | Sep 17, 2019 | Agricultural Trade
Farmer’s Weekly carried an article noting South African farmers’ concern that Botswana’s ambitions to export live cattle which could end up in South Africa, would add pressure on prices. This is an understandable concern given that the South African beef industry has...
by Wandile Sihlobo | Sep 11, 2019 | Agricultural Trade
This has not been a good year for the global wool industry. The world’s top two wool-producing countries – Australia and South Africa — are experiencing different, yet growth-constraining, challenges. In South Africa, the challenge is trade-related. Earlier this...
by Wandile Sihlobo | Aug 24, 2019 | Agricultural Trade
The African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) was recently ratified. Although it is well understood that a reduction of tariffs in isolation won’t necessarily encourage trade, it is still an important development from an agricultural perspective. This is...
by Wandile Sihlobo | Jul 21, 2019 | Agricultural Trade
The Business Times newspaper ran a piece today warning that the growing strikes in South African ports could weigh on agricultural exports, particularly the Citrus industry. But this is not where the story ends. There are also infrastructure challenges in the South...
by Wandile Sihlobo | Jun 29, 2019 | Agricultural Trade
The expansion in most agricultural subsectors in South Africa has been export-driven, particularly in the horticultural sector. This sector is labour-intensive, and the expansion also brought jobs. This somewhat compensated for the dwindling labour participation trend...
by Wandile Sihlobo | Jun 25, 2019 | Agricultural Trade
This afternoon (June 25), my colleague, Theo Boshoff and I will be meeting with the Indian business delegation that is in South Africa for various matters. They want to discuss agricultural trade. I’ve been trying to put my thoughts in order ahead of the meeting. So,...
