As South Africa’s agriculture looks toward 2026, favourable La Niña conditions and improved soil moisture promise a fruitful summer season. Key developments include livestock recovery through ...

The livestock and poultry industries account for nearly half of South Africa’s farming fortunes. So when there are frequent cases of animal disease, there tends to be panic about the impact on growth.

As South Africa approaches the festive season, the looming foot-and-mouth disease crisis threatens to disrupt the nation's ...

South Africa's unemployment rate is almost 32%. In rural areas such as Limpopo, the agriculture sector employs close to a ...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — At the Westonaria agricultural park near Bekkersdal, east of Johannesburg, farm workers are busy tilling the soil and planting tomatoes and lettuce. Despite the hive of activity, ...

South Africa records its fourth consecutive quarter of growth, with mining and agriculture emerging as the top-performing ...

Wandile Sihlobo is the Chief Economist of the Agricultural Business Chamber of South Africa (Agbiz) and a member of the Presidential Economic Advisory Council (PEAC). South Africa’s agricultural ...

Africa south of the Sahara is producing more than six times as much food as it did in 1961. That’s a much bigger increase than that of the world as a whole, which has merely quadrupled agricultural ...

The lanky young man in skinny joggers grew up in the town of Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, but after completing school in ...