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A Severe Drought is Coming for Southern Africa
2+ day, 19+ hour ago (25+ words) Wandile Sihlobo | Substack A Severe Drought is Coming for Southern Africa My conversation at The Common Sense...
South Africa’s consumer food price inflation will remain quite low in 2026
2+ week, 4+ day ago (433+ words) Fears about the likely higher food price inflation in various parts of the world have been in the headlines for some time. The major catalyst for this discussion in recent months has been the ongoing U.S.-Iran war and the upward…...
A note on the impact of snowfall on South Africa’s agriculture
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (169+ words) I am in Pretoria right now, and we obviously don’t have snowfall here. But I am following the snowfall issue in parts of the Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal and the Free State, amongst other regions of South Africa. From an agricultural…...
Will El Niño drought hit food prices in South Africa? Earlier rains and grain stocks offer hope
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (700+ words) The likely impact of the expected El Niño on South Africa’s agriculture and food prices in 2027 is a major point of discussion among analysts and economists in the country. By mid-2026, weather forecasts were signalling that the world was heading…...
Global food prices declined mildly in June 2026
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (391+ words) Global food prices have slightly eased in June 2026, after an uptick over the past few months driven by concerns about the war in the Middle East and a likely drought in some parts of the world. The FAO’s Global Food…...
A window into Southern Africa’s crop planting period and El Niño worries
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (181+ words) In discussions about the looming El Niño drought, South Africa will be negatively affected. But in terms of agricultural output and food supplies, South Africa will likely be okay. We are optimistic that the grain supplies for the current season…...
South Africa’s consumer food price inflation is at its lowest level in 17 months
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (34+ words) Wandile Sihlobo | Substack South Africa’s consumer food price inflation is at its lowest level in 17 months...
WATCH: South Africa’s farming fortunes are positive at the start of 2026
3+ mon, 2+ day ago (30+ words) Wandile Sihlobo | Substack WATCH: South Africa’s farming fortunes are positive at the start of 2026...
Notes on SA fruit farmers’ concerns, and the global food prices outlook
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (529+ words) I am back in Pretoria after a rewarding week interacting with fruit producers in the Western Cape last week. Our members, the South African Table Grape Industry and HORTGRO, have a vast membership of growers from various regions of South…...
Our conversation with the South African Table Grape Industry
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (182+ words) We had an excellent day yesterday in Paarl, Western Cape, engaging with the Table Grapes producers of our great country. We provided inputs on agricultural policy and our thinking about job creation in this important sector of the economy. The…...