By Zosuliwe Kala South Africa is a vast and beautiful country with a rich history of sheep and has earned the reputation for being one of the most important apparel wool producers in the world. Roughly 90 % of South African wool production is exported to China, Egypt, the Czech Republic, India and Italy, which […]

By Thabile Nkunjana The past few months have been nothing but problematic for global leaders, food producers, suppliers and everyone else due to COVID-19. Global food supplies have seen a sharp increase in demand for key cereal commodities, especially for rice and wheat at the beginning of April 2020 (IGC, 2020), subsequently affecting domestic markets. […]

By Moses Lubinga All Southern African Development Community (SADC) member states are net importers of rice. Therefore, South Africa cannot rely on them for the supply of rice. Following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, many countries imposed temporary trade measures on a number of agricultural products in a bid to ensure that their citizens […]