Food Security

Engen reaffirmed its partnership with the transport and logistics industry at the 2026 Road Freight Association (RFA) Convention held in late May at The Capital Zimbali Hotel under the theme... 

S&P Global Ratings warned on Tuesday that rising oil prices from the Middle East crisis pose a growing risk to South Africa's consumer-led economy, even as the fiscal consolidation push remains... 

By: Timothy Isabirye - Marketing Manager Husqvarna South Africa More than a year after Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) first triggered widespread concern across South Africa and neighbouring... 

The MKP has confirmed it will attend the South African Communist Party’s Conference of the Left on Friday, this as alliance partner of the SACP, the ANC, said it would not attend. The alliance... 

Every day, people rely on measurements they rarely think about, from the accuracy of electricity bills and food labelling to the data informing environmental monitoring and public policy decisions.... 

Financial market research company BMI expects oil prices to average $90/bbl this year, and to remain higher for longer, which will, in turn, feed into rising inflation. This will lead to pressure... 

As droughts, floods and extreme weather events intensify across Africa, and geopolitical shifts reshape the global energy and development landscape, the African Climate Foundation (ACF) says the... 

Industry bodies Grain SA and the South African Cereals and Oilseeds Trade Association (Sacota) have taken formal legal steps following continued delays in the implementation of the revised wheat... 

Airports Company South Africa has highlighted that May 1 marked the sixteenth anniversary of Durban’s King Shaka International Airport (KSIA), which is now the country’s third busiest airport. KSIA... 

We in South Africa have long comforted ourselves with the assumption that, whatever the continent’s turbulence, our economy is Africa’s biggest, anchored by deep capital markets, globally... 

Addressing the Ministerial Session of the Sixth Session of the South Africa-Botswana Bi-National Commission in Gaborone, on Wednesday, International Relations and Cooperation Minister Ronald Lamola... 

The global economy is moving from an initial phase of supply disruptions and inflation into a more fragile period, where prolonged uncertainty could trigger shortages and wider financial stress,... 

South Africa’s 2026/27 sugarcane milling season has started strongly, with early deliveries tracking ahead of previous years, says industry organisation South African Canegrowers' Association (SA... 

Agriculture industry organisation Grain SA says South Africa’s slow response to rapidly changing global trade conditions is placing local grain producers under growing financial pressure. The... 

By: Kagiso Masela - Manager of Retail Sustainability and ESG Solutions at FNB South Africans face uncertainty as rising living costs and upcoming July electricity tariff increases place growing... 

Energy prices are projected to surge by 24% this year to their highest level since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, as the war in the Middle East sends a severe shock through global commodity... 

Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Minister Willie Aucamp has hailed the work of the trinational Benguela Current Convention (BCC). He was addressing the seventh Ministerial Conference of the... 

The South African school curriculum is failing to prepare learners for the urgent realities of environmental degradation, according to UNESCO Chair: Education Law in Africa legal researcher Motheo... 

Diversified chemicals group Omnia is using Nampo Harvest Day 2026 to highlight its response to global fertiliser market uncertainty, with the company having made significant supply chain...