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South Africa to welcome new private university by 2026

Blue Label Media partners with African Bank to roll out new corporate identity across 155 buses

Copper could cure Murray & Roberts cold after De Beers diamond cough

Lindsey Schutters

Data breach alert: Over 100,000 fake accounts linked to SA grant-fraud claim

News24 journalists take top honours in 2024 Vodacom Journalist of the Year Awards

Leadership shakeup at Moderna ahead of major vaccine rollouts

Katja Hamilton

Ghana expects recovery in cocoa production for 2024/25 season

Ghana expects recovery in cocoa production for 2024/25 seasonMaxwell Akalaare Adombila

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RMIS launches traceability platform for red meat industry

5 Nov 2024

Growers optimistic about 2024/2025 stone fruit exports

Growers optimistic about 2024/2025 stone fruit exports

4 Nov 2024

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Rooibos fields weather storms, production on track

Rooibos fields weather storms, production on track

20 Jul 2023

Cocoa prices hit highest in 12 years in New York

Cocoa prices hit highest in 12 years in New York

Marcelo Teixeira 19 Jul 2023

Nestle increases local sourcing in South Africa with new processing plant

Anait Miridzhanian 19 Jul 2023

Supplied image: Spar YES4Youth learnership programme participants

Key to unemployment crisis lies in supply chain development

18 Jul 2023

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W Cape agriculture infrastructure damage estimated at R1bn

14 Jul 2023

Launch of the Eastern Cape Cannabis & Hemp Training Academy in partnership with Hlomla Multi Services and supported by Training Force (Pty) Ltd and Funda Lula. Image source:

Cannabis and Hemp Training Academy launches in Eastern Cape

13 Jul 2023

High domestic food prices threaten vulnerable countries - FAO

High domestic food prices threaten vulnerable countries - FAO

11 Jul 2023

Hail to Heroes campaign shows goodness of fruit is more than skin deep

Hail to Heroes campaign shows goodness of fruit is more than skin deep

6 Jul 2023

AgriKool founders Zamokuhle Twala and Palesa Motaung

Agritech startup's deal with Shoprite bears fruit

29 Jun 2023

File photo: A street traders' fruit is displayed on a street in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, 21 May 2017. Reuters/Rogan Ward

SA citrus growers say EU pest rules putting squeeze on exports

Nelson Banya 28 Jun 2023

Two outbreaks of H7 bird flu in poultry reported

Two outbreaks of H7 bird flu in poultry reported

Sybille de La Hamaide 27 Jun 2023

South Africa's reliance on rice imports

South Africa's reliance on rice imports

Gilberto Biacuana 26 Jun 2023

Source: Reuters.

Nestle ramps up Nigeria raw material sourcing as forex squeeze bites

Richa Naidu 26 Jun 2023

Woodlands Dairy commissions additional biomass boiler to further reduce emissions

Woodlands Dairy commissions additional biomass boiler to further reduce emissions

15 Jun 2023

Source: PIRO4D via

Hortgro Awards honours deciduous fruit industry champions

8 Jun 2023

Slump in global cashew demand pushes Ivory Coast industry to verge of collapse

Slump in global cashew demand pushes Ivory Coast industry to verge of collapse

Ange Aboa and Alessandra Prentice 8 Jun 2023

Unilever pivots to African suppliers as forex pressure mounts

Unilever pivots to African suppliers as forex pressure mounts

Seun Sanni 31 May 2023

South Africa's finest dairy products awarded at SA Dairy Championships 2023

South Africa's finest dairy products awarded at SA Dairy Championships 2023

29 May 2023

Inflation slows slightly, but surging food prices still pinching SA wallets

24 May 2023

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Unpacking additions to EPR Scheme; further proposed amendments

Lerato Molefi, Paula-Ann Novotny and Hassan Mahlawe 23 May 2023

Western Cape family business reaps rewards of "breakthrough" Checkers deal

Western Cape family business reaps rewards of "breakthrough" Checkers deal

18 May 2023

KWV names John Loomes as new CEO

KWV names John Loomes as new CEO

18 May 2023

Continent's best beers awarded at African Beer Cup

Continent's best beers awarded at African Beer Cup

11 May 2023

SA's top butcheries honoured at 18th annual Cleaver Awards

11 May 2023

Kellogg buys key ingredient from conflict-ridden Sudan but sees no shortage now - CEO

Kellogg buys key ingredient from conflict-ridden Sudan but sees no shortage now - CEO

Jessica DiNapoli 8 May 2023

Farmers get relief as diesel prices dip before summer crop harvest

Farmers get relief as diesel prices dip before summer crop harvest

Paul Makube 4 May 2023

Avian influenza detected in WCape poultry farms

Avian influenza detected in WCape poultry farms

2 May 2023

South African brandies shine on world stage

South African brandies shine on world stage

25 Apr 2023

Brazil bird flu outbreak could place SA poultry under severe pressure

Brazil bird flu outbreak could place SA poultry under severe pressure

Fred Hume 25 Apr 2023

Transforming African agriculture: Investing in solutions to maximise farm-level productivity

Transforming African agriculture: Investing in solutions to maximise farm-level productivity

19 Apr 2023

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Cocoa prices hit highest in 12 years in New York

Cocoa prices hit highest in 12 years in New York

Marcelo Teixeira 19 Jul 2023

Nestle increases local sourcing in South Africa with new processing plant

Anait Miridzhanian 19 Jul 2023

Supplied image: Spar YES4Youth learnership programme participants

Key to unemployment crisis lies in supply chain development

18 Jul 2023

Image source: ammentorp –

W Cape agriculture infrastructure damage estimated at R1bn

14 Jul 2023

Launch of the Eastern Cape Cannabis & Hemp Training Academy in partnership with Hlomla Multi Services and supported by Training Force (Pty) Ltd and Funda Lula. Image source:

Cannabis and Hemp Training Academy launches in Eastern Cape

13 Jul 2023

High domestic food prices threaten vulnerable countries - FAO

High domestic food prices threaten vulnerable countries - FAO

11 Jul 2023

Hail to Heroes campaign shows goodness of fruit is more than skin deep

Hail to Heroes campaign shows goodness of fruit is more than skin deep

6 Jul 2023

AgriKool founders Zamokuhle Twala and Palesa Motaung

Agritech startup's deal with Shoprite bears fruit

29 Jun 2023

File photo: A street traders' fruit is displayed on a street in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, 21 May 2017. Reuters/Rogan Ward

SA citrus growers say EU pest rules putting squeeze on exports

Nelson Banya 28 Jun 2023

Two outbreaks of H7 bird flu in poultry reported

Two outbreaks of H7 bird flu in poultry reported

Sybille de La Hamaide 27 Jun 2023

South Africa's reliance on rice imports

South Africa's reliance on rice imports

Gilberto Biacuana 26 Jun 2023

Source: Reuters.

Nestle ramps up Nigeria raw material sourcing as forex squeeze bites

Richa Naidu 26 Jun 2023

Woodlands Dairy commissions additional biomass boiler to further reduce emissions

Woodlands Dairy commissions additional biomass boiler to further reduce emissions

15 Jun 2023

Source: PIRO4D via

Hortgro Awards honours deciduous fruit industry champions

8 Jun 2023

Slump in global cashew demand pushes Ivory Coast industry to verge of collapse

Slump in global cashew demand pushes Ivory Coast industry to verge of collapse

Ange Aboa and Alessandra Prentice 8 Jun 2023

Unilever pivots to African suppliers as forex pressure mounts

Unilever pivots to African suppliers as forex pressure mounts

Seun Sanni 31 May 2023

South Africa's finest dairy products awarded at SA Dairy Championships 2023

South Africa's finest dairy products awarded at SA Dairy Championships 2023

29 May 2023

Inflation slows slightly, but surging food prices still pinching SA wallets

24 May 2023

Image source: ready made from

Unpacking additions to EPR Scheme; further proposed amendments

Lerato Molefi, Paula-Ann Novotny and Hassan Mahlawe 23 May 2023

Western Cape family business reaps rewards of "breakthrough" Checkers deal

Western Cape family business reaps rewards of "breakthrough" Checkers deal

18 May 2023

KWV names John Loomes as new CEO

KWV names John Loomes as new CEO

18 May 2023

Continent's best beers awarded at African Beer Cup

Continent's best beers awarded at African Beer Cup

11 May 2023

SA's top butcheries honoured at 18th annual Cleaver Awards

11 May 2023

Kellogg buys key ingredient from conflict-ridden Sudan but sees no shortage now - CEO

Kellogg buys key ingredient from conflict-ridden Sudan but sees no shortage now - CEO

Jessica DiNapoli 8 May 2023

Farmers get relief as diesel prices dip before summer crop harvest

Farmers get relief as diesel prices dip before summer crop harvest

Paul Makube 4 May 2023

Avian influenza detected in WCape poultry farms

Avian influenza detected in WCape poultry farms

2 May 2023

South African brandies shine on world stage

South African brandies shine on world stage

25 Apr 2023

Brazil bird flu outbreak could place SA poultry under severe pressure

Brazil bird flu outbreak could place SA poultry under severe pressure

Fred Hume 25 Apr 2023

Transforming African agriculture: Investing in solutions to maximise farm-level productivity

Transforming African agriculture: Investing in solutions to maximise farm-level productivity

19 Apr 2023

Tongaat, Gledhow Mill defaults lead to R1bn loss for SA canegrowers as RV falls by 8%

Tongaat, Gledhow Mill defaults lead to R1bn loss for SA canegrowers as RV falls by 8%

17 Apr 2023

Lactalis invests R140m in new powder plant in the Western Cape

Lactalis invests R140m in new powder plant in the Western Cape

5 Apr 2023

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ESG in agriculture - why it needs to work

Lerato Molefi & Dalit Anstey 3 Apr 2023

Western Cape agri unveils action plan for cannabis industry

Western Cape agri unveils action plan for cannabis industry

3 Apr 2023

SU bestows honorary doctorate on renowned agricultural economist

SU bestows honorary doctorate on renowned agricultural economist

30 Mar 2023

Price hikes on basic food items 'unjustified' - Competition Commission

Price hikes on basic food items 'unjustified' - Competition Commission

29 Mar 2023

SA's maize harvest seen 2.65% higher this year

SA's maize harvest seen 2.65% higher this year

Nelson Banya 29 Mar 2023

Diesel rebate policy 'too selective', ignores broader food industry value chain - Fasa

Diesel rebate policy 'too selective', ignores broader food industry value chain - Fasa

28 Mar 2023

Commission launches Fresh Produce Market Inquiry

Commission launches Fresh Produce Market Inquiry

27 Mar 2023

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An international battle over cheese has left European producers feeling bitter

Enrico Bonadio and Andrea Zappalaglio 24 Mar 2023

No respite for consumers as food inflation accelerates further in February 2023

No respite for consumers as food inflation accelerates further in February 2023

Paul Makube 23 Mar 2023