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In his Opening of Parliament Address (OPA) last week, President Cyril Ramaphosa stated that the government, "will increase funding to land reform, prioritise the transfer of state land and improve post-settlement support by strengthening the institutional capacity of responsible structures."
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Through the past 30 years of exceptional progress, South Africa's agriculture has confronted numerous challenges with varying impacts across subsectors. This past week presented three challenges whose impact will become clearer in the weeks ahead.
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We are two months away from the start of the 2024/25 summer crop season. Early indications of weather prospects are encouraging, showing a firm likelihood of a La Niña occurrence.
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Iph’indlela (where is the way)? Some among us probably had this question in mind after seeing the Cabinet composition of South Africa’s seventh democratic administration. The splitting of the agriculture and land affairs portfolios into two distinct departments is one of the significant changes.
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As the dust settles following the outcome of the May 29 elections and the seventh administration begins its term, the next step will be realigning policy ideas under the Government of National Unity. With respect to agriculture, the major political parties in the Government of National Unity, namely the African National Congress (ANC), Democratic Alliance (DA), and the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP), appear to be broadly aligned in our assessment.
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The full impact of the 2023/24 mid-summer drought in the Southern Africa region's maize supplies will likely show more acutely towards the end of the year and into the first quarter of 2025. In the near term, the limited maize volume some countries managed to harvest will cushion the consumers.
