Agricultural output could have outpaced even the 70% it is estimated to have grown since 2010.

The economy made a better than anticipated rebound in the third quarter, increasing at a seasonally adjusted and annualised rate of 66.1% as lockdown restrictions were eased.

A cut in petrol price sent some Christmas cheer the consumer’s way when the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy decreased both the 93 and 95 unleaded petrol prices by 13c/litre on the first Wednesday of December. 

TLU SA warns all farmers in the country to be alert and to take the necessary precautions against people who want to enter their farms to create unrest.

 Our first note for the year was sent out on 13 January 2020 and highlighted two threats that were imminent at the time in the sector, namely, drought and biosecurity (specifically foot-and-mouth disease and African swine fever).

The government is drafting a localisation strategy as part of measures underpinning its economic reconstruction and recovery plan.