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Farmer's WeeklyThe global Wagyu industry has considerable room for growth, but protecting the integrity of the premium beef brand, improving market access, and achieving consistent commercial supply will be critical to unlocking its potential.
Moneyweb‘We need to start using water more responsibly and eventually reduce water usage should there be no rains in this particular month,’ says Dr Zahid Badroodien, MMC for Cape Town’s water and sanitation.
News24 BusinessBeing reliant on the productive capacity of a relatively small segment of the population to meet our country’s food needs is unsustainable, writes Cyril Ramaphosa.
Farmer's WeeklySouth Africa is heading into the 2026/27 season with strong grain supplies, but wheat tells a more complicated story.
News24 BusinessA strengthening El Niño is threatening an already fragile outlook for cocoa supplies, with top grower Ivory Coast’s state weather agency warning of a rainfall deficit through early 2027.
BizcommunityThe new utility-scale solar park in the North West will supply cost-competitive, wheeling renewable electricity to South African businesses, strengthen energy security and support local economic development in the Maquassi Hills.
MyBroadbandRiversdale in the Western Cape has established a solar and battery storage farm that supplies almost twice the capacity it requires.
Farmer's WeeklySouth Africa remains one of the world’s leading table grape exporters despite a shrinking production footprint, but increasing global supply, changing trade conditions, and intensifying competition are putting greater emphasis on productivity, quality, and market diversification.
The CitizenThe country has turned to the US and Nigeria to keep fuel flowing as supplies via the Strait of Hormuz are disrupted.
SME South AfricaCross-border trade is a good way to scale a business and expand your market. But testing new markets abroad has challenges that a local supply…
BizcommunityCape Town’s Truth Coffee founder David Donde is taking a different approach to a familiar commodity with Flour Market, a bakery built around wholesale supply, consistency and the economics of bread.
Farmer's WeeklyHigher supply delivered sharply different outcomes in South Africa’s potato and onion markets during the first half of 2026, with average potato prices falling by 19% while onion prices rose by 8%, according to Absa AgriBusiness’s latest AgriTrends report.
Farmer's WeeklySouth African olive oil producers will increasingly have to compete on quality, freshness, and provenance as recovering global supplies drive international prices down and see the return of cheaper imported oils to local shelves.
SME South AfricaGetting a contract to supply a large entity such as a municipality can sometimes be the opportunity that catapults a small business that is scraping…
The CitizenThe loan will support electricity, water supply and sanitation, and solid waste management in eight metros.
The CitizenAffected municipalities have until 1 September to conclude distribution agreements with Eskom or face possible supply interruptions.
The CitizenData revealed that the slight improvement mostly reflects ongoing supply disruptions, not stronger demand.
The CitizenThe power utility says the municipality's failure to meet debt relief conditions and settle its electricity account could result in reduced or terminated bulk supply from May 2026.
The CitizenThanks to a change in global supply dynamics and good monsoon rains, with higher stock levels expected to persist this year.
The CitizenSupply and demand dynamics mean the utility has far too much capacity at present …