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08 Jan 2021

Heads must roll at the Land Bank: Agri SA

By Staff Writer

Agri SA believes that the Auditor-General’s damning report on the status of the Land Bank’s financial sustainability necessitates an urgent intervention. The organization says that whoever was responsible for the financial loss of R2,8 billion must be held accountable and that this and many other challenges have compelled the AG to express serious doubt as...
28 Mar 2020

Organised agriculture’s role to ensure sustained food production amidst the COVID-19 pandemic

By Janice Roberts

Organised agriculture (Agri SA, AGBIZ, Grain SA, TLU SA) currently serves on the Department of Agriculture’s COVID-19 task team.

04 Mar 2020

Agriculture: National state of disaster declared

By Janice Roberts

Agri SA acknowledges the announcement by the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma to declare a national state of disaster in South Africa.
22 Feb 2020

2020 National Budget Speech – time for decisive action

By Janice Roberts

The Minister of Finance, Tito Mboweni, faces a tough challenge in presenting the National Budget Speech on the 26th of February.

06 Feb 2020

Santam and Sanlam donate R3m to alleviate drought impact on farmers

By Janice Roberts

Santam, South Africa’s largest short-term insurer, and Sanlam, Africa’s largest non-banking financial services business, have collectively donated R3 million towards aid relief for farming communities.
12 Dec 2019

Load shedding: Looming crisis in agriculture

By Janice Roberts

“Eskom implementing stage 6 load shedding caught the South African economy off guard,” says Nicol Jansen, Agri SA’s chair of the Centre of Excellence: Economics and Trade. “The latest round of load shedding comes at a very important and busy time for producers and agribusinesses.” Load shedding has a negative impact on energy-intensive and irrigation-dependent...
15 Nov 2018

Agri SA blasts recommendation to amend Constitution

By Janice Roberts

The recommendation of the Constitutional Review Committee on the amendment of section 25 is diametrically opposed to the crucial goals of protection of property, economic stability, job creation, investor confidence and sustainable agrarian reform.  This is they view of Agri SA expressed in a statement today.
23 Oct 2018

Agri SA asks for support and drought assistance in MTBPS

By Janice Roberts

Agri SA is looking forward to the Minister of Finance, Tito Mboweni’s maiden Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) in Parliament tomorrow, it said in a statement today.
15 Aug 2018

Limitation of land ownership is an economic disaster: Agri SA

By Janice Roberts

Agri SA says it is deeply concerned by the recent comments made by the ANC Chairperson, Gwede Mantashe.
14 Aug 2018

Agri SA questions validity of #farmlist – release is irresponsible

By Janice Roberts

Agri SA says it’s questioning the status and content of the leaked list of farms said to be earmarked for expropriation without compensation (EWC).
19 Feb 2018

Agri SA’s Expectations for the 2018 Budget Speech

By Janice Roberts

The tabling of the annual national budget speech has proven to be one of the most anticipated events in South Africa. Along with the positive changes that are currently taking place in the political landscape, the February 2018 budget speech is set to attract not only the attention of business and individuals inside the borders...