Millions face starvation in Southern Africa
from MARCUS MUSHONGA in Harare, Zimbabwe HARARE - UP to 12 million people are facing a hunger crisis in Southern Africa as a result of recurrent droughts. Angola, Eswatini, Lesoth ...
Read More »COMMODITIES: Private traders scuttle SADC maize reserves procurement
MARCUS MUSHONGA in Harare / TINTSWALO BALOYI in Johannesburg HARARE - FOOD reserve agencies in some Southern African countries might fail to procure their targeted volumes of the ...
Read More »World leaders petitioned over SA xenophobic violence
by SAVIOUS KWINIKA JOHANNESBURG - THE latest outbreak of attacks against foreign nationals in South Africa is set to be on the global agenda when the country hosts the internatio ...
Read More »Nigeria supports Mozambique, Zimbabwe flood victims
from EMEKA OKONKWO in Abuja, Nigeria ABUJA - NIGERIA has provided relief material to victims of deadly floods that hit Mozambique and Zimbabwe earlier this year. The Nigerian Air ...
Read More »EXCLUSIVE: Geology’s loss is farming’s gain as Mahlalela thrives
by ANNA NTABANE MIDDLEBURG – GROWING up in Middleburg’s Mhluzi township, Khulile Mahlalela’s dream was to become a geologist. However, when her mathematics and science marks were ...
Read More »EXCLUSIVE: Jatropha project an inspiring international success
from ANNA NTABANE in Mbombela, Mpumalanga MBOMBELA - BEHIND the thriving essential oils and pharmaceutical sectors in the Mpumalanga Province and neighbouring countries is an ente ...
Read More »‘Land reform to retain dignity of SA blacks’
from ANNA NTABANE in Mbombela, Mpumalanga MBOMBELA - LAND reforms will bring dignity to the majority black South Africans, the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Devel ...
Read More »Mpumalanga farm grows in leaps and bounds
from ANNA NTABANE in Nelspruit, Mpumalanga NELSPRUIT - WHAT started as a mere community gardening project has grown considerably into one of the province’s major sources of grain, ...
Read More »Downgrades, US-China impasse hammer SA’s Rand
by SAVIOUS KWINIKA JOHANNESBURG - SOUTH Africa’s volatile Rand currency is bearing the brunt of escalating trade tensions between China and the United States a ...
Read More »SA in good stead to address global oils demand
by AKANI CHAUKE JOHANNESBURG - THE rising demand for essential and vegetable oils worldwide has been hailed as opening up a wonderful opportunity for South Africa to be a worthy ...
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