The Rockefeller Foundation announced a hefty $130m project to attack the food problem that afflicts literally hundreds of millions of African farmers.
Africa has the acreage, but not the expertise. Not to harp too much on the destruction of ‘Africa’s Breadbasket’ across the Beit Bridge, there are countless willing and able small farmers throughout the continent that would be able to create wealth for themselves through agriculture. In comparison China produces about 143 million tons of rice against … Read more
For as long as I can remember, people have been talking about the potential for Africa to become a major global food supplier. All the pieces of the puzzle are present – Africa has plenty of underdeveloped arable land, decent access to water (this varies geographically of course), and a lot of un or underemployed … Read more
You have to feel for Cyril Ramaphosa. Until Lonmin hosted the spectacular explosion of the festering sore that is mining labour relations, he seemed blissfully unaware of a nasty human trait called envy. Allowing his mind to drift to a thought that his time at the top was coming. The Presidency of South Africa. One day not too far away.