Farmers need help to ensure food security – Agric SA’s Kulani Siweya
Agricultural economist at Agri SA, Kulani Siweya, speaks to Biznews on the massive challenges that loadshedding causes in the food industry.
Agricultural economist at Agri SA, Kulani Siweya, speaks to Biznews on the massive challenges that loadshedding causes in the food industry.
SA’s agriculture is suffering under the acute effects of the nation’s dysfunctional electricity grid – a crisis wreaking havoc on our food.
Soaring prices of chicken eggs seems to be giving plant-based alternatives a boost – goods news for environmental experts.
The food industry, like fashion, is full of pretention and purism when it tries to reflect culture; it’s almost as if the self-appointed palate police believe taste can be regulated.
Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, the latest in a flurry of US fast-food chains to test the South African market, looks to brave the country’s weak economy.
Food delivery app UberEATS launched on Wednesday and the company behind the ride-sharing app is confident the service will disrupt the food industry.
3G Capital, the Brazilian private-equity firm, is in advanced talks to acquire Kraft Foods Group Inc. and merge it with ketchup maker H.J. Heinz.
Basson said all divisions, in South Africa and elsewhere on the continent, had produced satisfactory results in Shoprite’s interim results.
Steinhoff’s R63bn acquisition of Pepkor today ranks as the biggest transaction in South African corporate history. But for CEO Markus Jooste it is just the start of a exciting new international chapter for what will be a R200bn group.
Clover released a disappointing set of results today citing rising inflation, costs and a tough consumer environment as contributors to its 14.2 percent fall in headline earnings per share. While Clover’s sales increased by 8.9 percent it saw lower volumes as gradual price-hikes affected consumers. Alec Hogg was joined by Johann Vorster, Clover’s CEO, on … Read more