Lester Kiewit speaks to Dr Farai Mtero, a senior researcher from the Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS) at the University of the Western Cape, to discuss the recent separation of ...

A year after calling for the release of 2.5 million hectares of state-held land, Wandile Sihlobo says South Africa must move ...

South Africa’s land reform programme like never before. From the enactment of the Expropriation Act to persistent ...

OPINION: In 2024, South Africa’s land reform made notable strides, including the splitting of key ministries, legislative advancements like the Expropriation Bill, and productive community-private ...

Nyhontso inherited a backlog of just over 5 700 land claims from 1998 and a further 130 000 that were lodged in 2014 with the ministry, which was paired with agriculture up until May 2024. In January, ...

Wandile Sihlobo is the Chief Economist of the Agricultural Business Chamber of South Africa (Agbiz) and a member of the Presidential Economic Advisory Council (PEAC). The latest policy discussion ...

How much land has really changed hands since apartheid? President Cyril Ramaphosa cites a pivotal 25% shift — here’s what that number reveals and what must happen next, say Wandile Sihlobo and Johann ...

South Africa has a thriving wildlife economy – enterprises like trophy and meat hunting, ecotourism, live wildlife sales, and game meat production. Government policy considers the sector key to ...

There are a few critical policy areas that could have significant positive spinoffs to South Africa’s agricultural growth if implemented effectively. The prioritisation of implementation itself would ...

Promoting sustainable agriculture and rural development (SARD) is the subject of chapter 14 of Agenda 21. The major objective of SARD is to increase food production in a sustainable way and enhance ...

Over the past few decades, private (predominantly white) farmers have converted millions of hectares once reserved for livestock into game ranches. These enterprises generate profits and jobs while ...