By Peter Setou 25 November 2025 – Land Reform: It has been widely argued that bureaucratic red tape, malfeasance, resourcing challenges, poor planning and a lack of political will have prevented many land reform beneficiary communities from turning their newly acquired assets into sustainable livelihoods or into a buffer against deepening poverty. Since 1994, South ...

South Africa has officially closed its 2025 citrus export season to Russia, according to the Russia South Africa Business Council, a partner of TV BRICS. The country remains one of Russia’s leading suppliers of fresh fruit, alongside Egypt, with shipments ensuring year-round availability thanks to non-overlapping harvest seasons and diverse climatic zones. Citrus fruit, which ...

Daneel Rossouw, Head of Sales for Agriculture at Nedbank Commercial Banking After several challenging seasons, South Africa’s 2024/25 raisin crop is expected to recover to around 100 000 tonnes — a sign of renewed momentum for one of the country’s quietly successful exports. Global appetite for healthy, natural snacks and traceable, responsibly produced foods continues ...

Johannesburg, November 24, 2025 – South Africa’s agricultural sector has maintained strong momentum in 2025, recording a 10% surge in exports despite global trade uncertainty and shifting policy environments. Data from the Agricultural Business Chamber of South Africa (Agbiz) shows that exports reached $11.7 billion (R189 billion) in the first three quarters of the year, ...

Ahead of the G20 summit in Johannesburg, Yakubu Gowon University’s Acting Vice-Chancellor calls for deeper cooperation to transform Africa’s agriculture through processing and industrialisation, driving food security, GDP growth, and poverty reduction. Africa is positioning itself at the heart of the G20 dialogue on agricultural transformation, with leaders emphasizing the need to move beyond raw ...

Limited Slip Diff gives Bundu forklifts traction for tough African terrain Shamrock Handling Concepts – specialists in the supply and support of a wide range of forklift trucks – is the sole distributor in Southern Africa of Bundu diesel forklifts, engineered for dependable operation on unpaved surfaces, loose ground and outdoor loading yards. Robust Bundu ...

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) has approved a $310 million financial package to FirstRand Bank, one of the largest financial institutions in Africa. This support will significantly increase access to finance for micro, small, and medium-sized business enterprises (MSMEs), with a particular focus on women-led businesses and agribusinesses in ...

Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen has reaffirmed government commitment to expand and support South Africa’s beekeeping sector, calling honeybees “the farmers of the sky” for their essential role in pollination, food production, rural livelihoods and biodiversity. Pollination’s economic and food-security role Steenhuisen told attendees at the Beekeeping Awareness Field Day in Westlake that bee pollination is ...

Producers and processors in South Africa’s sugar industry are renewing calls for a government biofuel support mechanism to stabilise sugar prices, diversify demand, and spur investment in processing and by-product value chains. Industry stakeholders argue that a predictable off-take for ethanol and other bio-based products would provide price floors during oversupply years and create steady ...

Johannesburg, South Africa — Africa’s agritech sector is undergoing a rapid transformation, with six major innovations set to redefine farming in 2025. According to African Leadership Magazine, artificial intelligence (AI), sensor-to-satellite connectivity, and blockchain-based traceability systems are among the technologies driving a new era of precision agriculture. These tools are helping farmers monitor crop health, ...