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South Africa’s G20 presidency (December 2024–November 2025) offers a critical platform for African countries to elevate agriculture in global discussions on development, climate adaptation, and trade. Despite holding 64% of the world’s arable land and a youthful workforce, Africa faces rising food insecurity, with undernourishment increasing from 16% in 2015 to 20.4% in 2023, driven by extreme weather, conflicts, and high food prices. The G20’s focus on socioeconomic development, food security, and AI aligns with Africa’s agricultural priorities. Opportunities include leveraging the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) and fourth industrial revolution technologies like AI and precision farming to boost productivity and intra-African trade. Challenges such as digital infrastructure, skills gaps, and financing must be addressed to ensure smallholder farmers benefit. Public-private partnerships and targeted investments of $52bn annually could reduce undernourishment significantly by 2030.

Die VF Plus, onder leiding van dr. Corné Mulder, het na Washington gereis om te pleit vir die heropbou van Suid-Afrika as ’n ekonomiese krag in Afrika. Hulle kritiseer rasgegronde beleide wat Afrikaners en minderhede diskrimineer en beleggers afskrik. Saam met dr. Theo de Jager (Saai) en Gerhardus Papenfus (Neasa) voer die afvaardiging gesprekke met Withuis-amptenare en ander belanghebbendes. Op Maandag begin hul voorlegging by die Hudson-instituut, ’n invloedryke navorsingsorganisasie, oor Afrikanerbelange en SA-VS-verhoudinge. Die VF Plus beklemtoon Suid-Afrika se potensiaal en die noodsaak vir oplossings om die land vooruitstrewend te maak.

Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in livestock, recently detected at Karan Beef’s Heidelberg feedlot and some dairy farms, poses no risk to human health through contact or consumption of animal products, according to local and international experts. FMD is distinct from hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD), affecting only cloven-hoofed animals like cattle and pigs, not humans or other animals. Humans can indirectly spread FMD via contaminated clothing or equipment. South Africa’s formal food sector maintains high safety standards, with export-approved abattoirs and strict dairy processing protocols, including double pasteurisation or UHT treatment to prevent FMD transmission to animals. Milk from quarantined farms requires a Red Cross permit and traceability. These measures protect livestock, not humans, as FMD is not zoonotic. Consumers buying from reputable sources are assured safe red meat and dairy products.

Internasionale oliepryse het Maandag tot hul hoogste vlak sedert Januarie gestyg weens spanning oor Iran se moontlike reaksie op ’n Amerikaanse aanval op sy kernaanlegte. Ontleders waarsku dat Brent ru-olie tot $110 per vat kan styg as Iran die Straat van Hormuz blokkeer, maar die verhoging sal waarskynlik kortstondig wees. Vir Suid-Afrikaanse boere is hoër brandstofpryse (13% van graanboere se insetkoste) en wisselkoersskommelinge die grootste bekommernisse. Brandstofpryse kan volgende maand met 50c-70c per liter styg, met ’n moontlike piek van R3 per liter in ’n ekstreme scenario. Die impak sal veral belangrik wees vanaf Oktober, wanneer somergraan geplant en wintergewasse geoes word. Wisselkoersskommelinge kan ook ingevoerde landbou-insette duurder maak. Die situasie bly vloeibaar, met noukeurige monitering van internasionale ontwikkelinge. 

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A one-ounce, stocky blur of blue that warbles a melodious song, rarely strays far from its breeding area, enjoys foraging from a perch, and loves to sleep in a nest of twigs in pre-existing cavities may not seem like an excellent candidate for the annihilation of one’s foes. READ MORE 

There is no doubt about the original owners of land in South Africa. They were the Bushmen, who have lived here, all over South Africa, for at least 100,000 years. They had never met any other people and so had no name for themselves. The first whites in the Cape had no idea of their history in the rest of South Africa but saw these hunter-gatherers living in the bush and so called them “Bushmen” READ MORE 

Maize demand in the Southern African region is expected to remain strong in the 2025-26 marketing year, which commenced in May (this marketing year corresponds with the 2024-25 production season). One of the countries that imported most maize in Southern Africa in the 2024-25 marketing year was Zimbabwe. READ MORE 

African countries cannot set up new electricity plants based on burning fossil fuels, like coal. If they do that, the world will never end human-caused greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.  READ MORE 

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Global production forecast for 2025-26 at a record 808 million tonnes (+1%), driven by strong harvests in the EU, Russia, Canada, Argentina, UK, and India. Consumption remains high for food, feed, and industrial use, leading to slightly tight stocks at 262 million tonnes (-0.5%). Wheat prices may stay low due to recent pressure. Global harvest projected at 1.3 billion tonnes (+3%), with robust production in the US, Brazil, Argentina, Ukraine, China, EU, India, and Russia. Increased consumption for industrial, feed, and food use will reduce stocks by 3% to 275 million tonnes, potentially stabilizing or slightly raising maize prices.

South Africa’s citrus industry, a vital economic driver, is grappling with significant trade challenges as it enters the 2025 shipping season. A proposed 30% retaliatory tariff on citrus exports to the U.S., set to potentially take effect after July 9, 2025, threatens to disrupt a key market.

Graan SA het die besluit van Minister John Steenhuisen geprys om Leaf Services se aanstelling as inspeksie-instansie onder die Landbouprodukstandaarde Wet (Wet 119 van 1990) te herroep. Die stap volg na jare se teenkanting deur Graan SA en ander rolspelers weens gebrekkige deursigtigheid, onvoldoende konsultasie en hoë kostes verbonde aan Leaf Services se beoogde graderingsinspeksies.

South Africa has a major contaminated diesel problem, part of a wider illicit fuel industry that costs the fiscus around R3.6 billion annually.

‘n Groot aantal siek kameelperde sowel as vrektes oor ‘n groot deel van die land word sedert middel April aangemeld, van Okahandja tot in Etosha. Die diere lyk onder andere lusteloos, hulle ore hang, reageer nie op voertuie of mense nie, het afskeidings om die oë en sommige kom blind voor, het oormatige speeksel om die bek en stap moeilik, asof dronk, voor hulle vrek.

South African exports to the US will be prioritised when high-level delegates from the country’s trade industry again meet with their American counterparts at the US-Africa Business Summit in Angola.

In Suid-Afrika mag slegs staatsdieregesondheidsowerhede bek-en-klouseer (BKS) beheer, en wetgewing vereis dat ingeënte diere met ’n duidelike “F”-brandmerk op die nek gemerk word.

South Africa has finalized a special, year-long trade agreement with the United States to ensure continued chicken imports despite Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) cases in the U.S.

South African pears have established a stable presence in China, filling the gap during the domestic pear off-season (spring/summer). Shanghai Shengguo Trading Co. Ltd., a key importer, highlights their success due to diverse varieties and consistent supply.

Die Suid-Afrikaanse Weerdiens sê koel en koue toestande sal vandag voortduur, maar het gewaarsku teen ‘n ernstige kouefront wat die Wes-Kaap en Noord-Kaap Woensdag en Donderdag sal tref.

South Africa’s petrol prices have increased by R17 over the past two decades, as the government repeatedly increased the levies placed on fuel and the rand steadily weakened. In 2004, South Africans were paying around R4 per litre of 95 octane petrol, whereas motorists now pay R21.35 per litre as of June 2025.

‘n Senior Afrikaner-afvaardiging onder leiding van die leier van die Vryheidsfront Plus, dokter Corné Muller, neem môre in die VSA deel aan ‘n paneelsbespreking by die Hudson-instituut in Washington. Die voorsitter van die landbouorganisasie SAAI, dokter Theo de Jager, en die bestuurshoof van die Nasionale Werknemersvereniging NEASA, Gerhard Papenfus, is deel van die afvaardiging.

Agriculture is one of the most vital sectors in the South African economy, both in terms of meeting the needs of a highly food-insecure nation and as a major contributor to the economy. Close to 20% of the South African population is food insecure. Yet, the country grows more than enough food, and millions of tons end up as food waste.

China gaan tariewe vir 53 Afrikalande waarmee hy bande het skrap en belastingvrye toegang uitbrei om middelinkomstelande soos Namibië in te sluit. Die stap is daarop gemik om Afrika-uitvoere te bevorder en China se handelsoorskot van 62 miljard Amerikaanse dollar met die vasteland te verminder.

The Great Wildebeest Migration, the second-largest overland migration globally, involves 1.4–2.5 million wildebeest, zebras, and other species traveling 800+ km annually across Tanzania’s Serengeti National Park and Kenya’s Maasai Mara National Reserve in a clockwise loop, driven by rainfall and the search for food and water.


Theo Boshoff, uitvoerende hoof van Agbiz, beklemtoon dat die Onteieningswet risiko’s inhou, maar dat dit belangrik is om feite van wanopvattings te onderskei. Die wet gee nie nuwe onteieningsmagte aan die staat nie, aangesien dié reeds in die Grondwet en ander wetgewing bestaan.

Tydens ’n besoek aan Washington het dr. Theo de Jager (Saai) en dr. Corné Mulder (VF Plus) by die Hudson-instituut hul kommer oor plaasmoorde en die Onteieningswet uitgespreek. De Jager het beklemtoon dat plaasmoorde buitengewone brutaliteit toon, vergeleke met algemene moorde, en dat die “Kill the Boer”-dreunsang geweld aanhits. Hy het gesê landelike veiligheid en werkskaarste boerdery vir die volgende generasie onaantreklik maak. Mulder het kritiek gelewer op die normalisering van “Kill the Boer” en die gebrek aan politieke wil om plaasmoorde as prioriteitsmisdaad te verklaar, ondanks president Ramaphosa se verweer dat dit ’n struggle-lied is. Oor die Onteieningswet het De Jager verduidelik dat grondhervorming nie suksesvolle swart boere skep nie, aangesien begunstigdes selde titelaktes kry en finansiering kort. Hy het gewaarsku dat onteiening teen laer as markwaarde boere finansieel kaal kan laat, aangesien 60% van grondwaarde aan skuld gekoppel is. Hy het die wet as onregverdig bestempel, aangesien individue vir nasionale grondhervorming moet betaal. De Jager het ook gesê swart ekonomiese bemagtiging (SEB) ondermyn mededingendheid en ontmoedig jong boere. Hy het die VSA gevra vir tegnologie om plaasaanvalle te voorkom, lae invoertariewe, en die hernuwing van die Agoa-handelsooreenkoms, wat vir boere se winsgewendheid en oorlewing krities is. Die VSA-mark bied ook geleenthede vir Suid-Afrikaanse landbou-uitvoere.

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• Koue Temperature: Maandag het temperature op plekke soos Fauresmith en Windhoek tot -8 °C gedaal, met -6 °C in Twee Rivieren en -5,6 °C in Jamestown. Verdere koue word verwag vanaf 26 Junie, met maksimum temperature onder 10 °C in dele van die Oos-Kaap, Noord-Kaap en Vrystaat, en onder 15 °C in die Wes-Kaap se winterreëngebied.
• Rypgevaar: Swaar ryp word vanaf 26 Junie voorspel oor Lesotho, Vrystaat, Oos-Kaap, Noord-Kaap, KwaZulu-Natal, Noordwes, Gauteng en Mpumalanga. In Limpopo kan ryp aartappels en tamaties beskadig, veral vanaf einde Junie tot vroeg Augustus.
• Reënval: ’n Sterk frontale stelsel bring op 25 en 26 Junie tot 50 mm reën in Paarl, Stellenbosch en Ceres, 40 mm in Grabouw en Caledon, en minder in ander gebiede. Ligte reën (<5 mm) is moontlik in die suidelike binneland.
• Sneeu: Sneeu word op 26 en 27 Junie verwag oor berge in die Wes-Kaap, Noord-Kaap, Oos-Kaap, Vrystaat en Drakensberge, maar meestal <5 cm.
• Winde: Sterk winde (30–40 km/h, rukwinde tot 70 km/h) kan skade veroorsaak en verhoog die risiko vir wegholveldbrande.
• Gevolge: Swaar reën kan oorstromings en gevaarlike padtoestande veroorsaak, terwyl winde infrastruktuur en bome kan beskadig.
• Langtermyn: Lae temperature en rypgevaar kan aanhou tot middel September in die westelike binneland en Oktober in die suidelike binneland.

 

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Product Name	Price	Quantity Type		Date		Change	Previous Price
White maize	R 4 723,00	per Ton		2025-06-24		-1.97 %	R 4 818,00
Yellow maize	R 4 200,00	per Ton		2025-06-24		-0.71 %	R 4 230,00
Soybeans	R 7 299,00	per Ton		2025-06-24		-1.10 %	R 7 380,00
Sunflower seed	R 9 458,00	per Ton		2025-06-24		-1.48 %	R 9 600,00
Wheat	R 6 371,00	per Ton		2025-06-24		-0.76 %	R 6 420,00
Sorghum (IPP)	R 4 449,00	per Ton		2025-06-20		-1.05 %	R 4 496,00
Groundnuts (IPP)	R 24 501,00	per Ton		2025-06-20		0.57 %	R 24 363,00
Cotton (IPP)	R 9 930,00	per Ton		2025-06-20		0.00 %	R 9 930,00
Soy Meal (US derived price)	R 11 052,00	per Ton		2025-06-20		1.87 %	R 10 849,00
Lusern (Grade 1)	R 4 100,00	per Ton		2025-06-20		0.00 %	R 4 100,00
Product Name	Price	Quantity Type	Date		Change		Previous Price
Bananas	R 6,46	per Kg	2025-06-20		-10.40 %		R 7,21
Apples	R 9,01	per Kg	2025-06-20		-3.22 %		R 9,31
Oranges	R 4,36	per Kg	2025-06-20		-7.04 %		R 4,69
Avocados	R 16,09	per Kg	2025-06-20		-0.43 %		R 16,16
Grapes	R 61,82	per Kg	2025-06-20		-1.64 %		R 62,85
Mangos	R 36,12	per Kg	2025-06-20		7.85 %		R 33,49
Pears	R 9,02	per Kg	2025-06-20		-1.42 %		R 9,15
Pineapples	R 9,73	per Kg	2025-06-20		-7.86 %		R 10,56
Peaches	R 33,35	per Kg	2025-06-20		-3.70 %		R 34,63
Lemons	R 4,96	per Kg	2025-06-20		-0.20 %		R 4,97
Nectarines	R 126,44	per Kg	2025-06-20		8,741.96 %		R 1,43
Naartjies (Mandarins)	R 6,80	per Kg	2025-06-20		-7.23 %		R 7,33
Blueberries	R 158,16	per Kg	2025-06-20		-6.48 %		R 169,12
Grapefruits	R 4,69	per Kg	2025-06-20		-15.65 %		R 5,56

 

Product Name	Price		Quantity Type		Date		Change		Previous Price
Potatoes	R 52,31		per 10Kg		2025-06-20		-3.45 %		R 54,18
Tomatoes	R 10,81		per Kg		2025-06-20		-17.04 %		R 13,03
Carrots	R 7,31		per Kg		2025-06-20		-12.98 %		R 8,40
Onions	R 85,22		per 10Kg		2025-06-20		-10.37 %		R 95,08
Cabbage	R 2,65		per Kg		2025-06-20		-20.42 %		R 3,33
Garlic	R 78,18		per Kg		2025-06-20		-1.13 %		R 79,07
Spinach	R 4,48		per Kg		2025-06-20		-10.58 %		R 5,01
Sweet Potatoes	R 4,93		per Kg		2025-06-20		-2.76 %		R 5,07
Peppers	R 16,25		per Kg		2025-06-20		-15.05 %		R 19,13
Chillies	R 10,95		per Kg		2025-06-20		-9.13 %		R 12,05
Pumpkins	R 3,37		per Kg		2025-06-20		-0.30 %		R 3,38
Mushrooms	R 86,27		per Kg		2025-06-20		-3.79 %		R 89,67
Butternuts	R 5,66		per Kg		2025-06-20		-2.92 %		R 5,83
Green beans	R 12,15		per Kg		2025-06-20		2.88 %		R 11,81
Product Name		Price		Quantity Type		Date		Change	Previous Price
Sheep A2/3		R 107,26		per Kg		2025-06-13		-1.59 %	R 108,99
Feeder Lamb (Dual Purpose)		R 49,33		per Kg		2025-06-20		-1.48 %	R 50,07
Sheep AB2/3		R 84,53		per Kg		2025-06-13		0.24 %	R 84,33
Sheep B2/3		R 72,06		per Kg		2025-06-13		-0.83 %	R 72,66
Sheep C2/3		R 70,22		per Kg		2025-06-13		-1.94 %	R 71,61
Wool 20 micron - Non RWS		R 168,00		per Kg		2025-06-13		0.60 %	R 167,00
Wool 20 micron - RWS		R 180,00		per Kg		2025-06-13		1.12 %	R 178,00
Mohair		R 376,42		per Kg		2025-06-13		-2.00 %	R 384,10

 

Product Name	Price		Quantity Type		Date		Change		Previous Price
Beef A2/3	R 83,05		per Kg		2025-06-13		13.46 %		R 73,20
Weaners (200-250kg)	R 35,52		per Kg		2025-06-20		-1.06 %		R 35,90
Beef AB2/3	R 78,48		per Kg		2025-06-13		13.56 %		R 69,11
Beef B2/3	R 61,42		per Kg		2025-06-13		-0.78 %		R 61,90
Beef C2/3	R 59,98		per Kg		2025-06-13		1.33 %		R 59,19
Product Name	Price	Quantity Type		Date		Change		Previous Price
Kids (under 30kg)	R 64,03	per kg		2025-06-20		4.22 %		R 61,44
Medium (30-40kg)	R 55,87	per kg		2025-06-20		3.46 %		R 54,00
Large (above 40kg)	R 23,18	per kg		2025-06-20		-7.17 %		R 24,97
Ewes (Goats)	R 49,89	per kg		2025-06-20		36.95 %		R 36,43

 

Product Name	Price		Quantity Type		Date		Change		Previous Price
Poultry Frozen	R 35,44		per Kg		2025-06-20		-0.42 %		R 35,59
Poultry fresh	R 39,46		per Kg		2025-06-20		0.05 %		R 39,44
Poultry IQF	R 35,05		per Kg		2025-06-20		0.00 %		R 35,05
Product Name		Price		Quantity Type		Date		Change	Previous Price
Pork Porkers		R 33,47		per Kg		2025-06-20		-0.09 %	R 33,50
Pork Baconers		R 32,95		per Kg		2025-06-20		2.17 %	R 32,25
Pork Sausage		R 25,99		per Kg		2025-06-20		2.36 %	R 25,39

 

 

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