As drought ravages parts of the Karoo, life is becoming harder by the day for farmers and their livestock
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There are plenty of statistics around the issue of the drought – this is more of a personal perspective.
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There are plenty of statistics around the issue of the drought – this is more of a personal perspective.





This does have an economic impact.





South Africa saw at least 10.3 million tonnes of food and beverages going to waste this year, despite increasing levels of food insecurity and extreme poverty.





There is a deadly disease inflicting untold misery and hardship on the citizens of the Western Cape, but it isn't Covid – global overreaction, institutional incompetence and coronavirus myopia are the real villains behind this debacle.





The year 2021 has ended positively for South Africa's agricultural sector.





Market conditions created as a consequence of early lockdown measures in 2020 were the catalyst for the development of Standard Bank’s OneFarm Share.
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