VIEWPOINT- The red tape surrounding the import and distribution of foot-and-mouth disease
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South Africa's Onderstepoort Biological Products (OBP) is facing ongoing difficulties in hiring a suitable specialist consultant for its long-delayed project to achieve international Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) standards, as reported to the parliamentary portfolio committee on agriculture on 3 March 2026.
VIEWPOINT-The US-Israel military strikes on Iran and South Africa agriculture
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The escalating US-Israel military campaign against Iran, which started on February 28, 2026, with massive airstrikes killing Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and targeting thousands of sites, has quickly driven up global oil prices and created uncertainty around key shipping routes.
WEEKEND-VIEWPOINT- Will South Africa disease FMB strategy keep up with the demand.
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While maintaining international standards, strict state oversight, and regulatory integrity in South Africa's foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) response is essential and uncontested—ensuring strain matching, vaccine quality, and the state as the competent authority—farmers are raising a deeper structural concern: whether the current centralized control system can deliver the biological intensity and sustained rhythm the disease demands.
VIEWPOINT-The Hidden Truth About Preservatives and “Fresh” Food in Our Shops
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Most of the food we buy in supermarkets is loaded with preservatives, artificial colours, flavour enhancers, and other additives.
VIEWPOINT- We need real Mentors in Farming and Agriculture in South Africa
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South African farmers, particularly in the commercial sector, are indeed among the most professional and productive in the world, consistently demonstrating high standards of efficiency, innovation, and output that benefit not only the domestic market but also the broader African continent and global trade.
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Over the past few months, almost every major farming publication and broadcaster in South Africa has interviewed Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen about the foot-and-mouth disease outbreak.
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- VIEWPOINT-South Africa’s Wheat Production: Why Local Farmers Struggle While the World Grows More
- WEEKEND-VIEWPOINT- Which Agribusinesses Truly Stand with Us During the FMD Crisis
- VIEWPOINT- South African Farmers Are Doers and supportive and hard working.
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