COMPANY REPORT Rolling blackouts a cluck-up for Astral Foods’ results — CEO lays into government 5 min 11 By Georgina Crouth
WAR IN UKRAINE Russia relay — Presidency’s intelligence minister jets off to Moscow a week after the army chief’s visit 2 min 23 By Ferial Haffajee
MARCH OF TECHNOLOGY Automation and precision farming bode ill for jobs in SA agriculture but are crucial for food security 4 min 0 By Ed Stoddard
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OP-ED Social investing must reconcile helping end unemployment with environmental sustainability 5 min 0 By Graeme Wilkinson
RETAIL Pick n Pay chair warns of food shortages and social unrest if rolling blackouts escalate 6 min 4 By Georgina Crouth
POULTRY IMPORTS A bird flu outbreak in Brazil could have dire consequences for food security in SA 4 min 0 By Georgina Crouth
SCHOOL MEALS CRISIS KZN schools send hungry pupils home as National School Nutrition Programme fails to deliver 3 min 1 By Lungi Langa
SPOTLIGHT OP-ED Urgent course correction needed on climate change, economic policy and NHI 6 min 0 By Louis Reynolds
LEGISLATURE IN LOCKDOWN Venue for Eastern Cape MEC’s budget speech changed after Nehawu strike sparks ‘security concerns’ 6 min 0 By Estelle Ellis
ECONOMIC OUTLOOK Agriculture business confidence wilts in first quarter of 2023 to lowest level in three years 3 min 0 By Ed Stoddard
COST-OF-LIVING CRISIS Chicken prices likely to fly high for some time - SA Poultry Association 5 min 0 By Georgina Crouth
BHEKISISA OP-ED Why it’s crucial for SA supermarkets to cut prices of 10 key foods by a fifth 6 min 2 By David Harrison
FOOD JUSTICE Chefs with Compassion calls on corporate SA to join fight against food insecurity and food waste 6 min 0 By Takudzwa Pongweni
FEAST OR FAMINE Farming association warns of looming SA catastrophe as energy crisis threatens food security 4 min 8 By Georgina Crouth
PHANTOM SHARES Bidcorp proves it can take the heat in the kitchen; MTN’s moment in the sun; Ellies’ shot in the dark 4 min 0 By The Finance Ghost
ISS TODAY OP-ED Malawi at risk of food emergency amid recurrent weather shocks 4 min 1 By Alize le Roux and Kouassi Yeboua
CLIMATE RESILIENCE COP27 presidency launches ambitious adaptation agenda but implementation remains likely stumbling block 4 min 0 By Onke Ngcuka
AT SHARM’S LENGTH Reforming food systems to mitigate climate change sidelined at COP27 7 min 0 By Adèle Sulcas
UKRAINE UPDATE: 15 NOVEMBER 2022 US and Russian spy chiefs meet in Turkey; Zelensky visits Kherson after liberation 5 min 0 By Bloomberg
ECO-JUSTICE Greens see red over ‘blue apartheid’ – activists call on state to ditch fossil fuels and develop a proper energy plan 5 min 0 By Tembile Sgqolana
BACK IN THE BLACK Land Bank shows promising turnaround signs, but faces long road to recovery 4 min 3 By Ray Mahlaka
