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.

The year 2021 is wrapping up and in this article we introspect and look at the possibilities of the year ahead.

A large part of South Africa’s electricity prices is consists of government levies and costs that are out of Eskom’s control.

This week the Parliament of South Africa voted against amending section 25 of the Constitution to provide for “expropriation without compensation” after four years of contestations.

Tuesday’s defeat of the constitutional amendment for expropriation without compensation – the 204 votes for and 145 against missed the two-thirds threshold of 267 – was on the cards for a while, as  already reported in July.