One of the many new ways of doing business that emerged during the Covid-19 lockdown was agricultural e-commerce, or online trading of agricultural commodities, fresh produce and even livestock.

The National Assembly has rejected the ANC’s bid to expropriate land without compensation, denying the ruling party a two-thirds majority required to amend the constitution to that effect.

The Afrikaner Africa Initiative between Afrikaners and the Thabo Mbeki Foundation is aimed at exploring the areas of cooperation between black African communities and Afrikaners.

Communities living on the boundaries of the Kruger National Park in Mpumalanga and Limpopo, who have lodged land claims on parts of the park, are not happy that a beneficiation scheme that could see them profit from the park's commercial activities is still not finalised almost five years after the settlement of their claims.

Since the advent of democracy in 1994, at no point have more than half of the working-age population in South Africa (ages 15 to 64) been gainfully employed. 

As the year winds down, and with it emotional and intellectual energy, it is important not to forget that politics and governance continues apace.