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South Africa is divided into a number of farming regions according to climate, natural vegetation, soil type and farming practices.

After slashing its key lending rate by 300 basis points to 3.5% in 2020, the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) finds itself in an unusual position. It has scope for yet another rate cut, even in the face of a strongly rebounding economy. 

South Africa produces enough food to feed all its people.

In early October, the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development announced it was making almost 900 farms available for emerging farmers to lease on underutilised or vacant state land.

The announcement of the first case of Covid-19 in early March, and the consequences that followed, may have come as a surprise to those businesses not dealing in export markets.

South Africa was recently rocked by another gruesome farm murder, this time the horrific killing of 21-year-old farm manager Brendin Horner.