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 | PHIL LEWIS The unforeseen disruption experienced in 2020 has prompted food and beverage producers to future proof their businesses as far as is possible. While uncertainty seems set to continue for some time... Read |
 | RENIER DE WIT The country's economy contracted 6.1% in real terms in the third quarter of 2020 compared with the same period a year earlier, according to data from Statistics SA... Read |
| Commercial Fishing |
 | The minister of environment, forestry and fisheries, Barbara Creecy, will approach the High Court to review and set aside the process of awarding small-scale fishing... Read |
| Food Security |
 | WANDILE SIHLOBO Increased unemployment, increased crime and land reform discussions among other critical factors, must be closely monitored to maintain South Africa's food security... Read |
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 | ANGE ABOA Ivory Coast lost 47,000 hectares (116,000 acres) of forest in its cocoa-growing regions in 2020, an environmental group said on Thursday... Read |
 | The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) is calling for applications for its 2021 TEF Entrepreneurship Programme. With the deadline fast approaching on 31 March 2021... Read |
 | WILDU DU PLESSIS AND MORNE VAN DER MERWE In Part 1 of this series, we analysed merger-and-acquisition data in sub-Saharan Africa - here we look at country specific M&A activity in SA, Ethiopia and Ghana... Read |
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 | DANISH SIDDIQUI More than 100,000 farmers and farm workers gathered in India's northern Punjab state on Sunday, 21 February, in a show of strength against new farm laws... Read |
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 | The National Empowerment Fund (NEF) in partnership with the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (the dtic) has established an Economic Distress Fund to provide concessionary business loans to Black-owned and managed enterprises... Read |
 | NONTOKOZO MADONSELA The side gig economy has become much more than an alternative to formal employment. It now takes on a new layer as a necessary supplement to an existing income... Read |
 | The 2021 Edelman Trust Barometer reveals that South Africans now trust business more than any other institution, and are looking to CEOs to solve societal challenges that have been exacerbated by the Covid-19 crisis... Read |
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