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Fuel levy: An all-time high fuel price will have a severe impact on food spending patterns, warn experts. The price for lamb loin chops has already reached R185 per kilogram. Thankfully, most fruits are considerably cheaper than a year ago. Photos: Supplied/Food For Mzansi

Price shocker: Food inflation likely to continue

by Ivor Price

3rd Mar 2022

No, you’re not imagining it. Mzansi consumers are experiencing an all-time high fuel price and escalating food inflation. And if that’s not bad enough, the war between Russia and Ukraine ...

Reserve Bank governor Lesetja Kganyago yesterday announced that inflation was driven by higher oil and food prices. Photo: Supplied/Food For Mzansi

ICYMI: Interest rate hike ‘a blow for top agri season’

by Staff Reporter

28th Jan 2022

Farmers face higher debt servicing costs following the Reserve Bank’s decision to raise its repo rate by 0.25%. This puts a potentially excellent agriculture season at risk.

Petrol has increased with R1.21 per litre and diesel R1.48 a litre and Wandile Sihlobo the chief economist at Agbiz explains that the exchange rate, global oil prices and the brent crude oil price are factors that contributed to the record petrol and diesel prices. Photo: Supplied/Food For Mzansi

Steady rise in fuel price: ‘Not much farmers can do’

by Sinesipho Tom

8th Nov 2021

Unless international oil prices decrease, and the rand appreciates, the price of fuel in the country will remain on an upward trajectory. Experts reckon there is very little farmers and ...

In February 2021, year-on-year tractor sales were up by 28% largely due to the favourable interest rate cuts of the previous year. Photo: Supplied/Food For Mzansi

Farmers, brace yourselves for looming inflation hike

by Duncan Masiwa

19th Mar 2021

An inflation hike projected from April onwards is likely to be felt by the primary link of the agricultural value chain – a move, economic experts believe will probably impact farmers ...

After over forty years of conflict, food insecurity affects one in three Afghans overall. Photo: Supplied/Food For Mzansi

Agriculture ‘could pull Mzansi through tough 2021’

by Sinesipho Tom

17th Mar 2021

A leading economist predicts another good year for Mzansi’s vibrant agricultural sector. This, after the sector grew by 5.9% in the fourth quarter of last year despite the Covid-19 battered ...

South African Reserve Bank governor Lesetja Kganyago has announced that the repo rate will remain unchanged at 3.5%. Photo: Leadership Conversations

Steady interest rates ‘positive for agri in tough times’

by Staff Reporter

21st Jan 2021

The agricultural sector has welcomed the South African Reserve Bank’s decision to keep the repo rate unchanged – a much-needed lifeline for farmers who want to do repairs or invest ...

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