Tag: Tito Mboweni

It’s good news - a recommitment from government to increase extension officers in South Africa by the thousands. But the farmers of Mzansi, who depend on their support, have one ...

The UIF has availed R5.3 billion for the new Ters benefit to help those battered by the unrest in KwaZulu-Natal and parts of Gauteng in mid-July. Restaurateurs aren’t keeping their ...

Farmer and farming development leader Sinelizwi Fakade says black farmers have had enough of being treated like the forgotten child of South African agriculture. They have a wealth of potential ...

Wandile Sihlobo undoubtedly looks dapper in a suit when he’s rubbing shoulders with the likes of pres. Cyril Ramaphosa and minister Thoko Didiza. However, he has certainly not forgotten how ...

Festive season is fast approaching, Mzansi. While others may be planning their holidays, we know the country’s agriculturalists cannot afford to miss a beat in the sector. We hit the ...

Finance minister Tito Mboweni expects the newly legal cannabis industry to pour an estimated R4 billion into the government’s dwindling tax coffers while simultaneously unlocking the country’s stagnant rural economy, ...

The department of agriculture, land reform and rural development says it will “find a better way to fast-track the process” to resolve grievances from three young farmers who still have ...

Leaders in the agriculture sector agree that minister of finance Tito Mboweni has a mammoth task ahead of him as he tables a special emergency budget this week in response to the effects ...

Black tobacco farmers in South Africa have rallied together and recently formed the Black Tobacco Farmers’ Association (BTFA). The affiliation strives to prioritise and protect the interests of black tobacco ...

Finance Minister Tito Mboweni's maiden budget speech have left South Africans with mixed feelings, and it seems economists are no exception. Economists that Food For Mzansi spoke to are generally ...