Tag: Zacharia Motsumi

Black market ‘stealing bread from our children’s bellies’

by Noluthando Ngcakani

5th February 2021

The black market in South Africa is growing at such an exponential rate that it is now beginning to compete with the legal sales of alcohol, cigarettes, textiles, and even ...

Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, minister of cooperative governance and traditional affairs. Photo: Supplied/Government ZA

Tobacco alliance doubts validity of IMF ’emergency loan’

by Noluthando Ngcakani

31st July 2020

The South African Tobacco Transformation Alliance (SATTA) is the latest to rubbish government’s hasty loan of approximately R70 billion in emergency support from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Early this ...

Tobacco wars: Fita lodges appeal application

by Noluthando Ngcakani

3rd July 2020

There is a new glimmer of hope for smokers and tobacco farmers. The Fair-trade Independent Tobacco Association (Fita) has lodged an urgent appeal to the court’s dismissal of their application ...

THE NEW FACE OF SOUTH AFRICAN AGRICULTURE

With 12 global awards in the first three years of its existence, Food For Mzansi is much more than an agriculture publication. It is a movement, unashamedly saluting the unsung heroes of South African agriculture. We believe in the power of agriculture to promote nation building and social cohesion by telling stories that are often overlooked by broader society.