The South African poultry industry is expected to recover to pre-COVID-19 levels following increased demand for chicken meat amid higher beef and lamb prices. Consumers switch to chicken as lamb and beef prices rise...

The Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy (BFAP) has published its food inflation brief, highlighting the food items that have recorded the biggest price hikes in South Africa. The BFAP brief provides an overview of food inflation dynamics, its associated causes,...

Thousands of South African port and rail workers will down tools over a wage dispute on Thursday, the United National Transport Union (UNTU) has announced. UNTU General Secretary, Cobus van Vuuren, told Freight News on Tuesday that the union’s planned strike would go...

More than R150m has been siphoned out of a company wholly owned by the Public Investment Corp (PIC) by a group of individuals and companies linked to the PIC’s company secretary... PIC official under cloud over R150m payout to pals...

The latest Household Affordability Index by the Pietermaritzburg Economic Justice & Dignity group (PMBEJD) shows that food prices in South Africa continue to rise despite lower fuel and global commodity food prices. For September, the group’s basket of nutritional...

The Road Freight Association supports Minister of Transport Fikile Mbalula’s plan to move cargo from the country’s busy roads and on to rail in the next five years, but has warned that there are many challenges that must be confronted to achieve this goal. Mbalula...

Agri SA says it has requested an urgent meeting with Eskom CEO Andre de Ruyter to discuss the outlook for load shedding in the country, ahead of the summer crop planting season. Load shedding a threat to food security – Agri SA -...

Poultry supply chain operators struggle to sustain production levels due to very high energy and feed prices. (1) EU poultry prices surge while container freight rates plunge and more |...

Dar es Salaam. Excessive use of antibiotics in Tanzania’s poultry industry poses a serious health risk to consumers and leads to chicken developing antibiotic-resistant bacteria, a new study warns. The study, titled Determination of Sulphonamides and Residues in Liver...

The US Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service agency recently confirmed that the US had decided to prevent the entry of poultry meat, live birds and all poultry by-products from Botswana or transiting through that country, in order to prevent the introduction of...

The unhealthy packaged food you buy your family may be high in sugar, salt and saturated fat – all of which have been directly linked to life-threatening conditions like diabetes, high blood pressure and heart disease. However, one of the reasons that many people are...

LETTER: Five steps to alleviate food crisis for poor (businesslive.co.za) Cutting taxes and levies on fuel to reduce the cost of transporting food. Reallocating the R50m “food aid” for Cuba to feed hungry people at home. Scrapping VAT on the food items most commonly...