South Africa’s Trade and Industry minister Rob Davies has stated that Brexit will not disrupt trade relations between the UK and SA. Davies said the Southern African Customs Union (Sacu), of which SA is a part, is close to finalising a deal with the UK to replicate the existing economic partnership agreement which the customs union has with the EU. Sacu is a customs union in Southern Africa which includes SA, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, and Eswatini (Swaziland). 

 South Africans watched with frustration and amazement this week as the British Parliament muddled through another late night of debates and votes on Brexit, there was one person on Sky News who spoke some sense.

In the case of a hard Brexit, the import of grain from the United Kingdom (UK) will be considerably more expensive.

A no-deal Brexit could lead to tariffs of 40% or more being imposed on food such as beef and cheddar cheese, driving up prices in shops and squeezing household budgets across the UK and Ireland, retail organisations from both countries have warned.

Even on the eve of the decision for the UK to leave the EU, it is not fully clear as to what sort of Brexit the world might end up with. There will almost certainly be several more twists and turns in the negotiating process before the final deadline of March 29th.

It can be difficult to cut through the noise and understand what Brexit really means for South Africa. The implications, depending on the outcome, will be far-reaching, but it is clear, the export of goods will be one of the areas most tangibly affected.

South Africans need not fear Brexit as it will be good for this country, UK High Commissioner to South Africa Nigel Casey insists.

More than half of farms will go bust if Boris Johnson forces through a no-deal Brexit, farmers are warning, as some join the campaign for a fresh referendum.

The news cycle has been mainly centred around Brexit this past week as talks between the United Kingdom and European Union culminated in a Brexit deal.

The news cycle has been mainly centred around Brexit this past week as talks between the United Kingdom and European Union culminated into a Brexit-deal.

The government has today confirmed nearly £3 billion of funding for 2020 to support farmers once the UK leaves the EU.

The victory of the Conservative Party under Alexander “Boris” de Pfeffel Johnson in the Dec. 12 British election has brought an element of increased certainty, at least in the short term, to trading conditions for the grains sector in Britain and Northern Ireland. Enormous difficulties remain before longer-term clarity can be achieved.

Queues of trucks stretching for five miles unexpectedly built up in Kent on Tuesday after the French started a trial of post-Brexit checks in Calais.

2020/21 will be a period we won’t forget in a hurry in the international fresh produce sector or for that matter for any other part of our lives.