Effective land reform is still required, but the Draft Constitution Eighteenth Amendment Bill of 2019 (the Draft Bill) will needlessly undermine the property rights of all South Africans: from the 1 million whites with home ownership to the 8.5 million black, ‘coloured’ and Indian families who own houses too.

There can be no arguing that the pace of land reform in South Africa needs to be speeded up.

President Cyril Ramaphosa  announced on Thursday that the government will  in 2020 open up and regulate the commercial use of hemp products, providing opportunities for small-scale farmers; and formulate policy on the use of cannabis products for medicinal purposes.

In this year’s State of the Nation Address (SONA), President Ramaphosa reaffirmed the government’s commitment to ensuring that agriculture is amongst the key sectors that will drive growth and job creation in South Africa.

Allowing dagga users to smoke a joint legally can yield more tax revenue than just medical use and hemp production, some cannabis users say…

Die omvang van grond- en eiendomsbesit in Suid-Afrika is enorm. Suid-Afrika het honderde duisende plase en miljoene eiendomme, nie 10 of 20 nie.

Though there has been a decline in public participation on the proposed amendment of the constitution to make it easier for the state to expropriate land without compensation, a majority of participants still oppose the amendment, according to an analysis by an NGO.

Cyril Ramaphosa believes a Chinese-style lockdown to be both effective and necessary. For all his infatuation with the Chinese surveillance state, however, South Africa does not have the means to duplicate it, nor is it able to copy rich-world alternatives to a lockdown. Is he destroying the economy for nothing?

Cyril Ramaphosa was entirely presidential when he stepped up to the podium on Thursday night and asked South Africans to “make an even greater sacrifice” and “endure” another two weeks of lockdown. He revealed that the number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 in SA had risen by 4.8% to 1,934 people by Thursday.

The physical distancing measures announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa on 15 March followed by an extended lockdown may have bought us time to prepare for Covid-19. Good leadership has helped the response, but the current lockdown is not sustainable.

Durban - As the country waits with bated breath on President Cyril Ramaphosa's announcement on Thursday night on whether or not the  national lockdown will end at the end of April, a government document – shared widely on social media – has outlined exactly how the government will ease the restrictions.

By banning the transport of alcohol, those regulations have meant that, in practice, there’s no way for wine to move from a winery directly to a consumer anywhere in the country, or from an inland winery to a port at the coast.

From Angola to Zimbabwe, Southern Africa’s fragile economies are rattled by the coronavirus pandemic. Countries in the region have declared states of emergency and imposed lockdowns, shutting borders, sea ports and reducing daily business activity in order to curb the spread of the virus and protect vulnerable communities.

President Ramaphosa should be highly commended for his decisive leadership and rapid action at the start of the coronavirus crisis.

Since the start of South Africa’s lockdown, its wine industry’s backbone has been hit hard. Bulk wine producers represent approximately 85 percent of the industry in terms of production in South Africa. In exports, bulk wine surpasses bottled wine exports.

The scale of the economic devastation from South Africa’s severe lockdown regime is fast becoming apparent.

Vir byna 60 dae word Suid Afrikaners al gevangene gehou, deur 'n magsbehepte regering, wat sy inwoners soos kinders behandel, in hulle eie land met reels en regulasies waarvan die meeste aan belaglik grens en soos kat en muis speletjies lyk.

The COVID-19 crisis has clearly demonstrated the vulnerability of the livelihoods of many South Africans, and highlighted food insecurity as one key aspect.

The COVID-19 pandemic has not only generated a far-reaching social and economic crisis in South Africa, but is also exposing two major fault lines in the society.

Elke dag sien, ons in die media hoe Suid Afrika verwoes word en hoe almal spartel om te oorleef in ‘n land wat totaal en al uitmekaar val.