South Africa

Dubai to import lemons from Mozambique
- WAM
- 30 January 2017
Last year, the Erati district government granted Jacaranda a further 100 hectares, on which it intends to produce not only lemons, but also maize and soya for animal feed.
Crookes Brothers might be ripe for the picking
- Financial Mail
- 16 January 2017
The stage for an acquisition of Crookes could already be set thanks to the involvement of African agriculture-focused UK private equity firm SilverStreet Capital as the key shareholder through its Silverlands (SA) Plantations investment vehicle.
Changing agro-food systems: The impact of big agro-investors on food rights
- PLAAS
- 30 November 2016
A new book presents case studies on changing agro-food systems in Southern Africa within the context of large-scale land-based and agri-business investments.
The sugar rush in southern Africa
- Zimbabweland
- 03 October 2016
The land rush in southern Africa is often a sugar rush, with the ‘white gold’ promising riches to governments, local elites and large corporates alike.
The weakest should not bear the risk
- Bread for the World
- 04 September 2016
Holding the Development Finance Institutions responsible when private sector projects fail. The case of Addax Bioethanol in Sierra Leone.
Nigeria partners South African firm on $700 million real estate, agriculture deal
- Naija 247
- 15 August 2016
The Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) on Friday established a partnership with Old Mutual Investment Group (OMIG) of South Africa to co-invest $200 million in agriculture development projects.
Zambia civil society groupings oppose plans to offer land to South African farming investors
- News Ghana
- 30 May 2016
A consortium of civil society organizations on Friday opposed plans by the government to give South African farming investors large tracks of land for agricultural purposes.
Old Mutual Investment Group reaffirms commitment to African investment
- Old Mutual
- 26 May 2016
Old Mutual Investment Group will increase its overall equity stake in UFF African Agri Investments to 49%, which is pursuing investment opportunities of up to $500 million in African farmland over the next three years.
Senekal Farm: Birth place of life-long AAA membership: Anchoring South African agricultural investments in Africa
- Agri All Africa
- 25 April 2016
Agri All Africa client-farmers convened to discuss the implementation of agriculture investments in priority destinations: Zambia, Nigeria, DRC, Angola, Mozambique, Malawi, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Namibia and Sudan.
Questions hang over foreign ownership of SA’s agricultural land
- Moneyweb
- 21 April 2016
There is little movement on the South African government’s ambition to clamp down foreign land ownership through the controversial Regulation of Land Holdings Bill.
Afrique du sud: Le groupe AfriBusiness combattra le projet de réforme foncière de Jacob Zuma
- Agence Ecofin
- 15 February 2016
Selon le groupe de défense des droits civils AfriBusiness, le plan d’accession à la propriété foncière du président Jacob Zuma pourrait provoquer un exode massif des investisseurs
Afrique du Sud: chahuté au Parlement, Zuma reconnaît que le pays est en crise
- AFP
- 12 February 2016
Jacob Zuma a annoncé une loi pour interdire aux étrangers de posséder des terres agricoles