Record sugar imports by South Africa threaten local growers who employ as many as 1 million people, prompting the industry’s lobby to ask consumers to only buy home-grown sweeteners.
Sugarcane harvesting on a farm near the Kruger National Park in South Africa.
South African farmers probably produced the second-biggest corn crop on record in 2025 as the country experienced good rains earlier in the year.
People gather to buy corn from a street vendor in the Central Business District (CBD) of Johannesburg, on Thursday, May 7, 2020. Almost one million people in Johannesburg, South Africa's commercial hub, are in need of food aid due to movement restrictions imposed to curb the coronavirus pandemic, according to its mayor.
South Africa anticipates strong demand for a planned eurobond sale, citing an improved economic outlook as it considers raising $2.7 billion in global markets to meet foreign-currency commitments for the fiscal year, National Treasury Director-General Duncan Pieterse said.
South Africa anticipates strong demand for a planned eurobond sale, citing an improved economic outlook as it considers raising $2.7 billion in global markets to meet foreign-currency commitments for the fiscal year, National Treasury Director-General Duncan Pieterse said.
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