BN Briefing: SA’s foot-and-mouth crisis: How state failure threatens farmers and food Security

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Director’s Cut: Foot-and-mouth fallout – Athol Trollip warns of zero income and food insecurity

From dairy farms to feedlots, South Africa’s agricultural economy is under siege. Athol Trollip outlines how foot-and-mouth disease has crushed production, frozen incomes and exposed deep failures inside the Department of Agriculture. A conversation every business leader and taxp ...  Show more

The Editor's Desk - Thur 15 Jan 2026: Two red flags - flow-driven markets and SA’s foot-and-mouth vaccine mess

ETFs and mandates are reshaping markets. In today’s Editor’s Desk, BizNews editor Alec Hogg explains why $1 of inflows can move $5 of market value—plus what SA’s foot-and-mouth vaccine fiasco says about state capacity. R10k prize for your best 800-word investment idea. 

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