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For South Africa to maintain its current access to red meat, wool and other livestock products, it must continue to strengthen its biosecurity and revive vaccine manufacturing

South Africa’s beef exports up 25% in first three quarters of 2024

Livestock disease such as foot-and-mouth has been brought under control in most provinces through strengthened farm biosecurity controls and surveillance

As voters, we have to scrutinise policies carefully and use our voting power to force parties to address the climate crisis. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Elections 2024: Consider the climate when making your cross

Climate change needs to be front and centre of party manifestos

Games with my art: Callan Grecia’s painting of Zidane’s headbutt in the 2006 World Cup

Football shoots one past art

Project at Cape Town Art Fair demonstrates the links between the sport and art

Beefing: Ali Wong and Steven Yeun play lead characters Amy and Danny in the series. Photo: Netflix

One Show Two Takes: ‘Beef’

This series about existential adult rage will either have you cheering or ready to press the off button

Annual consumer inflation was unchanged at 3.2% in February at 3.2%, with increases registered in housing and utilities, food and alcoholic beverages and restaurants and accommodation offset by decreases in the services sector, Statistics South Africa said on Wednesday.
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South African consumer food price inflation could average just above 6.0%

The outlook on food products prices will remain mixed, despite the recent broad increase in products prices.

Karan Beef owns the abattoir and meat processing plant in Balfour and, in 2000, I&J and Karan Beef entered into a manufacturing agreement regarding the meat products that would be produced at the plant. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Competition Tribunal hears meat supply ‘cartel’ case

Food giant I&J has found itself in front of the tribunal on charges of collusion in the beef sector

US meat imports not quite a done deal

The United States wants South Africa to make concessions on animal health rules for poultry, pork and beef before trade can resume.

Caroline McCann stocks Kobe-style beef despite her ­misgivings about how it is produced. Photos: Madelene Cronjé

No mincing words in a beef that goes against the grain

How a quest for the perfect burger led Matthew Burbidge into the cold room — and a debate about the merits of grass-fed versus grain-fed cattle.

South Africa secured a good beef export deal with the EU

Botswana’s beef with the EU

Declining subsidies and increasing restrictions are forcing the country to think the unthinkable, writes Roman Grynberg.

Argentina sells DNA as world demands more beef

Argentina sells DNA as world demands more beef

Weighing more than a tonne, Montecristo would yield a lot of Argentine steak. But ranchers are not interested in sending bulls like him to slaughter.

Beefing up the quality of red meat

A dedicated group of scientists and students are working at making steak juicier, tastier and more tender than ever before, writes Sharon van Wyk

Japan’s big break into cloned beef

Japanese scientists said on Thursday they had successfully cloned the ancestral bull of a luxurious brand of beef.

Swazis won’t sell beef to EU

Swaziland has failed to take advantage of the opportunity to export unlimited quantities of beef to the lucrative European Union market.