Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development Thoko Didiza says South Africans don’t need to panic about any impending food shortages in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. This follows reports of panic buying caused by fears of food shortages in South Africa in recent weeks, due to the conflict which brought global economic uncertainty. Didiza has met with stakeholders in the food and agricultural industry and farmers associations. They discussed the availability of food safety as part of the Inter-Ministerial Task Team’s assessment of the Ukraine conflict to the local econ…

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