South Africa

South African Sunflower Seeds Reach Record On Stockpile Concern

South African sunflower seeds reached a record on concern that low stockpiles will erode supplies needed to meet demand. Soybean futures rose. Sunflower s...

South Africa Food Makers Seen Unable To Cope With Drought

South Africa’s worst drought on record, a plunging currency and debt-burdened consumers are weighing on the country’s biggest food producers, w...

AB InBev Debuts On Johannesburg Bourse After Fast Track Process

Anheuser-Busch InBev NV started trading it’s shares on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange to become the biggest counter on the bourse as the world&rsquo...

Shoprite First-Half Sales Growth Slows On South African Weakness

Shoprite Holdings, Africa’s largest grocer, said that first-half revenue growth slowed to 8.8 per cent from 13 per cent a year earlier, as sales...

Unequal South Africa Sparks Grocer Investment In Poor Cities

When Choppies Enterprises Ltd opened a supermarket in the South African mining town of Rustenburg, Daniel Human’s life improved. Once forced to ma...

South Africa Seen Cutting Wheat-Output Estimate After Drought

South Africa will probably trim its wheat-production estimate for this season after the worst drought in more than two decades reduced plantings and worsen...