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A farm that was purchased by the South African government for Black emerging farmers in 2003 but is now deep in debt. Supplied via GroundUp

August 23, 2026

Fenji Materechera-Mitochi, Rhodes University and Matthew Weaver, Rhodes University

Without finance, infrastructure and power, many Black South African farmers remain dependent on white commercial farmers.

The constitutional right to food puts food systems and agricultural development firmly on the national development agenda. By subman/GettyImages

April 20, 2022

Fenji Materechera-Mitochi, University of the Witwatersrand and Mary Scholes, University of the Witwatersrand

South Africa needs a more holistic approach to farming systems.