Attaché Report (GAIN)

South Africa: Grain and Feed Annual

Post forecasts that South Africa’s wheat imports for the 2018/19 MY will decline marginally to 1.8 million tons, on an expected increase in local production.
On March 20, 2018, the South African Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries announced that it has suspended imports of meat and meat products from Brazilian establishments....
Attaché Report (GAIN)

Bolivia: Bolivia Enters Ethanol Era

Bolivia announces its intention to implement an ethanol blend mandate in gasoline which will begin at 10 percent and would increase gradually as the Bolivian industry increases production....
On March 4, 2018, a large number of Southern African countries, including Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe....
On February 26, 2018, Sfiso Nobert Buthelezi was appointed as the new Deputy Minister of the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF).
On February 26, 2018, the South African Parliament passed a motion to begin a process of considering to amend Section 25 of the Constitution to allow for the expropriation of land....