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Agriculture’s Q2 2023 GDP Performance is great news for the Western Cape

According to Statistics South Africa’s (StatsSA) recently announced GDP figures South Africa’s economic performance in the second quarter of 2023 increased by 0.6% and was driven by growth in nine of the ten industries. Nationally, agriculture (incl. Forestry and Fisheries) increased by 4.2 %, contributing 0.1% to the gross domestic product (GDP). As highlighted by

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Western Cape contributes 22% to farm employment in SA but AGOA remains a threat

“Agriculture in the Western Cape continues to create jobs in a tough environment,” said Western Cape Provincial Minister of Agriculture, Dr Ivan Meyer. Minister Meyer was commenting on StatsSA’s latest release of South Africa’s Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) which confirmed South Africa’s official unemployment rate of 32.6% in the second quarter of 2023. The

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