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South African farmers and citizens face significant challenges in building wealth due to a combination of high taxes and rising prices. The tax burden includes personal income tax (PIT), capital gains tax (CGT), value-added tax (VAT), transfer duty, and estate duty, which collectively erode disposable income and savings over time.

The G20 Leaders' Summit, scheduled for 22–23 November 2025 in Johannesburg, represents South Africa's historic first presidency of the group and the inaugural hosting on African soil. With the theme "Solidarity, Equality, Sustainability," it prioritizes economic growth, sustainable finance, climate resilience, and Africa's development agenda—areas ripe for investment mobilization.

Your mitochondria are the power plants of every cell, but even they can’t produce energy without voltage—the electrical potential that drives life itself - quanlim@cramedia.co.za

As South Africa's agricultural heartland braces for the peak irrigation demands of the 2025/26 summer season, the nation's dams hold a cautiously optimistic reserve of clean water—collectively at around 81% capacity nationally, bolstered by persistent above-normal winter and early spring rains.

Africa holds the key to global food security. Its vast land, young population, and untapped potential could turn the continent into an agricultural superpower.

South Africa, as the only original African member of BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa), plays a pivotal role as the continent's gateway, leveraging its 2010 entry to amplify Africa's voice in global governance and economic reform.