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Wandile Sihlobo
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Chief Economist, Agricultural Business Chamber of South Africa
Johannesburg
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deals, and venture capital in Germany Switzerland, tech entrepreneurshipStartups, Austria
Phoenix area news, Flagstaff news, Prescott news.
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By Wandile Sihlobo| wandilesihlobo.com@ Since last week, I have noticed posts on X, a social media platform, suggesting that South Africa has banned the import of agricultural products from Tanzania. These statements surprised me, so I contacted the authorities responsible for regulating the import of agricultural products into our country. The message I received from them is that there is no such widespread ban on agricultural products from Tanzania to South Africa.
By Wandile Sihlobo| wandilesihlobo.com@ In political economy, there is something called “flooding the zone”. Roughly explained, this is when there is a deluge of information that takes people’s attention away from what should be the priority. This is not helped by the fact that during crisis periods, there is the proliferation of “experts” with untested opinions. We saw this snake-oil behaviour during the COVID-19 pandemic. The current environment has its fair share of instantaneous trade policy “expertise”.
By Wandile Sihlobo| wandilesihlobo.com@ Since last week, I have noticed posts on X, a social media platform, suggesting that South Africa has banned the import of agricultural products from Tanzania. These statements surprised me, so I contacted the authorities responsible for regulating the import of agricultural products into our country. The message I received from them is that there is no such widespread ban on agricultural products from Tanzania to South Africa.
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Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa
+27 12 807 6686