Drought pushes food prices up
Thursday, May 19, 2016
The drought and hot conditions since September 2015 have had a negative impact on yields in almost all the potato production regions in South Africa, where Botswana gets most of her national supply.
The South African Weather Service added that production costs in South Africa are still showing a rising trend putting the profitability of potato production further under pressure.
March 28 will go down as a day that Batswana will never forget because of the accident that occurred near Mmamatlakala in Limpopo, South Africa. The tragedy affected not only the grieving families but the nation at large. Batswana throughout the process stood behind the grieving families and the governments of Botswana and South Africa need much more than a pat on the back.Last Saturday was a day when family members said their last goodbyes to...