The recently held Gulfood Trade Show 2019, which took place at the Dubai World Trade Centre, saw the reopening of beef trade between South Africa and the Middle East.

Sovereign Foods, the third largest poultry producer in South Africa, has announced its merger with the Cold Storage Group (CSG), an Eastern Cape wholesaler of poultry and value-added poultry products.

RCL Foods is appealing to the SA government to limit cheap imports of chicken and sugar after an influx from the Americas weighed on the local producer.

Company beats muted consumer demand and spend which exerted pressure on its operating margins as well as uncertainty over Brexit

The Department of International Relations is defending the R4.8billion proposed offer by international consortium Milco to buy out Clover Industries, saying it is in line with President Cyril Ramaphosa’s investment drive.

JSE-listed Brimstone said on Thursday (07/02/2019) that it is reviewing its participation in a consortium seeking to acquire dairy producer Clover, due to protests over the participation of an Israeli company.

Sea Harvest is pleased to announce that its wholly-owned subsidiary Sea Harvest International Proprietary Limited (SHI), has entered into a bid implementation agreement with its 56.3% held Australian subsidiary, Mareterram Limited (Mareterram), whose shares are listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), regarding the potential acquisition of all of the shares in Mareterram not currently owned by SHI.

Brimstone Investment Corporation (Brimstone) announced their participation in newly formed company MilCo’s bid to acquire the entire issued share capital of Clover Industries Limited (“Clover”).

A potentially debilitating strike, which could affect the availability of several basic foodstuffs, is brewing at one of the country’s largest milling/baking plants, with workers set to down tools as early as next week if their revised demands for better wages and benefits are not met.

Loop packaging programme provides products in durable containers that can be returned for a refund

Cannabis-infused products have been soaring in popularity ever since the Constitutional Court ruled that dagga was legal for private use in September last year.

National Treasury has published the draft Conduct of Financial Institutions (COFI) Bill for public comment. In an attached statement, Treasury said that the COFI Bill is the next phase of the legislative reforms aimed at strengthening the regulation of how the financial services industry treats its customers.