On 22 March 2021, as part of its transformation committee review, the NAMC was invited by the Mohair Empowerment Trust to assess progress on their transformation targets. Currently, all 17 beneficiaries were farming with angora goats commercially, contributing 13% of mohair to South Africa. A detailed report is to follow.

National Executive Officer (NEO) delegated under the Meat Safety Act, 2000 (Act No. 40 of 2000) intends to implement the attached draft standard operating procedure for the handling of rejected imported meat that has been approved for heat treatment

South Africans are paying more than half again what they did a year ago for rice, according to the latest monitoring report by the National Agricultural Marketing Council (NAMC), which shows food prices escalating at an alarming rate – even as inflation in general remains low