AGRICULTURAL NEWS - During the first week of September, when Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) announced that the economy had slumped into a technical recession, I shared a table with eight business people from various sectors during a lunch.
No one can be at their most morose while having a conversation over a tender steak and a glass of good South African red wine, but my lunch partners couldn’t help but feel worried about the impact that the announcement by Stats SA would have on their businesses.
Nevertheless, after arguing about the practicality of moving their families and businesses to Australia, the majority agreed that, in the short term, they would probably be no better off Down Under, and besides, the only problems South Africa really had were crime and corruption.
But here’s the catch: each one of them is saving up and making plans for their children to go and study abroad.
