South Africa needs to get agricultural politics off social media and back into the fields
Daily Maverick | 21.06.2026 23:15
The proposed replacement of John Steenhuisen as minister of agriculture is more than a routine political reshuffle. It should cause all of us who care about agriculture to reflect on how decisions affecting the sector are made, whose voices are heard and whether social media noise is beginning to outweigh evidence, experience and democratic mandate.
