[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.] #  @WandileSihlobo Wandile Sihlobo Wandile Sihlobo posts on X about south africa, botswana, strong, food the most. They currently have XXXXXX followers and XX posts still getting attention that total XXXXXX engagements in the last XX hours. ### Engagements: XXXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::243232918/interactions)  - X Week XXXXXXX +8% - X Month XXXXXXXXX +396% - X Months XXXXXXXXX -XX% - X Year XXXXXXXXX +162% ### Mentions: XX [#](/creator/twitter::243232918/posts_active)  - X Week XX -XX% - X Month XXX +7.40% - X Months XXX +31% - X Year XXXXX +102% ### Followers: XXXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::243232918/followers)  - X Week XXXXXX +0.44% - X Month XXXXXX +1.30% - X Months XXXXXX +2% - X Year XXXXXX +9.10% ### CreatorRank: XXXXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::243232918/influencer_rank)  ### Social Influence **Social category influence** [countries](/list/countries) XX% [finance](/list/finance) XXXX% **Social topic influence** [south africa](/topic/south-africa) #344, [botswana](/topic/botswana) #8, [strong](/topic/strong) 4.69%, [food](/topic/food) 4.69%, [products](/topic/products) #1411, [namibia](/topic/namibia) #31, [level](/topic/level) 3.13%, [rains](/topic/rains) #126, [united states](/topic/united-states) 3.13%, [countries](/topic/countries) #1246 **Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by** [@grok](/creator/undefined) [@ekarimiabdul](/creator/undefined) [@elizabethmokoe4](/creator/undefined) [@macurian1](/creator/undefined) [@theptyltd1](/creator/undefined) [@thechiefninja](/creator/undefined) [@lk_gardens](/creator/undefined) [@langylangzn](/creator/undefined) [@injectiveburner](/creator/undefined) [@hlomza_za](/creator/undefined) [@m2masi](/creator/undefined) [@lackay_abigail](/creator/undefined) [@afroghanga](/creator/undefined) [@lesmyplace](/creator/undefined) [@mkhizejoe](/creator/undefined) [@_thebard1](/creator/undefined) [@robothoopfan](/creator/undefined) [@dirkwinterbach](/creator/undefined) [@teamkruger](/creator/undefined) [@benoitleroy123](/creator/undefined) ### Top Social Posts Top posts by engagements in the last XX hours "THE SOUTH AFRICAN FARMERS ARE THRIVING AND SPENDING MONEY INVESTING IN TRACTORS AND OTHER IMPLEMENTS The XXX units sold in October were XX% more than the XXX units sold in October last year. Look at the table for the past few months' activity. The strong tractor sales signal farmers' optimism about the 2025-26 agricultural season which has recently started. This is another favourable season with prospects of La Nia rains that should support production conditions across various agricultural subsectors. In the case of summer grains and oilseeds farmers intend to plant XXX million hectares in" [X Link](https://x.com/WandileSihlobo/status/1995580039421894703) 2025-12-01T19:45Z 62.1K followers, 4746 engagements "SOUTH AFRICAN AGRICULTURE IS NOT UNDER SIEGE --SA agriculture has more than doubled since 1994. --exports reached a record US$13 X billion in 2024 --With South Africa now the only African country in the global top XX agricultural exporters --Jobs remain solid around 920k at farm level (nicely above 1994 levels although we have mechanised massively). --We are food secure at the national level and supporting the entire Southern Africa region. --We need to continue boosting the inclusion of black farmers from the current levels of XX% contribution in the overall output. --We have around 2.5" [X Link](https://x.com/WandileSihlobo/status/1991403300671897879) 2025-11-20T07:08Z 62.1K followers, 36K engagements "WE CONTINUE TO RECEIVE NICE LA NINA RAINS IN SOUTH AFRICA'S SUMMER CROP GROWING REGIONS. GOOD FOR AGRICULTURE" [X Link](https://x.com/WandileSihlobo/status/1994494007423242372) 2025-11-28T19:50Z 62.1K followers, 1400 engagements "GLOBAL HUNGER AFFECTS MORE THAN XXX MILLION PEOPLE --At the G20 Summit in Johannesburg leaders committed to boosting agricultural productivity technology adoption and fairer global trade. --We also zoom in on the critical role of global trade in securing food access. --We highlight how South Africa leveraged the G20 platform to strengthen key agricultural partnerships including bilateral engagements with the EU Australia and Vietnam aimed at enhancing market access improving biosecurity and unlocking future free-trade opportunities" [X Link](https://x.com/WandileSihlobo/status/1996459342346777072) 2025-12-04T05:59Z 62.1K followers, 3476 engagements "A YEAR OF EXCELLENT TRACTORS AND COMBINE HARVESTERS SALES IN SOUTH AFRICA We have just received South Africas agricultural machinery sales data for November 2025 from the South African Agricultural Machinery Association. These data are one crucial point clear: we are ending 2025 on a strong note in the agricultural machinery industry. We now have data for the XX months of 2025. Cumulative tractor sales are 7176 units up XX% year-on-year. The combine harvesters sales for the XX months are at XXX units up by 3%. The sales have generally been robust throughout the year with combine harvesters" [X Link](https://x.com/WandileSihlobo/status/1996855806663254265) 2025-12-05T08:14Z 62.1K followers, 8022 engagements "There is OPTIMISM in the South African farming sector" [X Link](https://x.com/WandileSihlobo/status/1996944831398973933) 2025-12-05T14:08Z 62.1K followers, 1302 engagements "I should be retiring to bed but I made the foolish mistake of opening my computer and browsing some files that came in during the afternoon. One that caught my attention and I thought I should share here is the map showing La Nia prospects for the 2025-26 summer season. As you can see on the South African map the summer crop-growing regions of our country are set to receive above-normal rainfall. This underscores the point I have made repeatedly in these notes namely that the farmers optimism about planting XXX million hectares of summer grains and oilseeds is partly based on expected" [X Link](https://x.com/WandileSihlobo/status/1994496429000462524) 2025-11-28T19:59Z 62.1K followers, 21.1K engagements "THE FARMERS AND AGRIBUSINESSES ARE FEELING OPTIMISTIC ABOUT FARMING CONDITIONS IN SOUTH AFRICA 🚀 -- After falling for two consecutive quarters the Agbiz/IDC Agribusiness Confidence Index (ACI) increased by X points to XX in Q4 2025. --Favourable weather conditions strong exports throughout the year on the back of ample grains oilseeds and horticulture harvests as well as better port efficiencies are among the key drivers of optimism in the sector" [X Link](https://x.com/WandileSihlobo/status/1996857407817896422) 2025-12-05T08:21Z 62.1K followers, 1435 engagements "WHAT DOES THE CURRENT RAINY WEATHER MEAN FOR SOUTH AFRICAS AGRICULTURE This weekend we had a breather from the heavy rains that have been affecting many regions of the country. The occasional warmer weather helps agriculture by promoting seed germination in areas that have been planted and allowing planting in areas that have not been planted due to excessively wet weather conditions. We certainly see that some regions in the North West Free State Gauteng KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape are experiencing excessive rainfall which may slow fieldwork. Still there are no concerns as we still" [X Link](https://x.com/WandileSihlobo/status/1997898582259622349) 2025-12-08T05:18Z 62.1K followers, 2504 engagements "President Ramaphosa on South Africa's Land Reform progress in today's speech" [X Link](https://x.com/WandileSihlobo/status/1998021147963900395) 2025-12-08T13:25Z 62.1K followers, 4538 engagements "It is very disappointing to see that Botswana is again BLOCKING vegetable imports from South Africa. I thought @duma_boko saw the inflationary pressures that such bans impose on consumers and the disruptions they cause to regional food value chains. Yet he is returning to this bad policy" [X Link](https://x.com/WandileSihlobo/status/1998301190203834619) 2025-12-09T07:58Z 62.1K followers, 23.6K engagements "SOUTH AFRICAN FARMERS ARE FLOURISHING" [X Link](https://x.com/WandileSihlobo/status/1995130768419684355) 2025-11-30T14:00Z 62.1K followers, 26.4K engagements "We are looking forward to Miami. South Africa will be there" [X Link](https://x.com/WandileSihlobo/status/1995500012265181311) 2025-12-01T14:27Z 62.1K followers, 270.1K engagements "SOUTH AFRICA HAS A RECORD SOYBEAN CROP The soybean industry remains one of South Africas success stories in agriculture and is now breaking new records. The country harvested a record soybean crop in the 2024-25 season estimated at XXXXX million tonnes up XX% from the previous season. This is on the back of the expansion in area plantings and the higher yields following favourable rainfall. Significantly this harvest marginally exceeded the last ample crop of XXXXX million tonnes in the 2022-23 season. This abundant harvest further entrenches South Africas position as a net soybean exporter." [X Link](https://x.com/WandileSihlobo/status/1995728967987257695) 2025-12-02T05:37Z 62.1K followers, 7708 engagements "On your point about South African farmers Mr Secretary; SOUTH AFRICAN AGRICULTURE IS NOT UNDER SIEGE --SA agriculture has more than doubled since 1994. --exports reached a record US$13 X billion in 2024 --With South Africa now the only African country in the global top XX agricultural exporters --Jobs remain solid around 920k at farm level (nicely above 1994 levels although we have mechanised massively). --We are food secure at the national level and supporting the entire Southern Africa region. --We need to continue boosting the inclusion of black farmers from the current levels of 10%" [X Link](https://x.com/WandileSihlobo/status/1996448903663653040) 2025-12-04T05:18Z 62.1K followers, 182.1K engagements "A note on China I was reading the newspapers this morning and the New York Times has a piece about Chinas trade surplus in November 2025. It states that: Chinas $XXXXXX billion trade surplus in November was its third-largest ever in a single month. The overall surplus through the first XX months of the year is up XXXX percent from the same period last year. China has ramped up considerably its sales to other countries. From cars to solar panels to consumer electronics a tsunami of Chinese exports is flooding Southeast Asia Africa Europe and Latin America. Carmakers and other exporters in" [X Link](https://x.com/WandileSihlobo/status/1997903951191048221) 2025-12-08T05:39Z 62.1K followers, 22.3K engagements "If you are keen on the details of this Land progress here is the full article:" [X Link](https://x.com/WandileSihlobo/status/1998021151315177607) 2025-12-08T13:25Z 62.1K followers, XXX engagements "I delivered this presentation on progress in South Africa's LAND REFORM in 2021. We have made some progress since then and land reform is around 25%. But some of this land is in the government's hands and MUST be distributed to Black farmers" [X Link](https://x.com/WandileSihlobo/status/1998021939324203038) 2025-12-08T13:28Z 62.1K followers, 1594 engagements "Progress of Land Reform in South Africa In his speech at the 5th National General Council of the African National Congress on December X 2025 President Cyril Ramaphosa highlighted amongst other things the progress the country is making in land reform. He stated that: Land reform remains one of the most urgent tasks of the National Democratic Revolution. Some economists estimate that almost XX% of all farm land previously owned by white land owners has been restored redistributed or moved to state ownership. But there is still a greater hunger for land and much work remains to be done to give" [X Link](https://x.com/WandileSihlobo/status/1998114167564235103) 2025-12-08T19:35Z 62.1K followers, 1221 engagements "South Africa seems to be the only good player in SACU while others block imports at any point" [X Link](https://x.com/WandileSihlobo/status/1998302145414844707) 2025-12-09T08:02Z 62.1K followers, 7571 engagements "The G20 South Africa was a great success. Here are some of the AGRICULTURAL MATTERS that were discussed as well as an in-depth view of the BILATERAL TRADE ENGAGEMENTS we had with some countries. ALL OF THIS IS FOR THE BENEFIT OF SOUTH AFRICAN FARMERS" [X Link](https://x.com/WandileSihlobo/status/1996624694007521529) 2025-12-04T16:56Z 62.1K followers, 1073 engagements "We must protect the image of the South African farming sector. The inaccuracies that some among us continuously spread pose serious risks to the very farming sector they claim to want to protect" [X Link](https://x.com/WandileSihlobo/status/1997202577574744183) 2025-12-06T07:12Z 62.1K followers, 29.8K engagements "The soybean industry remains one of South Africas success stories in agriculture and is now breaking new records. The country harvested a record soybean crop in the 2024-25 season estimated at XXXXX million tonnes up XX% from the previous season. This is on the back of the expansion in area plantings and the higher yields following favourable rainfall" [X Link](https://x.com/WandileSihlobo/status/1997725482083668024) 2025-12-07T17:50Z 62.1K followers, 1573 engagements "Here are some data" [X Link](https://x.com/WandileSihlobo/status/1998021989567807550) 2025-12-08T13:28Z 62.1K followers, XXX engagements "BOTSWANA RESTRICTS VEGETABLE IMPORTS AGAIN. The practices of some countries in the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) are worrying. We continuously see countries restricting imports of agricultural products on short notice with limited communication to other countries. Namibia and Botswana are the major culprits of this practice. They blocked South Africas vegetable imports in 2021 and at various points in subsequent years. But in Botswana when the new President Duma Boko came into office he lifted the bans imposed by the previous administration as inflationary pressures continued to bite" [X Link](https://x.com/WandileSihlobo/status/1998316999378628918) 2025-12-09T09:01Z 62.1K followers, 8180 engagements "By the way the BAD player in SACU isn't just Botswana. It is also Namibia that consistently blocks vegetable products from South Africa" [X Link](https://x.com/WandileSihlobo/status/1998366892797620556) 2025-12-09T12:19Z 62.1K followers, 5475 engagements "We MUST modernise SACU the Southern African Customs Union. Botswana and Namibia continue to block South Africas agricultural products" [X Link](https://x.com/WandileSihlobo/status/1998377499101966558) 2025-12-09T13:01Z 62.1K followers, 1446 engagements
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@WandileSihlobo Wandile SihloboWandile Sihlobo posts on X about south africa, botswana, strong, food the most. They currently have XXXXXX followers and XX posts still getting attention that total XXXXXX engagements in the last XX hours.
Social category influence countries XX% finance XXXX%
Social topic influence south africa #344, botswana #8, strong 4.69%, food 4.69%, products #1411, namibia #31, level 3.13%, rains #126, united states 3.13%, countries #1246
Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by @grok @ekarimiabdul @elizabethmokoe4 @macurian1 @theptyltd1 @thechiefninja @lk_gardens @langylangzn @injectiveburner @hlomza_za @m2masi @lackay_abigail @afroghanga @lesmyplace @mkhizejoe @_thebard1 @robothoopfan @dirkwinterbach @teamkruger @benoitleroy123
Top posts by engagements in the last XX hours
"THE SOUTH AFRICAN FARMERS ARE THRIVING AND SPENDING MONEY INVESTING IN TRACTORS AND OTHER IMPLEMENTS The XXX units sold in October were XX% more than the XXX units sold in October last year. Look at the table for the past few months' activity. The strong tractor sales signal farmers' optimism about the 2025-26 agricultural season which has recently started. This is another favourable season with prospects of La Nia rains that should support production conditions across various agricultural subsectors. In the case of summer grains and oilseeds farmers intend to plant XXX million hectares in"
X Link 2025-12-01T19:45Z 62.1K followers, 4746 engagements
"SOUTH AFRICAN AGRICULTURE IS NOT UNDER SIEGE --SA agriculture has more than doubled since 1994. --exports reached a record US$13 X billion in 2024 --With South Africa now the only African country in the global top XX agricultural exporters --Jobs remain solid around 920k at farm level (nicely above 1994 levels although we have mechanised massively). --We are food secure at the national level and supporting the entire Southern Africa region. --We need to continue boosting the inclusion of black farmers from the current levels of XX% contribution in the overall output. --We have around 2.5"
X Link 2025-11-20T07:08Z 62.1K followers, 36K engagements
"WE CONTINUE TO RECEIVE NICE LA NINA RAINS IN SOUTH AFRICA'S SUMMER CROP GROWING REGIONS. GOOD FOR AGRICULTURE"
X Link 2025-11-28T19:50Z 62.1K followers, 1400 engagements
"GLOBAL HUNGER AFFECTS MORE THAN XXX MILLION PEOPLE --At the G20 Summit in Johannesburg leaders committed to boosting agricultural productivity technology adoption and fairer global trade. --We also zoom in on the critical role of global trade in securing food access. --We highlight how South Africa leveraged the G20 platform to strengthen key agricultural partnerships including bilateral engagements with the EU Australia and Vietnam aimed at enhancing market access improving biosecurity and unlocking future free-trade opportunities"
X Link 2025-12-04T05:59Z 62.1K followers, 3476 engagements
"A YEAR OF EXCELLENT TRACTORS AND COMBINE HARVESTERS SALES IN SOUTH AFRICA We have just received South Africas agricultural machinery sales data for November 2025 from the South African Agricultural Machinery Association. These data are one crucial point clear: we are ending 2025 on a strong note in the agricultural machinery industry. We now have data for the XX months of 2025. Cumulative tractor sales are 7176 units up XX% year-on-year. The combine harvesters sales for the XX months are at XXX units up by 3%. The sales have generally been robust throughout the year with combine harvesters"
X Link 2025-12-05T08:14Z 62.1K followers, 8022 engagements
"There is OPTIMISM in the South African farming sector"
X Link 2025-12-05T14:08Z 62.1K followers, 1302 engagements
"I should be retiring to bed but I made the foolish mistake of opening my computer and browsing some files that came in during the afternoon. One that caught my attention and I thought I should share here is the map showing La Nia prospects for the 2025-26 summer season. As you can see on the South African map the summer crop-growing regions of our country are set to receive above-normal rainfall. This underscores the point I have made repeatedly in these notes namely that the farmers optimism about planting XXX million hectares of summer grains and oilseeds is partly based on expected"
X Link 2025-11-28T19:59Z 62.1K followers, 21.1K engagements
"THE FARMERS AND AGRIBUSINESSES ARE FEELING OPTIMISTIC ABOUT FARMING CONDITIONS IN SOUTH AFRICA 🚀 -- After falling for two consecutive quarters the Agbiz/IDC Agribusiness Confidence Index (ACI) increased by X points to XX in Q4 2025. --Favourable weather conditions strong exports throughout the year on the back of ample grains oilseeds and horticulture harvests as well as better port efficiencies are among the key drivers of optimism in the sector"
X Link 2025-12-05T08:21Z 62.1K followers, 1435 engagements
"WHAT DOES THE CURRENT RAINY WEATHER MEAN FOR SOUTH AFRICAS AGRICULTURE This weekend we had a breather from the heavy rains that have been affecting many regions of the country. The occasional warmer weather helps agriculture by promoting seed germination in areas that have been planted and allowing planting in areas that have not been planted due to excessively wet weather conditions. We certainly see that some regions in the North West Free State Gauteng KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape are experiencing excessive rainfall which may slow fieldwork. Still there are no concerns as we still"
X Link 2025-12-08T05:18Z 62.1K followers, 2504 engagements
"President Ramaphosa on South Africa's Land Reform progress in today's speech"
X Link 2025-12-08T13:25Z 62.1K followers, 4538 engagements
"It is very disappointing to see that Botswana is again BLOCKING vegetable imports from South Africa. I thought @duma_boko saw the inflationary pressures that such bans impose on consumers and the disruptions they cause to regional food value chains. Yet he is returning to this bad policy"
X Link 2025-12-09T07:58Z 62.1K followers, 23.6K engagements
"SOUTH AFRICAN FARMERS ARE FLOURISHING"
X Link 2025-11-30T14:00Z 62.1K followers, 26.4K engagements
"We are looking forward to Miami. South Africa will be there"
X Link 2025-12-01T14:27Z 62.1K followers, 270.1K engagements
"SOUTH AFRICA HAS A RECORD SOYBEAN CROP The soybean industry remains one of South Africas success stories in agriculture and is now breaking new records. The country harvested a record soybean crop in the 2024-25 season estimated at XXXXX million tonnes up XX% from the previous season. This is on the back of the expansion in area plantings and the higher yields following favourable rainfall. Significantly this harvest marginally exceeded the last ample crop of XXXXX million tonnes in the 2022-23 season. This abundant harvest further entrenches South Africas position as a net soybean exporter."
X Link 2025-12-02T05:37Z 62.1K followers, 7708 engagements
"On your point about South African farmers Mr Secretary; SOUTH AFRICAN AGRICULTURE IS NOT UNDER SIEGE --SA agriculture has more than doubled since 1994. --exports reached a record US$13 X billion in 2024 --With South Africa now the only African country in the global top XX agricultural exporters --Jobs remain solid around 920k at farm level (nicely above 1994 levels although we have mechanised massively). --We are food secure at the national level and supporting the entire Southern Africa region. --We need to continue boosting the inclusion of black farmers from the current levels of 10%"
X Link 2025-12-04T05:18Z 62.1K followers, 182.1K engagements
"A note on China I was reading the newspapers this morning and the New York Times has a piece about Chinas trade surplus in November 2025. It states that: Chinas $XXXXXX billion trade surplus in November was its third-largest ever in a single month. The overall surplus through the first XX months of the year is up XXXX percent from the same period last year. China has ramped up considerably its sales to other countries. From cars to solar panels to consumer electronics a tsunami of Chinese exports is flooding Southeast Asia Africa Europe and Latin America. Carmakers and other exporters in"
X Link 2025-12-08T05:39Z 62.1K followers, 22.3K engagements
"If you are keen on the details of this Land progress here is the full article:"
X Link 2025-12-08T13:25Z 62.1K followers, XXX engagements
"I delivered this presentation on progress in South Africa's LAND REFORM in 2021. We have made some progress since then and land reform is around 25%. But some of this land is in the government's hands and MUST be distributed to Black farmers"
X Link 2025-12-08T13:28Z 62.1K followers, 1594 engagements
"Progress of Land Reform in South Africa In his speech at the 5th National General Council of the African National Congress on December X 2025 President Cyril Ramaphosa highlighted amongst other things the progress the country is making in land reform. He stated that: Land reform remains one of the most urgent tasks of the National Democratic Revolution. Some economists estimate that almost XX% of all farm land previously owned by white land owners has been restored redistributed or moved to state ownership. But there is still a greater hunger for land and much work remains to be done to give"
X Link 2025-12-08T19:35Z 62.1K followers, 1221 engagements
"South Africa seems to be the only good player in SACU while others block imports at any point"
X Link 2025-12-09T08:02Z 62.1K followers, 7571 engagements
"The G20 South Africa was a great success. Here are some of the AGRICULTURAL MATTERS that were discussed as well as an in-depth view of the BILATERAL TRADE ENGAGEMENTS we had with some countries. ALL OF THIS IS FOR THE BENEFIT OF SOUTH AFRICAN FARMERS"
X Link 2025-12-04T16:56Z 62.1K followers, 1073 engagements
"We must protect the image of the South African farming sector. The inaccuracies that some among us continuously spread pose serious risks to the very farming sector they claim to want to protect"
X Link 2025-12-06T07:12Z 62.1K followers, 29.8K engagements
"The soybean industry remains one of South Africas success stories in agriculture and is now breaking new records. The country harvested a record soybean crop in the 2024-25 season estimated at XXXXX million tonnes up XX% from the previous season. This is on the back of the expansion in area plantings and the higher yields following favourable rainfall"
X Link 2025-12-07T17:50Z 62.1K followers, 1573 engagements
"Here are some data"
X Link 2025-12-08T13:28Z 62.1K followers, XXX engagements
"BOTSWANA RESTRICTS VEGETABLE IMPORTS AGAIN. The practices of some countries in the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) are worrying. We continuously see countries restricting imports of agricultural products on short notice with limited communication to other countries. Namibia and Botswana are the major culprits of this practice. They blocked South Africas vegetable imports in 2021 and at various points in subsequent years. But in Botswana when the new President Duma Boko came into office he lifted the bans imposed by the previous administration as inflationary pressures continued to bite"
X Link 2025-12-09T09:01Z 62.1K followers, 8180 engagements
"By the way the BAD player in SACU isn't just Botswana. It is also Namibia that consistently blocks vegetable products from South Africa"
X Link 2025-12-09T12:19Z 62.1K followers, 5475 engagements
"We MUST modernise SACU the Southern African Customs Union. Botswana and Namibia continue to block South Africas agricultural products"
X Link 2025-12-09T13:01Z 62.1K followers, 1446 engagements
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