The South African economy stumbled in the first quarter of 2018, shrinking by 2.2% quarter-on-quarter (seasonally adjusted and annualised). After recording four consecutive quarters of robust growth in 2017, the agriculture industry contracted by 24.2%, the largest quarter-on-quarter fall since the second quarter of 2006. Agriculture’s relatively strong performance in 2017 is one of the positive factors that helped keep the economy afloat in 2017. (http://bit.ly/2ufDQPq)