Gabriel Makin talks to Wandile Sihlobo, Presidential Envoy on Agriculture and Land and a weekly columnist at The Common Sense, about food security going into 2027. They cover the war in the Middle East and its impact on diesel and fertiliser prices, the severe drought risk El Niño brings to southern Africa, and why South Africa is food secure nationally while many households are not. The discussion ends with how adjusting water rights and encouraging the adoption of cutting-edge technology might limit the effect of drought in the country.