KZN farmers offer help to drought-stricken peers in the Eastern Cape
Farmers in Graaff Reinet, Cradock and Aberdeen are among those receiving help, and a batch of 1,000 bales of animal feed is due in the province on Wednesday
Commercial farmers in KwaZulu-Natal are pooling their resources to assist their drought-stricken counterparts in the Eastern Cape, who are struggling to keep their livestock alive. The Eastern Cape, Western Cape and Northern Cape have been severely affected by prevailing dry weather conditions. Among those receiving assistance are farmers in Graaff Reinet, Cradock and Aberdeen, which, according to the South African Weather Service, have received very little rainfall in the past five years. MJ Hillhouse, one of the farmers who initiated the assistance programme, said farmers from the sugar belt of Eston, Richmond, Mid Illovo and Camperdown have been donating sugar cane tops while other farmers from elsewhere in the province have supplied maize and roughage for the livestock to feed on. He said a batch of 1,000 bales of animal feed had been due to be sent to the Eastern Cape on Wednesday. "Most of the farmers in this are predominantly a sugarcane farmers. Once the sugarcane is harvest...
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