Fruits of vine sour for farmers as Transnet goes off rails
Produce worth millons rots at harbour and crop yields drastically reduced by seed delivery delays
23 October 2022 - 07:43
Fruit worth millions of rand left to rot at the harbour, drastically reduced crop yields as a result of delays in delivering seeds to farmers, and insufficient staff at ports to handle cargo.
These are among the stories that the Western Cape farming community shared this week to illustrate the failings of the country’s infrastructure for a region that is one of the mainstays of South African agriculture, accounting for about 55% of primary agricultural exports...
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