Zinhle Tyikwe, CEO of the Consumer Goods Council of South Africa (CGCSA), which represents the biggest food retailers in the country, says the government is taking food security for granted in spite of the wake-up call of the July 2021 riots.

“We believe we are the most important sector in South Africa because we are feeding the country, but this is not how the government sees us.”..

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