ROB ROSE: Dlamini Zuma relied on ‘unsound scientific data and hearsay’
It’s not only the economics that don’t support the government’s case, it’s the cognitive dissonance in bending over backwards to support the taxi industry by letting it carry full loads of passengers while sacrificing the wine industry
03 August 2020 - 06:00
“The Cape’s wine farms are like ghost towns right now,” says Francois Rossouw, the head of nonprofit farmer network Southern African Agri Initiative (Saai), which will lock horns with Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma in court on August 18 over the alcohol ban.
“It’s eerie: until recently, these farms were bustling with international tourists. Now, there’s no-one there. At this stage, about 90% of the family-owned farms face total ruin.”..
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