Cattle branding to help curb stock theft in KZN

Power outages threaten agricultural production and often mean farmers lose millions of rand while the industry runs the risk of a shortage of food supply. 

This has a knock-on effect on the price of food.

Zuma recently met with the national minister of agriculture and land reform Thoko Didiza to discuss the impact of load-shedding on the sector.

“We are waiting for guidance from the national minister with respect to the relief that the sector will provide to farmers. In the meantime, we will continue engaging with KZN farmers to explore solutions to deal with this problem,” said Zuma.

The department was also pleased that national co-operative governance & traditional affairs minister Dr Nkosazana-Zuma had included food security among the key considerations of the national state of disaster gazetted on February 27.

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