Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development Minister Thoko Didiza has called on the public to alert the departments nearest district offices when they spot brown locusts.
Three provinces in South Africa - Eastern Cape, Western Cape and Northern Cape - have been plagued by the largest brown locust swarms in decades. And because of heavy rains, the locust outbreak shows no signs of stopping.
A South African local authority says there are serious clashes between Sothos and Zimbabweans in the Eastern Cape on Thursday due to a fallout over jobs.
Indications are that some of the affected Zimbabweans are now living in the bush in fear of being attacked by Sothos despite a heavy police.
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