'Food shedding' looming if Western Cape crops are damaged due to blackouts
The agriculture sector is concerned that load shedding could see more than 181 000 hectares of crops in the Western Cape damaged.
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The agriculture sector is concerned that load shedding could see more than 181 000 hectares of crops in the Western Cape damaged.
Thousands of people took to the streets of Cape Town on Wednesday to protest against load-shedding and the 18.65% electricity tariff increase.
The number of road fatalities in the WC in the 2022/23 festive season was 131, compared to 207 in the 2021/22 festive season.
Thousands of people took to the streets of Cape Town on Wednesday to protest against loadshedding and the 18.65% electricity tariff increase.
Last month Western Cape Provincial Minister of Agriculture Dr Ivan Meyer’s office sent a press release out stating he had pleaded with Eskom to consider the agriculture sector.