Hopes of emerging farmers turn to dust

Several of the agri-park's farmers said the government had largely failed them

02 May 2021 - 00:06 By GRAEME HOSKEN

A R3.1bn agricultural programme designed to develop 300,000 small-scale farmers and create 145,000 agro-processing jobs has seemingly ground to a halt with infrastructure broken, stolen or vandalised and the government accused of mismanagement...

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