Consortium begs Tiger Brands for extra time to raise money before closing canning facility

More than 4,000 jobs will be lost, 300 farmers ruined if funding to buy business not found

26 June 2022 - 00:04

By Nick Wilson

The consortium scrambling to find funding to take over Tiger Brands’ deciduous fruit business in the Western Cape is pleading for more time, without which more than 4000 jobs will be lost and 300 farmers face ruin.

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