Jobs bloodbath as axe falls on Free State abattoir

Major employer in Harrismith closes, the latest victim of load-shedding and municipal dysfunction

25 June 2023 - 00:00

The usual litany of South African woes — load-shedding, water shortages and rickety municipal services — sounded the death knell this week for a major abattoir in the Free State with the loss of 79 jobs...

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