The devastating drought, characterised by the lowest rainfall since 1904 and a sharp fall in dam levels during the 2015/16 production season has caused a 21% drop in the production of South Africa’s most precious fruit export – oranges. There is however a lot more that is impacting this fruit than just the recent drought. Oranges are by far the most precious of the important fruit industry in South Africa. In the 2016/17 season in a year in which the drought was at its peak saw the total … [Read more...] about Are Oranges Becoming Lemons?
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DA requests SAPS to act on plundering of lemon orchards in Sunday’s River Valley
Dear MyPE The plundering of the orchards in the Sunday's River Valley by a highly organised criminal network is placing thousands of jobs at risk and must stop. Millions of rands worth of lemons are being stripped from orchards in the valley using 30-ton trucks and bakkies that are driven into the orchards at night. Export-quality lemons are being targeted, which can sell for more than R10 000 a ton. On Friday myself and DA Shadow MEC for Safety and Security, Bobby Stevenson MPL, … [Read more...] about DA requests SAPS to act on plundering of lemon orchards in Sunday’s River Valley
