AGRICULTURE NEWS - “Government has abdicated all responsibility. [Some roads have not seen] a grader for five years,” said Cobus van Zyl, chairperson of Agri SA’s economic committee, at the Mpumalanga Agriculture congress held in Badplaas, Mpumalanga, at the beginning of June.
Bemoaning the state of the roads and lack of police services, speakers at the congress believed that government did not have the will to ensure well-functioning rural communities.
Uys van der Westhuijzen, chairperson of Agri SA’s Centre for Excellence: Rural Safety, noted that policing during the COVID-19 lockdowns proved that government could control movement and clamp down on those who did not follow the law.
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