MOTORING NEWS - A new organisation aimed at protecting and promoting the rights, values, ideals and needs of family farmers in the primary production sector in South Africa was officially launched in Pretoria on Thursday.
Dr Theo de Jager, chairperson of the Southern Africa Agricultural Initiative (SAAI), said he believed there was a vacuum that needed to be filled in the agricultural industry in this regard.
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De Jager said he remained hopeful that SAAI could play a role in fostering greater unity in the agriculture sector.