AgriSA says the latest rolling blackouts in
the country is affecting farmers and the entire agriculture sector
negatively.
Eskom introduced load-shedding last month
following the collapse of a coal silo at the Majuba power station in Mpumalanga
AgriSA President Johannes Moller said load
shedding prevents farmers from conducting irrigation processing and harvesting.
Moller said there are a number of
processing stages that need to happen using electricity especially in the fruit
industry.
“We use a lot of electricity for cooling
purpose and the latest blackouts is affecting the industry financially” Moller
added.
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