Farming is dying. Does anyone care?

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07 April 2015

Agriculture, a sector that built South Africa is dying a very a very slow and painful death that few seem to care about

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By Thekiso Anthony Lefifi

Agriculture is the goose that laid South Africa’s golden egg. But it seems few people care about its slow demise, other than the farmers.

…government would cap land ownership at 12 000ha and that farmers would be forbidden from owning more than two farms. At the same time, foreigners would be banned from owning land, and commercial farmers would need to give half their land to workers.

Read the full article from Rand Daily Mail.