Parliament must step in and act on loadshedding in the agriculture sector
19 January 2023
Note to editors: Please find attached soundbite by Noko Masipa MP.
The DA has written to the Chairperson on the Portfolio of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD), Hon Zwelivelile Mandela, to request that he invites Minister Thoko Didiza, Department senior officials and Eskom management to come and brief the committee on measures that they have put in place to shield the fragile agricultural sector from loadshedding.
Media reports are replete with stories of how loadshedding and rising temperatures have started to severely affect agricultural value chains across the country, from farms, agricultural produce storage facilities to transportation.