FF Plus requests disaster aid for drought-stricken Eastern Cape
23 July 2018
The FF Plus has requested the Minister of Agriculture, Senzeni Zokwana, to urgently make drought relief available to farmers in the Eastern Cape seeing as there is a serious drought in the province.
Even though it has rained in parts of the province, there are still areas in the Eastern Cape that are heavily burdened by drought.
The FF Plus is of the opinion that the government has an obligation to protect both farmers and consumers. Drought relief remains one of the most important mechanisms that the government can use to protect and offer support to the agricultural sector.
Farmers in the Eastern Cape urgently need the government’s help.