NC needs long-term drought support plan
12 November 2019
The Democratic Alliance (DA) in the Northern Cape will be increasing pressure on provincial government to implement a 10-year drought support and climate change mitigation plan in the Northern Cape.
This is critical because even if the Northern Cape has three years of good rain, it will take another seven years to recover from this crippling drought.
This is our commitment following a session held today between myself, Western Cape Minister of Agriculture, Dr Ivan Meyer, and approximately 100 commercial and small-scale farmers from across the province, amidst the worst drought in the past 100 years. While Premier Zamani Saul and Agriculture MEC NomandlaBloem were also invited, they unfortunately could not attend.
I will, however, be engaging with the Premier on today’s deliberations, as I am convinced that the matter of the drought is of equal importance to him and I am eager to get our multi-party democracy working on level that has not previously materialised.