Drought 2019: Two-thirds of crops wilt, livestock fatalities rise

Friday, April 05, 2019

Cattle have begun dying in parts of the country PIC: FILE PIC

For the fourth time in the past five years, local farmers will walk away empty-handed from their fields this harvest, as yet another drought has ruined production. Staff Writer, MBONGENI MGUNI reports on the preliminary assessments of the cropping season

“Go maswe bagaetsho.”

Agriculture minister, Patrick Ralotsia, who is also a prominent farmer with 300 hectares in the Kanye area, appears to be running out of adjectives to describe the latest cropping season disaster.

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Drought 2019: Two-thirds of crops wilt, livestock fatalities rise

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