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INSECT PLAGUE: Agri SA calls for inquiry as non-payment of locust officers undermines food security

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The agriculture department says it has spent R80-million on the locust-control programme but locust officers have not been paid in six months – while the plague continues to threaten thousands of hectares of crops.

by Tembile Sgqolana, Daily MaverickAgri SA calls for inquiry as non-payment of locust officers undermines food security by Tembile Sgqolana, Daily Maverick June 12, 2022 Locust officers who have been battling the locust plague in parts of the country since September last year are struggling to get paid for the work they have done over the past six months.

This article first appeared on Daily Maverick and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.

 

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A commission of enquiry ll be established 'to get to the bottom of this unacceptable situation.' Nothing ll happen to the inefficient cadres; n the farmers ll lose their crops in the meantime.

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