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Farmers suffer due to unallocated funds - Afasa

Aggrey Mahanjana, general secretary of the African Farmers Association of South Africa (Afasa), has lashed out at bureaucrats who fail to execute their duties at the expense of SA's smallholder farmers.
Farmers suffer due to unallocated funds - Afasa
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In a statement Mahanjana said recent reports concerning the return to Treasury of a whopping R228,5 million meant to empower black farmers through the AgriBEE Fund, was not only worrying and disappointing, but disgraceful.

Read the full article on www.farmersweekly.co.za.

Source: Farmer's Weekly

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