Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development Minister, Thoko Didiza, is pleased with South Africa’s summer crop plantings estimates despite the heavy rains. Didiza said that the 2021/22 agricultural season started with rising concerns that floods would damage crops in provinces, including North West, Free State, and parts of the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal. “Also, farmers in various regions worried they wouldn’t complete the usual area for their produce, [and] negatively affect the agricultural economy. Through their resilience and dedication, South African farmers pushed through the heav…

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