Director’s Cut: Foot-and-mouth fallout – Athol Trollip warns of zero income and food insecurity

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From dairy farms to feedlots, South Africa’s agricultural economy is under siege. Athol Trollip outlines how foot-and-mouth disease has crushed production, frozen incomes and exposed deep failures inside the Department of Agriculture. A conversation every business leader and taxpayer should hear.
15 Jan 7AM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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