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[TOP STORY] Farmers head to court over ‘catastrophic’ FMD handling

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‘Just in the 2025/2026 year, we will lose R1.8 billion in revenue from the export industry. So that is why it is urgent at the moment,’ says Francois Rossouw, CEO at the Southern African Agri Initiative.

3 Mar 7AM English South Africa Business News · Politics

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