Load-shedding has hammered economic growth, fuelling widespread discontent among businesses and households
Workers at a Bella Frutta packaging warehouse where two big diesel generators help keep conveyor belts functional. Picture: ESA ALEXANDER/REUTERS
Too little water during the irrigation peak, from the end of November to mid-March, affects the size and quality of a wide variety of apple and pear cultivars, hitting produce and revenue as only premier grades are shipped to the EU, UK, China and Middle East. Daily power outages, which power utility Eskom expects to continue for up to two more years, have hammered economic growth, fuelling widespread discontent among businesses and households.
“It’s impossible to farm like this, to farm half the amount of seedlings in a season when you’re supplying supermarkets. I might as well stop and close the doors,” said Gorgens.
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