Stonefruit producers losing patience with Transnet
The South African fruit industry is investigating the possibility of a partial privatisation of Cape Town's harbour, with a loading zone only for fresh produce.
In its latest newsletter, the deciduous fruit industry body Hortgro features a plum farmer at the compost heap where his plums that have become too old for exports, have been dumped.
Loading on breakbulk vessels
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