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South Africa unrest hits farming, threatens food supply

South Africa unrest hits farming, threatens food supply

TANISHA HEIBERG SOUTH African farmers have been hit by days of unrest and looting as trucks carrying produce are prevented from delivering to markets, threatening food supplies, industry officials said. Crowds have this week clashed with police and ransacked shopping malls, with dozens reported killed as grievances unleashed by last week's jailing of former president Jacob Zuma boiled over into the worst violence in years. Some of the country's major highways have been closed off. "Farmers have already had major losses because they cannot get their products to local markets and to shops," Christo van der Rheede, executive director at…
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