Risk of social instability heightened, as load shedding hammers agriculture sector

While there is hardly an industry not being hammered by the country’s electricity crisis, the agriculture sector is arguably among the hardest hit, due to the concurrent impacts of fuel price hikes and other crises. According to executive director of Agri SA, Christo van der Rheede, the current high stages of load shedding are having a devastating impact on the agriculture sector, and this poses the risk of destabilising the country as a whole.

Farmers warn of social instability amid load shedding pressures % (citizen.co.za)