South African berry producers association BerriesZA has written to key national Ministers and Transnet’s executives to request their “urgent and forceful” intervention in the strike action that started on October 6, which has resulted in the ports authority declaring a force majeure across all South African ports. The open-ended strike has occurred during the peak of the berry export season, which means even a single day of ports not operating will have a significant knock-on effect on the entire berry value chain, putting 30 000 livelihoods who depend on the industry at risk, in addition to millions of rand in lost export revenue, posits BerriesZA chairperson Justin Mudge.
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