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SA's blueberry industry panics, 40k jobs on the line as ANC 'developmental state' monopoly implodes

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The ideology behind the ANC's 'Developmental State' fantasy is in tatters as another of the State monopolies - this time over South African ports - has been horribly exposed by the current Transnet strike. Justin Mudge, chairman of the umbrella body for SA's berry producers, says his industry's 40 000 jobs are on a knife edge with the Transnet strike hitting at the height of the blueberry picking season. With SA's ports closed because the State monopoly has zero contingency plan for perishable exports, the producers' only economically viable route to their global customers has been shut. He spoke to Alec Hogg of BizNews. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
17 Oct 2022 7AM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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