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Anger after farmers dump rotting fruit near homes

Farmers would never do this in their own suburbs, say Eastern Cape residents

Pigs feed on some lemons outside Ramaphosa Village in Patensie. Residents say farmers dumped the fruit, nets and other waste on land earmarked for a housing project. Photo: Joseph Chirume.

Residents of Patensie, Eastern Cape, say farmers dumped truckloads of rotting fruit, nets and other farm waste on land earmarked for a housing project.
Kouga Local Municipality removed 14 truckloads of waste and says the illegal dumping has been referred to law enforcement for investigation.
Acht Boerdery says it has a longstanding arrangement to provide waste fruit for animals and denies dumping the nets and cables. Waterwiel Boerdery says it only left flood-damaged netting at the site after people requested it, and has since removed the material. Quacha Boerdery did…

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