As President Cyril Ramaphosa addresses the nation on Thursday night, in the Eastern Cape many people somewill tune in from their dilapidated shacks as water outages, mass shootings and load-shedding become the norm and that is the real state of our nation.
Frustrations over continuous load-shedding has spread beyond the city’s borders as the agricultural industry feels the impact of intermittent power outages.
Crumbling roads are hurting Eastern Cape farmers’ pockets as maintenance, damage to vehicles and produce along with delivery delays are steadily taking their toll on the agriculture sector’s economic contribution to the country.