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Gift of the Givers, an NGO that has been assisting drought-stricken farmers across SA, has recorded eight suicides by farmers since 2014 because of drought, and two more suspected to have been due to drought, said its founder, Dr Imtiaz Sooliman.Image: ESA ALEXANDER/SUNDAY TIMES
AGRI SA AGRICULTURAL DROUGHT REPORT

Drought drives farmers to commit suicide

“If the river was running, Dad would never have done it.” These are the words of an eight-year-old boy at his father’s funeral in 2017. Sutherland sheep farmer Sybil Visagie said the boy’s father, a fellow farmer, had taken his own life…

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The Nqweba Dam in Graaff-Reinet has run dry. The smell of dead fish has been described as overpowering, and residents fight over every drop of water donated to the area.Image: Facebook/Monique Warden
DR GIDEON GROENEWALD

Humanitarian aid for Graaff-Reinet as thirsty residents fight for water

A water crisis in the town of Graaff-Reinet has seen the Nqweba Dam run dry, leaving behind an overpowering stench of dead fish while residents “fight” for water. The humanitarian organisation Gift of the Givers has now intervened and is…

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Imtiaz Sooliman, founder of Gift of the Givers, says the organisation will deliver fodder to and source water for drought-stricken Eastern Cape towns.Image: Thapelo Morebudi
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Gift of the Givers comes to the rescue of drought-stricken Eastern Cape rural towns

Gift of the Givers will on Monday deliver fodder to and source water for farmers in the drought-stricken town of Adelaide, in the Eastern Cape. “Fodder and water” was the overwhelming plea of commercial and emerging farmers, and the…

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