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SA imports chicken pieces and the country’s processed meat sector relies heavily on imported ingredients for the production of processed meats, such as polony, viennas and russians. Stock photoImage: Buyfresh
DURBAN PORT

Food crisis loading? Products at risk of going off and animal feed stuck at Durban port

SA has a “food crisis in the making” as a result of the recent unrest in KwaZulu-Natal and a cybersecurity hack on Transnet’s IT systems, with perishable food and animal feed languishing in the Durban port. The SA Meat Processors…

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Shipping activity at the ports of Durban and Richards Bay has been affected. File image.Image: 123RF/draganche
DURBAN PORT

Durban port suffers fallout from looting, violence

Durban port has suffered major disruption after days of unrest, and operations have also been badly affected at the Richards Bay port and on a national freight rail line, logistics and freight companies said on Wednesday. The violence…

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