Staff Reporter CALLS have gone out to declare a locust disaster in the Northern Cape Province.
The DA has written to Thoko Didiza, Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development, asking that she requests her counterpart, Dr Nkosazana Zuma, Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, to declare a locust disaster not only in the Province, but also in the Western Cape, Eastern Cape, and Free State.
All these provinces have been severely affected by the locust plague.
Once these areas have been declared disaster areas, Didiza will be able to put together a budget and submit a requisition to the National Treasury for funding to combat the locust outbreak.
In a press statement the DA said that this will prevent the plague from spreading to other provinces.
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