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Pretoria assists neighbours affected by food shortages

    JOHANNESBURG

    South Africa is to provide emergency food aid to neighbouring countries totalling R170 million (about US $ 21.9 million), said the office of the minister of agriculture.

    Traditionally a food exporter to the region, South Africa has escaped the current food shortages plaguing six countries in Southern Africa.

    Worst affected by the shortages is Zimbabwe, where half the population needs food aid to survive.

    The South African agriculture ministry confirmed that 55,000 mt of maize, worth R93.5 million (about US $12 million), had been allocated to Zimbabwe.

    Of the six countries affected by food shortages, Swaziland, Mozambique and Lesotho would each receive about 10,000 mt of food aid from South Africa, while Malawi would receive 15,000 mt.

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