The Diyatalawa project of Operation Hlasela, between Harrismith and Kestell, was supposed to bring a sustainable income for 50 families, but nothing came of it. This is just another failed agricultural project by Ace Magashule, the former Free State Prime Minister and now the Secretary-General of the ANC who failed.
According to Roy Jankielsohn, DA member and leader of the official opposition in the Free State Legislature, the dairy of R15 million is in disuse and has been neglected. He said in a statement that people who hoped to get a sustainable income from the project are ashamed, just like with the Peace Dairy Project. Jankielsohn, who visited the project last week, says that very little economic activity is taking place there, and that it is just another expensive failed land reform project in the Free State. He explains that the dairy, which originally cost R15 million, has been neglected and serves no purpose. Plowed fields for planting pasture, maize
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