water-use licences
ONE of the largest fruit and vegetable farmers on KwaZulu-Natal's North Coast believes the race quota on water-use licences will impact food security. He said the licence would affect farmers and every citizen in the country.
On May 19, draft regulations were published by Senzo Mchunu, the Minister of Water and Sanitation, introducing race quotas for water-use licences. The public was given 60 days to comment.
According to the draft regulations, farmers are required to have 25% to 75% black shareholding for their applications to be approved. This means that farmers who draw 250 000 to 500 000 cubic metres of water require 25% of black shareholding for their water use licence to be
