Up in smoke: The black tobacco farmers British American Tobacco left behind | Business

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Some small-scale black tobacco farmers in Limpopo feel that the tobacco industry supported them under the guise of an upliftment programme but then used them to fight against illicit tobacco trade. By 2021, the financial support dried up.

She's standing in the middle of the piece of farmland in Mianzwi, just outside Thohoyandou, which she inherited from her grandmother, inspecting her cabbages.Four other local farmers are trying to help her figure out why her cabbages' leaves are dotted with small holes.Diamondback moth larvae can destroy a harvest, as the caterpillarsMamagwa's eyes squint against the relentless sun; it's 29°C.

End of an era: Rabelani Mamagwa says she quickly had to learn how to grow other crops to make a living after her tobacco support ended.But in 2021 everything ended without warning, she says.

 

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