Beneficiaries of the Zebediela Citrus Estate in Limpopo have called on the police to arrest perpetrators behind the spate of fires at the multi-million rand estate. Three fire incidents have been recorded within a month, which caused extensive damage to the pack house, lodge and macadamia trees (amongst others).
Essential packaging machinery is amongst the valuable assets that have presumably burnt down when a fire broke out at Zebediela. The latest incident happened on Sunday.
The farm went into voluntary liquidation in April after it failed to settle a debt of more than R170 million. It has been facing financial difficulties since 2016 due to alleged mismanagement of funds. Kekana wants the estate’s assets to be protected. Kekana has also urged police to investigate all the arson incidents.
Source: sabcnews.com