As more organisations are calling on Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen to ban terbufos, Mariam Mayet says South Africa has reached a tipping point and Minister Steenhuisen needs to act now to address this problem. You may recall that terbufos was detected in the food that killed six children in Soweto. However, Steenhuisen is adamant that he won’t bow to pressure to ban terbufos as this will have broader implications for the agricultural sector. For more on this, let’s chat to……

GUEST: Mariam Mayet, Executive Director of the African Centre for Biodiversity

As more organisations are calling on Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen to ban terbufos, Mariam Mayet says South Africa has reached a tipping point and Minister Steenhuisen needs to act now to address this problem. You may recall that terbufos was detected in the food that killed six children in Soweto. However, Steenhuisen is adamant that he won&rsquo;t bow to pressure to ban terbufos as this will have broader implications for the agricultural sector. For more on this, let&rsquo;s chat to&hellip;&hellip;
GUEST: Mariam Mayet, Executive Director of the African Centre for Biodiversity

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