In early December, two weeks before the traditional peak litchi harvesting season in the Malelane area of Mpumalanga, the fruit were brown, cracked and spoiling under a blazing sun. Due to the unusual heat, row after row of Komati Fruit’s litchis on Riverside farm were... read full story
"From mid-October to early December we had frequent heatwaves, which burnt the fruit not only on the outer parts of the canopy, but inside as well,"