Onderhandelings, gesprekke en die soeke na beleggers om die inmaakfabriek op Ashton oor te neem, het die afgelope week voortgeduur. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Intussen loop die uurglas leeg en dit lyk nog nie asof \u2019n belegger met die \u201ctussen R200 en R300 miljoen\u201d wat nog benodig word om die fabriek te red, in sig is nie. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Duisende mense kan hul werk verloor en die dorp staar \u2019n ekonomiese ramp in die gesig indien di\u00e9 fabriek oor minder as twee maande sluit, soos Tiger Brands aangekondig het hy van plan is om te doen. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ho\u00ebvlakgesprekke tussen die Wes-Kaapse premier, Alan Winde, die provinsiale minister van landbou, Ivan Meyer, die provinsiale minister van finansies en ekonomiese geleenthede, Mireille Wenger en verteen\u00adwoordigers van Wesgro en Tiger Brands het plaasgevind sodat die Wes-Kaapse regering oor die toekoms van die maatskappy se Langeberg- & Ashton Food-inmaakfabriek op hoogte gehou kon word. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die fabriek is een van die grootstes in Afrika. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDit was my tweede ontmoeting met Tiger Brands. Wesgro was voortdurend met hulle in kontak met die doel om \u2019n blywende oplossing te vind,\u201d s\u00ea Winde. Hy verwelkom die nuus dat belangstellendes met die maatskappy skakel. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tiger Brands het \u2019n beroep op ander belangstellendes gedoen om na vore te kom. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die maatskappy s\u00ea hy vereis van potensi\u00eble kopers om te bewys hulle het voldoende kapitaal om die inmaakfabriek as \u2019n lopende saak oor te neem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mary-Jane Morifi, Tiger Brands se hoof van korporatiewe sake en volhoubaarheid, s\u00ea hulle skakel gedurig met partye wat belangstel om die fabriek te koop. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tiger Brands s\u00ea dit is in almal se belang dat die fabriek op \u2019n verantwoordelike wyse van die hand gesit word. So kan hy verseker dat bedrywighede sal voortgaan en dus die werk van permanente en seisoenale werkers verseker. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2019n Groep van ongeveer 160 boere het die afgelope twee jaar probeer om finansiering te bekom om die fabriek by Tiger Brands te koop, maar dit was tot dusver onsuksesvol. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hulle kon nog nie genoeg geld vir \u2019n transaksie insamel nie. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tiger was bereid om geld te bewillig om \u2019n oorname te laat gebeur, maar kort nog \u2019n groot belegger om die uitstaande R200 tot R300 miljoen, wat nodig is om die transaksie te finaliseer, te dek.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meyer het intussen ook aan die nasionale minister van landbou, Thoko Didiza, geskryf en haar ondersteuning gevra. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die regering het \u2019n meesterplan vir landbou-voedselverwerking, wat deel is van sewe \u201cprioriteitsplanne\u201d wat deur president Cyril Ramaphosa ge\u00efdentifiseer is as \u2019n ekonomiese sleutelsektor. Hierdie sektore is noodsaaklik vir die land se ekonomiese heropbou en herstel n\u00e1 die Covid-19-pandemie. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOns sal gereeld die jongste kommunikeer oor die proses om beleggers te soek om werk in die Ashton-omgewing te red,\u201d s\u00ea Meyer. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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