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Growing our heritage: The value of South Africa's indigenous plants — Diamond Fields Advertiser
- Key
- gina-2026-growing-our-heritage
- Authors
- Gina, Nomalungelo
- Issued
- 2026-9-24
- Type
- article-newspaper
- Container
- Diamond Fields Advertiser
Raw CSL JSON
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"type": "article-newspaper",
"title": "Growing our heritage: The value of South Africa's indigenous plants",
"author": [
{
"given": "Nomalungelo",
"family": "Gina"
}
],
"issued": {
"date-parts": [
[
2026,
9,
24
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]
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"container-title": "Diamond Fields Advertiser"
}
Claims
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South African Deputy Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation Nomalungelo Gina wrote that rooibos production in 2025 was estimated at about 15,000 tonnes, with sales equivalent to more than 10 billion cups, supporting about 8,000 workers and exported to more than 50 markets, with Japan accounting for 33% of exports.
"In 2025, production was estimated at approximately 15,000 tonnes, while total sales were equivalent to more than 10 billion cups."
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