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In whose interest is this revised tea levy?

“It would appear that certain top mandarins in the Ministry of Agriculture and other state agencies are developing and nurturing a highly autocratic and high-handed managerial streak totally at odds with the best interests of the sector and the spirit of the new Constitution.”

With electoral politics and political coalitions currently dominating the local media, other major developments, particularly in the economic or commercial sphere, are going largely unnoticed. Take the tea sector, for example.

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