Pacific Islander workers arrive from Tonga in time for SA citrus harvest

Elizabeth Anderson
Updated April 19 2021 - 11:03am, first published April 17 2021 - 4:40pm
JUGGLING ACT: Citrus SA chair Mark Doecke said it was important workers were ready to go as harvest ramped up, with a number of export markets reliant on SA produce.
JUGGLING ACT: Citrus SA chair Mark Doecke said it was important workers were ready to go as harvest ramped up, with a number of export markets reliant on SA produce.

The first of 1200 Pacific Islander workers have arrived in "the nick of time" to help the state's citrus crop make it to market.

Elizabeth Anderson

Editor of Stock Journal.

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