Drought-stricken Northern Cape farmers are still waiting for their share of the 36-million rand drought relief fund.
Thousands of jobs have been lost in the sector.
The official opposition in the province, the DA, is putting pressure on the department to release the funds before mid-December, as failure to do this will see the funds being returned to National Treasury.
The funds have been available since March.
But officials have failed to get the much-needed relief to battling farmers.
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