On 8 June 2020, the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development received a request from Fruit Fly Africa (Pty) Ltd (FFA) for the implementation, of a per hectare statutory levy to continue the funding of the area wide Mediterranean fruit fly (Ceratitis capitata) (Medfly) control programme, in selected production regions, for a new four year period, namely 2020/21 – 2023/24. The current statutory levy will expire on 22 September 2020.