Tagged: farmers PicturesList 01 The trade The trade · 8 Jul 2026 Rooibos’s Monopoly Ended in 1993. It Had a Private Sequel In 2017 South Africa's competition regulator accused the private company that inherited rooibos's old state monopoly of using exclusive farmer contracts to hold the same grip the 1954 law once guaranteed by decree. Nothing filed under this topic yet.