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Last month South Africa’s rooibos tea industry paid over $700,000 to groups representing indigenous Khoi and San communities as part of a benefit-sharing agreement that recognises the traditional knowledge of the two communities. From now on, an annual levy of 1.5% of the farm price of the herbal tea will be paid into a trust by the Khoi and San people. (Photo: A farmer harvests rooibos tea. Credit: Nathalie Bardin/AFP via Getty Images).