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Fin24 reports that the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has called on Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies to impose a 50% tariff on all chicken importers to protect SA poultry farmers and their workers.
In a letter to Davies, EFF leader Julius Malema said the “massive oversupply” of imported chicken has made it impossible for local chicken producers to continue to operate, let alone compete internationally. “If government does not intervene immediately with decisive measures, we will witness the demise of the poultry industry,” Malema noted. He went on to state that more than 1,500 poultry farm workers have lost their jobs in 2016, while “over 3,000 poultry farm workers are in the process of being retrenched as companies are closing down.”
- Read this report by Liesl Peyper in full at Fin24
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