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ANA reports that the ANC on Monday said it had resolved that government should buy struggling but productive poultry farms in a bid to save jobs and increase food security and production.
Local chicken producers are set to retrench more than 3,500 workers as they struggle under heavy competition from cheap imported chickens from European Union countries. Speaking during a post-National Executive Committee lekgotla briefing on Monday, ANC secretary-general Gwede Mantashe said the party had resolved to pursue this as part of accelerating radical transformation of the economy and disrupting existing patterns of ownership and control. On agriculture and land reform, Mantashe said the ANC decided to defend existing jobs and create new ones, by protecting and incentivising domestic businesses and industries. "This includes the developmental state purchasing productive poultry farms currently being sold off in a bid to save jobs and increase food security and production," Mantashe stated.
- Read this report by Siphelele Dludla in full at Business Report
- See too, Govt. should buy chicken farms to stem job losses, says Mantashe, at BusinessLive
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