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SAPA CALLS FOR INVESTIGATION INTO CHICKEN IMPORT PRICES
21 September 2026 MEDIA RELEASE Statement by Izaak Breitenbach, CEO of SAPA’s Broiler Organisation SAPA CALLS FOR INVESTIGATION INTO CHICKEN IMPORT PRICES The South African Poultry Association (SAPA) has called for an investigation of chicken import prices, due to...
SAPA Golf Day 2026
The second SAPA Golf Day took place at Zimbali Lakes, KwaZulu-Natal on 24 June 2026 alongside the SAPA AGM, raising R300 000 for the NSRI and the SPCA.
Trump tariffs – Francois Article Business Day
The recent US Supreme Court ruling that struck down Trump's 30% "reciprocal" tariffs under the IEEPA might seem like good news for South Africa, but the relief is likely temporary. Trump has already rolled out a new 15% global tariff using different legislation, and...
Farmer’s Weekly: Poultry master plan investments are starting to pay off
South Africa’s broiler industry has improved sharply in global competitiveness, driven by major post-2019 investment and strong efficiency gains — including leading feed-to-meat performance — even while facing load-shedding, drought, and avian flu disruptions. Source:...
SAPA CALLS FOR VAT REMOVAL ON CHICKEN TO SUPPORT LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS
02 December 2025 MEDIA STATEMENT SAPA CALLS FOR VAT REMOVAL ON CHICKEN TO SUPPORT LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS The South African Poultry Association (SAPA) has submitted a formal request to National Treasury to remove the 15% value-added tax (VAT) from chicken, proposing...
WHEN YOU FAIL TO PLAN, YOU PLAN TO FAIL: SA’s POULTRY SECTOR MASTER PLANSTORY
22 September 2025 MEDIA STATEMENT WHEN YOU FAIL TO PLAN, YOU PLAN TO FAIL: SA’s POULTRY SECTOR MASTER PLAN South Africa’s Poultry Sector Master Plan (the PSMP, signed in November 2019), promised to stabilise an industry hammered by dumped imports. It undertook to grow...
Newzroom Africa – Call for SA government to change its political posture
SOUTH AFRICAN POULTRY INDUSTRY CALLS FOR CLARITY AND URGENT REVOCATION OF U.S. IMPORT QUOTA
30 July 2025 MEDIA STATEMENT SOUTH AFRICAN POULTRY INDUSTRY CALLS FOR CLARITY AND URGENT REVOCATION OF U.S. IMPORT QUOTA The South African poultry industry notes with concern the media release issued by Minister Tau on 29 July 2025, titled “Minister Tau reaffirms...
Farmer’s Weekly SA Interview: How SA’s poultry industry is navigating new outbreaks and the vaccination roll-out
Recent outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in North West and Mpumalanga have once again placed South Africa’s poultry industry on high alert. In response, a major development has been the issuing of a permit to Astral Foods to begin vaccinating its...
THE GOVERNMENT MUST DEFEND SOUTH AFRICA’S POULTRY INDUSTRY AND PROTECTITS FOOD SECURITY
25 June 2025 MEDIA STATEMENT THE GOVERNMENT MUST DEFEND SOUTH AFRICA’S POULTRY INDUSTRY AND PROTECT ITS FOOD SECURITY by Izaak Breitenbach, CEO of SAPA’s Broiler Organisation The South African poultry industry has asked the government to withdraw the “concession”...