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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 that chicken be added to the list of zero-rated basic foodstuffs in the 2026 National Budget. “This measure would reduce the cost of the country’s most widely consumed protein source and provide direct relief to low-income households facing increasing food insecurity,” says Izaak Breitenbach, CEO of SAPA’s Broiler Organisation. The...
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 jobs, broaden black ownership and unlock export markets. Six years on, the rhetoric remains loud, but delivery has been uneven. This is the story of a well-crafted plan, which achieved early gains, but risks being remembered as momentum without movement. The Master Plan was conceived as a public–private compact to rebuild the...
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 South Africa’s commitment to a conclusion on the US trade deal.” In the statement, Minister Tau refers to: “Agricultural Market Access by simplifying of U.S. poultry exports under the 2016 tariff rate quota and unlock approximately $91 million in trade. In addition, readiness to open market access for blueberries subject to...
Growing South Africa’s Poultry Exports Quickly
South Africa’s globally competitive poultry industry has set its sights on accessing new international markets, but what will it take to get the industry export ready? In this article we explore the export requirements, from the new regulatory guidelines to the delays in health certification infrastructure, and how the industry will meet the requirements of the Poultry Master Plan by 2023.