Still no support for local industry in wake of bird flu outbreak
29 November 2023, Moneyweb, Amanda Visser Government’s promises to assist the local poultry industry following the avian flu outbreak earlier this year have yet to materialise. The outbreak led to the culling of millions of birds, which caused a reduction of 30% in the production of hatching eggs. Deputy President Paul Mashatile promised a support […]
Pietermaritzburg Economic Justice & Dignity Group [PMBEJD]: HOUSEHOLD AFFORDABILITY INDEX (November 2023)
HOUSEHOLD AFFORDABILITY INDEX (November 2023) About the Household Affordability Index The Household Food Basket has been designed together with women living on low incomes in Johannesburg (Soweto, Alexandra, Tembisa and Hillbrow), Cape Town (Gugulethu, Philippi, Khayelitsha, Langa, Delft, Dunoon), Durban (KwaMashu, Umlazi, Isipingo, Durban CBD, Hammarsdale, Pinetown), Pietermaritzburg, Mtubatuba (in Northern KwaZulu-Natal), and Springbok […]
Paul Matthew: SA’s poultry producers and importers are stronger together
24 November 2023, Business Day, Paul Matthew Bird flu is likely to become the new normal in SA, so we need to make sure we are looking beyond the current crisis. Much like our rugby world champions, we believe that when we are facing a challenge we are stronger together. We believe this is the […]
Pietermaritzburg Economic Justice & Dignity Group [PMBEJD]: HOUSEHOLD AFFORDABILITY INDEX (October 2023)
HOUSEHOLD AFFORDABILITY INDEX (October 2023) About the Household Affordability Index The Household Food Basket has been designed together with women living on low incomes in Johannesburg (Soweto, Alexandra, Tembisa and Hillbrow), Cape Town (Gugulethu, Philippi, Khayelitsha, Langa, Delft, Dunoon), Durban (KwaMashu, Umlazi, Isipingo, Durban CBD, Hammarsdale, Pinetown), Pietermaritzburg, Mtubatuba (in Northern KwaZulu-Natal), and Springbok (in […]
A temporary rebate on chicken import duties will be an important pro-poor step
09 November 2023, Daily Maverick, Lawrence Edwards and Jing Chien The domestic poultry industry is facing an unprecedented crisis. The outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) from April 2023, including the difficult-to-control H7N6 strain, has led to the culling of more than 7.5 million birds, resulting in egg shortages on supermarket shelves. In a […]
Concerns over poultry shortages and price increases
01 November 2023, Smilefm.co.za, Danielle Mentoor The Association of Meat Importers and Exporters of Southern Africa (AMIE) says speed is of the essence in rolling out emergency measures to mitigate possible poultry shortages and price increases this festive season. This is due to recent recent Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza HPAI (bird flu) outbreak in the […]
Warning over chicken and egg stocks in South Africa
31 October 2023, BusinessTech.co.za The Association of Meat Importers and Exporters of Southern Africa (AMIE) says that the government needs to take emergency action and treat the ongoing chicken and egg crisis as a crisis, or else consumers will continue to suffer the brunt of shortages in the country. South Africa is in the midst […]
Pietermaritzburg Economic Justice & Dignity Group [PMBEJD]: HOUSEHOLD AFFORDABILITY INDEX (September 2023)
HOUSEHOLD AFFORDABILITY INDEX (September 2023) About the Household Affordability Index The Household Food Basket has been designed together with women living on low incomes in Johannesburg (Soweto, Alexandra, Tembisa and Hillbrow), Cape Town (Gugulethu, Philippi, Khayelitsha, Langa, Delft, Dunoon), Durban (KwaMashu, Umlazi, Isipingo, Durban CBD, Hammarsdale, Pinetown), Pietermaritzburg, Mtubatuba (in Northern KwaZulu-Natal), and Springbok (in […]
AMIE asks for more agile trade responses as chicken, egg supply tightens
Monday 23 October 2023 (Engineering News, Marleny Arnoldi, Deputy Editor Online) The Association of Meat Importers and Exporters (AMIE) has welcomed Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Ebrahim Patel’s directive to the Import and ExportControl Regime, administered by the International Trade Administration Commission of South Africa (Itac), to consider creating a temporary rebate on import duties […]
MEDIA RELEASE 3 OCTOBER 2023
MEDIA RELEASE 3 OCTOBER 2023: In a recent article published in Business Live (October 1) on the dangers that bird flu poses for the SA economy, the local poultry producers association SAPA made comments that cannot go unchallenged. Izaak Breitenbach, general manager of the Broiler Organisation of the South African Poultry Association, said this week […]
