Millers decry �dumping� of SA products into local market
Thursday, August 17, 2017
The association’s chairman, Nkosi Mwaba said this is particularly so in wheat flour products that he said are being dumped into Botswana at below cost.
“Sadly, the Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry has taken a decision to remove a critical protection mechanism that was levelling the playing field between Botswana and South Africa,” he said.
While the political shift brings hope for change, it also places immense pressure on the new administration to deliver on its election promises in the face of serious economic challenges.On another level, newly appointed Finance Minister Ndaba Gaolathe’s grim assessment of the country’s finances adds urgency to the moment. The budget deficit, expected to be P8.7 billion, is now anticipated to be even higher due to underperforming diamond...