If South Africas government really cares about hunger and malnutrition it will ensure that VAT-free chicken is included in next years budget.
This is the call from FairPlay founder, Fraincois Baird, who said although many households were food insecure and millions went hungry, the government had, since 2018, refused to remove the 15 VAT from chicken portions most consumed by low-income households.
The cost of that obduracy can be measured by the increase in poverty, hunger and malnutrition over those seven years, said Baird.
