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The DA is proud to recognise a victory by Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen, which will stop the price of bread from going up.
Minister Steenhuisen has identified and terminated an inherited arrangement where a supplier had been authorized to conduct quality inspections of breads and grains at retailers across the country.
The DA notes that national retailers have confirmed that Minister Steenhuisen’s actions will stop a price hike on bread loaves.
The contract that the DA Leader has terminated would have allowed a service provider to charge retailers for an unnecessary testing service. And retailers would have had to pass this extra charge on to South Africans buying their bread.
In the Government of National Unity DA Ministers are implementing policy and regulations that can drive down the cost of living, and can also stop rising prices.
The DA is engaged in fighting against the rising cost of living, in every way that we can, to lower prices for all people in South Africa.
The latest example of DA Delivery-on-Promise is that Agriculture Minister, John Steenhuisen, has stopped a hike in bread prices, which the DA celebrates.
The DA has fought against rising food costs, and critically against a proposed VAT-increase on all goods and services. The DA won the fight against the VAT-increase on behalf of all South Africans.
A DA Minister, stopping a price hike on bread, is an example of the DA fighting the rising cost of living.