MTBPS a tentative step in the right direction
24 October 2018
Agri SA congratulates the Minister of Finance, Tito Mboweni, on his first Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) as it contains several promising policy indicators.
“The successes cited in rebuilding investor confidence is certainly important, but the central policy issue at present is expropriation without compensation (EWC) of agricultural property, which will more than extinguish all other gains made,” said Pietman Roos, Agri SA Head of Corporate Affairs & Communication.
“Building confidence in the farming sector is in fact the biggest priority at present.”
Agri SA comments on salient points: