Bread Price Sparks South African Protest

January 20, 2008
Independent Online, South Africa

The Congress of SA Trade Unions in the Western Cape is to stage a protest against the price of bread outside Parliament later on Sunday.

Cosatu provincial general secretary Tony Ehrenreich told Sapa the protest involved handing over a memorandum to government representatives from the premier's office and the department of trade and industry.

The bread price rose sharply again last week, between 35c and 40c a loaf, following a finding by the Competition Commission late last year that some manufacturers had colluded and fixed prices.

Ehrenreich said he expected about 200 people at the protest, set to start at 5.30pm. - Sapa

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