Pumza Fihlani – BBC, 10/02/2012
South Africa proudly joined the Bric nations of major emerging economies last year, hoping it would boost its economy and give it far greater diplomatic clout.
But the ink has barely dried on the paper and South Africa is already involved in a murky trade row with one of its new-found friends, Brazil.
South Africa’s poultry industry is accusing Brazil of dumping chickens on its market and farmers say they are now forced to cut jobs because they cannot compete with Brazil’s “unfairly low” prices.
