Northern Farmers Angry At Meatco.

(From The Namibian - AAGM)

Byline: Oswald Shivute

THE trading arm of the Mangetti Farmers' Association at Ondangwa says Meatco is refusing to slaughter its members' livestock for export purposes.

The Chairman of the Mangetti Meat Market, Ismael Shailemo, and its General Manager, Shali Kamati, told The Namibian that they had written to Prime Minister Nahas Angula to complain about this decision.

The letter says communal farmers north of the Veterinary Cordon Fence have no other access to meat markets within or outside Namibia and the Meatco decision has left them out in the cold.

Kamati said the Mangetti Meat Market had orders from …