Farmers Worried About 'Agenda' Behind Meatco Reconstruction

Posted to the web 15 October 2008 Brigitte Weidlich MEAT producers are sceptical about Government's plans to restructure Meatco, with tempers flaring at the last of several information meetings in Windhoek yesterday. Lawyer Dirk Conradie, whose law firm forms part of a consortium undertaking a study on the issue, was severely criticised by farmers for not having any concrete proposal and not even a presentation of the work done already, the way forward or a time frame for the process. "All the previous meetings in the other regions with the consortium were like that - no structure, no agenda points and no information documents for us here," an irritated farmer told Conradie. "We, the producers, suspect a hidden agenda behind this whole process. Government probably wants to get involved in a highly successful company and take... [read full story]