FMD saga: Farmers cry foul over low compensation

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Farmers whose cattle were killed by Government to control Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) in Zone 6 in 2011 are still angry about the compensation they received. A recent High Court judgement seems to have vindicated the farmers. Staff Writer LEBOGANG MOSIKARE reports

There is a Setswana is an idiom which goes, “Ka e tlhoka ka tlhoka boroko, ka e bona ka nna ka botlhoka”.

(Loosely translated, it says whether bereft of it-a cow-, you lose sleep, whether you have it you lose sleep)The expression to some extent shows how Batswana intrinsically value their cattle.

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