BMC partners BancABC to speed-up farmers� payments
Tuesday, August 22, 2017
The partnership was introduced to farmers during BMC’s interaction with suppliers of cattle to the Francistown abattoir through road shows that started earlier in the month.
Addressing farmers here last week, BMC executive manager livestock procurement, Kenneth Makubate said delays in payments hav BMC partners BancABC to speed-up farmers’ payments e contributed to the declining supply of cattle to the Francistown abattoir. He said the Francistown abattoir demands 200 cattle a day and 4,000 a month, and currently they fail to meet the demand. He said at most they get 160 cattle and at worst the numbers can hit as low as 20 per day.
While it is widely acknowledged that Khama holds the title of Kgosi, the government’s failure to properly gazette his recognition has raised serious concerns about adherence to legal procedures and the credibility of traditional leadership. (See a story elsewhere in this newspaper.) Recent court documents by the Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, Kgotla Autlwetse, shed light on the intricacies of Khama’s recognition process....