Tsabong abattoir readies for commissioning

Fidelis Molao PIC: PHATSIMO KAPENG
Fidelis Molao PIC: PHATSIMO KAPENG

The multimillion pula state-of-the-art Tsabong Multi-Species Abattoir is expected to be commissioned by the end of the 2023-24 financial year, it has been revealed.

Presenting before the Parliament’s Committee of Supply recently, the Minister of Agriculture, Fidelis Molao, said the project is nearing completion and will start commissioning by the end of March. “The ongoing construction of Tsabong Multi-Species abattoir is at 98% completion and the expected date of commissioning will be the end of March 2024,” he said.

The long-awaited P161 million abattoir will be operated by the Botswana Meat Commission (BMC) under the Ministry of Entrepreneurship.

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