Ghanzi farmers frustrated by the loss of proxy minister

Almost every other week Ghanzi farmers are in the news, not so much about their lovely breed of cattle which I have come to admire so much, but they have been consistent in bashing the new Minister of Agriculture, the BMC Chief Executive Officer and their own national beef union – something which they did not do when Hon Mr.

Christaan de Graaf was minister and Mr Ian Thompson the BMC CEO.

In their recent outburst, made at a meeting that was reported to have been “highly emotionally charged” the Ghanzi farmers are at it again, trading vitriol to all those who are perceived to be anti-de-monopolization of BMC.

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Closure as pain lingers

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