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Banyana Farms under the hammer

Banyana Farms
Banyana Farms

State-owned Banyana Farms (Limited) is up for liquidation following continuous failure to generate revenue in the past few years, with the envisaged closure scheduled for June 30, 2023.

According to information from the report of the Auditor General (AG) for the financial year ended March 31, 2021, government has decided that the company will close once its privatisation has been fully completed.

Banyana Farms is a government ranch of about 149,000 hactres located at Mabule, which was established to promote cattle ranching in the country. With the farm continuously incurring losses, the Auditor General, Pulane Letebele has noted that once its privatisation is concluded, it would be within the Board's plan to recommend the company for closure to the shareholders.

Editor's Comment
BPF should get house in order

Speaker of the National Assembly, Dithapelo Keorapetse, has this week rightly washed his hands of the mess, refusing to wade into a party squabble that has no clear leadership and no single version of the truth.When a single party sends six different letters to the Speaker’s office, each claiming to be the authoritative voice, it is not just confusion, but an embarrassment.Keorapetse is correct to insist on institutional boundaries. Parliament...

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