CoA deals blow to farmer who lost 1,716 cattle to FMD

Friday, August 22, 2025 | 80 Views |

The Court of Appeal (CoA) has dealt a blow to a farmer whose 1,716 cattle were confiscated and destroyed or exported by government in 2011 during a Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) outbreak in Matsiloje and surroundings, otherwise known as Zones 6 and 7.

Justices of the apex court on Friday upheld an appeal by the Attorney General, overturning a Francistown High Court decision that awarded the farmer, Louis Alberts, payment of P6.8 million as fair and adequate compensation for the 341 pedigreed and 1,375 commercial cattle he lost.

Alberts argued that the amount represented the difference between the fair value he ascribed to his pedigree and commercial herds and the amounts he in fact received from the government as compensation.

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