Dada controls chicken business
Thursday, April 10, 2014

Answering a question from Shoshong MP, Philip Makgalemele, Makgato-Malesu said Dada’s Tswana Pride controls the local chicken industry. “Tswana Pride is a broiler grower with an abattoir and distributes its products through its subsidiary company, Coldline.
Tswana Pride produces both the ordinary chicken meat (for general household consumption) and the processed (brined) chicken meat for fast-food franchise businesses,” said the minister. She explained that during shortages, Coldline normally applies for an import permit from the Ministry of Agriculture.
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