Farmers want cattle meat banned from taxi ranks

Farmers want cattle meat banned from taxi ranks

By Celani Sikhakhane Farmers in Vryheid say stock theft is feeding black market meat sold at taxi ranks and are demanding it be banned immediately. Police Minister Senzo Mchunu promised a shake-up of the stock theft unit and said even some officers have been caught stealing cattle. Farmers in Vryheid, in northern KwaZulu-Natal, want the government to ban the sale of cattle meat at taxi ranks. They believe this trade is linked to a stock theft …