Hard choices, hard realities: Why Meatco’s Katima exit must be viewed in context – Windhoek Observer

Hard choices, hard realities: Why Meatco’s Katima exit must be viewed in context – Windhoek Observer

The decision by Meatco to wind down operations at the Katima Mulilo abattoir in the Zambezi region has unsurprisingly triggered concern, frustration and criticism. For many in the northern communal areas, the facility represented more than a meat processing plant. It was an important market access point for communal farmers, a source of local employment, and a symbol of government and industry efforts to integrate Namibia’s northern livestock pr…