Namibia: Meatco Ready to Take Over Witlvei

MEAT processor Meatco is ready to take over the operations of Witvlei Meat should Witvlei fail to continue its operations, Meatco CEO Vekuii Rukoro said yesterday.

This week, after the government announced that Witvlei 's export quota to Norway had been reduced to 300 tonnes from the previous 800 tonnes, Witvlei owner Sidney Martin claimed that Meatco was "there for white commercial farmers only and that he feared for the fate of the 165 workers at Witvlei.

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