{"id":24653,"date":"2022-07-11T12:25:25","date_gmt":"2022-07-11T12:25:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/agribank-to-sell-witvlei-abattoir-again"},"modified":"2022-07-11T12:45:52","modified_gmt":"2022-07-11T12:45:52","slug":"agribank-to-sell-witvlei-abattoir-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/agribank-to-sell-witvlei-abattoir-again","title":{"rendered":"Agribank to sell Witvlei abattoir again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Namibia. <\/strong><\/span><b>AGRIBANK is inviting tenders for the disposal of the idle Witvlei abattoir and related properties the bank owns in the Omaheke region.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>This was confirmed by Agribank&#8217;s spokesperson, Fillemon Nangonya, on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe tender has been advertised and it is for Agribank&#8217;s investment properties at Witvlei, which comprise the abattoir, adjacent properties and certain erven located at Witvlei,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Of interest will be the sale of the abattoir, which provided the people of the small town, situated 155km east of Windhoek, a source of livelihood.<\/p>\n<p>Agribank&#8217;s decision to sell the facility comes at a time more than 500 commercial cattle producers have pooled resources to raise N$200 million to set up Savannah Beef Namibia, a company that is set to be in direct competition with the state-owned Meat Corporation of Namibia (Meatco) for control of the Namibian meat market.<\/p>\n<p>So far the company has already raised N$146 million to start operations.<\/p>\n<p>Witvlei abattoir is an export beef facility that was previously leased to Witvlei Meat, a company owned by businessman Sidney Martin, for N$250 000 per month since 2006.<\/p>\n<p>This was until the agreement was terminated in 2015 after Martin allegedly breached the agreement to buy the facility from Agribank for N$15 million.<\/p>\n<p>The matter became the subject of a drawn-out court battle which Witvlei eventually lost in the High Court when judge Herman Oosthuizen ordered the company to be ejected from the property in October 2019.<\/p>\n<p>At the time Witvlei Meat employed about 200 permanent and contract workers, and slaughtered cattle for the Norwegian market.<\/p>\n<p>According to an advert in the media on Friday, tenders will close on 4 August 2022, while the inspection or viewing of the properties is scheduled for 19 July, starting at 10h00.<\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time Agribank is trying to sell the Witvlei abattoir, having tried to do so in September 2021 but finding no takers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\">Namibia<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Namibia. AGRIBANK is inviting tenders for the disposal of the idle Witvlei abattoir and related properties the bank owns in the Omaheke region. 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