NEWS ANALYSIS: Are Ankole cattle really worth millions, or is it all bull?
20 June 2022 - 05:09
For most people in SA, cattle represent a multitude of ideas and devotions, including wealth and power, and veneration for the ancestors, and they can also be a promise of respect, an honour shown to the family of a bride-to-be.
Primarily, though, they are raised by farmers who sell them to feedlots where the cattle are fattened up before being slaughtered to be turned into burgers and steaks...
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