Thanks to a tax-saving scheme called 12J, a rabbit production business was saved from business rescue, then revived, and is now on the road to expansion.

The Coniglio abattoir at Carletonville on the West rand had been supporting 110 small-scale rabbit farmers when it was liquidated in October 2019, owing those farmers more than R16m.  Entrepreneur Hennie Viljoen, CEO of P349 (https://webmail.timesmedia.co.za/owa/redir.aspx?REF=pxNVp90pJz6ZtIYX9jYEHH0PUOBkI1dMbV_46c_ru7G7Zlxy18zXCAFodHRwczovL2dvb2RyYWJiaXRtZWF0LmNvLnphLw..), hopped to the rescue, having already established the Commercial Rabbit Producers association (Corpa) in September 2019. ..

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