Russia’s military death toll in Ukraine has now passed the 50,000 mark – the BBC can confirm. In the second 12 months on the front line – as Moscow pushed its so-called meat grinder strategy – we found the body count was nearly 25% higher than in the first year. BBC Russian, independent media group...
The Meat Board of Namibia has changed its name to the Livestock and Livestock Products Board of Namibia (LLPBN) to include under its mandate dairy products, animal hides, and poultry and poultry products. The Meat Board is mandated by the Meat Industry Act to regulate cattle, goats, sheep, and pigs. However, the ACT was amended...
The Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform says the feasibility studies, design and drawings for the construction of a N$35-million meat processing plant at Katima Mulilo in the Zambezi Region will be completed by September. This phase, according to the Ministry’s Head of Public Relations, Chrispin Matongela, will be funded through the Livestock Support...
Staff Reporter RUMP steak, boerewors, toffee sweets, bubble gum, Super Dip, cheese, cooking oil, and cash money were among the items stolen from a butchery in Nkurenkuru, Kavango West Region, during the night between Thursday and Friday. The incident occurred at an unknown time when unknown burglars gained entry into the Makuzugamantenda Butchery by breaking...
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) reported a slight decrease in the benchmark for world food commodity prices in January. This dip was primarily led by decreases in cereal and meat prices, more than offsetting an increase in sugar prices, according to a statement this week from the agency. The FAO...
Otavi residents have been cautioned by the police against buying meat from street vendors following the hospitalisation of 26 individuals who ate a zebra. The incident occurred on Thursday afternoon when the affected individuals consumed spoiled zebra meat purchased from a street vendor. Speaking to The Namibian, Otjozondjupa police spokesperson Maureen Mbeha said the preliminary...
About 26 Otavi residents were hospitalised for eating alleged poisoned meat bought from the street. Selling meat obtained from surrounding farms door-to-door is very common in Otavi. Late in the afternoon on Thursday, three men were selling dried meat, which they said was from a zebra. Most of the buyers were from an area called...
Staff Reporter THE Meat Board of Namibia has undergone a name change and will now be known as the Livestock and Livestock Products Board of Namibia (LLPB), or a shortened version, Livestock Products Namibia (LPN). LLPB explained that the name change resulted from the publication of legislation in a Government Gazette on August 21, 2023,...