The council is levying between US$800-US$1200 for a shop licence and butchery permit fees, according to butchery owners who attended the launch of the Business Against Stocktheft Forum on Friday. If we go to registered abattoirs for meat, our profit is very low because abattoir owners claim they are being exorbitantly levied by the same council, said one butchery owner who refused to be named.
Meanwhile, players in the meat industry and police in Manicaland have launched the Business Against Stocktheft Forum. Among other functions, the forum will conduct awareness campaigns aimed at sensitizing the community on the need to eradicate stock theft.
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