28 Jun 2018

Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Dr Pelonomi Venson-Moitoi has told Parliament that there is no watering point or open space for grazing nor  budgetary provision for the establishment of a matimela facility in Nkange.

Dr Venson-Moitoi was responding to a question from Nkange MP,  Mr Edwin Batshu who had wanted to know when  the ministry would  establish matimela facility in his constituency in order to stop the current arrangement whereby matimela from the constituency were kept at Matsitama village in the Shashe West constituency, which was far away from farmers.

Dr Venson-Moitoi said available statistics show that during the financial 2016/17 there were only 22 matimela reports in the constituency while in 2017/18 there were four reports.

This financial year, only three reports have been recorded.

Based on this, the minister said it would be costly to establish a matimela facility in the constituency. ENDS