Farmer wins battle against government after losing 760 cattle in outbreak

Free State farmer Ronel Behrens has won a nine-year battle with the provincial and national agricultural departments after she lost 760 cattle in a Brucellosis disease outbreak in 2010.

Public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane ruled on March 28 that Behren’s dairy farm should be compensated within 60 days of her ruling – but the departments have vowed to fight back.

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