According to a press release, dwindling business, and the resulting losses of R69 million ($10.5 million) since the deregulation of the meat industry, has lead to the decision by the City of Cape Town to shut down the Maitland Abattoir. A full Council meeting on 30 August 2005 resolved to close the facility on December 30, 2005. Built in 1914,...

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