In many countries, when cows are killed for meat, the heads are put in the waste. That is because many people do not believe meat from a cow head should be eaten. But in South Africa, some people have a strong desire for cow head meat. Many people are selling and eating it in Johannesburg. VOA recently visited a cow-head processing factory in the city.
In South Africa, the meat is call “skop." The men who eat it say it is less costly than other meats and more tasty.
Some meat sellers in Johannesburg recently learned how to prepare cow heads for their customers. They remove the skin from the head. Then they use an axe to separate the meat from the bones.
William Mahlangu works at a cow head processing factory. Up to 150 cow heads are processed there each day.