# Macadamia nut farmers have appointed well-known legal expert Gerrie Nel to help them combat the scourge of nut theft. At the annual general meeting of Macadamia South Africa, it was resolved to appoint AfriForum’s private prosecuting unit of which Nel is the head to follow up on unresolved cases of theft on macadamia farms in Limpopo and Mpumalanga. Nel said at the meeting it is a shame no arrests of nut thieves were made last year.