The Gauteng Department of Agriculture and Rural Development in partnership with the Industrial Development Corporation, calls on all aspirant famers to apply for participation in the Nguni cattle project.
The Nguni Cattle project involves the loaning of thirty pregnant Nguni heifers and one bull to emerging black farmers for breeding. After a period of five years, participating farmers are expected to return the same amount of cattle (offspring) or an equivalent rand value.
This is the second intake of qualifying black farmers who want to from part of the project in Gauteng.
The following is a criteria for Participation:
- Applicants must provide proof of being South African citizens - residing in the Gauteng Province (certified copy of ID and proof of residence which is not older than 3 (three) months need to be submitted along with the application);
- Any applicant already owning cattle, must provide a health certificate issued by the local veterinarian with particular emphasis on the bovine Tuberculosis and Brucellosis status of the existing herd.
- Applicants must provide proof of having access to land suitable for cattle farming, a minimum of 500 ha (five hundred hectares) in size, with sufficient grazing as per carrying capacity of the land and the expansion of the herd;
- The aforementioned land must be improved with basic infrastructure - for instance, perimeter and internal fences, suitable handling facilities, adequate water facilities, dipping facilities, feeding equipment for supplements and camps
- Applicants must be “black” as defined in the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Act 53 of 2003.
Applications close on 30 June 2015. Click on www.gdard.gpg.gov.za for an application form.
Enquiries:
Matlhodi Malope
Cell: 082 9371315
