presented by Minister Cobus Dowry
19 May 2006
Creating hope for the future from the earth
In his State of the Nation address President Mbeki placed the emphasis on
the new season of hope that lies beckoning for us to enter when he said: (and I
quote)âWe have known that it would take considerable time before we could say
we have eradicated the legacy of the past. And yet today, as I stand here, I
feel emboldened to appropriate for our people the promise contained in the Book
of the Prophet Isaiah, when God said:
For you shall go out with joy,
And be led out in peace;
The mountains and the hills
Shall break forth into singing before you,
And all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.
Instead of the thorn shall come up the cypress tree
And instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle treeâ¦
What has been achieved since Nelson Mandela delivered his first State of the
Nation Address, and what we can do, given the larger resources that have since
been generated, has surely given hope to the masses of our peopleâ
He then went on to introduce to us this season of hope. In his words lied
not only a myriad of challenges, but if explored, it carries within it the
seeds of opportunity and hope to be cultivated, watered and weeded to produce
the sweet fruits of prosperity and total freedom for all the people. Therefore
the theme for this budget: Creating Hope For The Future From The Earth.
Landbou is in sy wese ook die vergestalting hiervan, weggebêre in die hoop
wat in elke seisoen opnuut tot sy volheid moet kom uit die bloeisel, die saad,
die eier en die fetus, om geboorte te gee aan die vrug, die koringkorrel, die
kuiken en die skaaplam.
For now we are the custodians of that hope of the people, driven by our own
awareness of their needs and the realisation of the enormity of the task that
lies ahead. We are humbled by the fact that agriculture in the Western Cape
holds the key to the unlocking of a great portion of that hope and I quote from
the budget speech by the Minister of Finance, colleague Lynne Brown, when she
said âAgriculture is a key sector in the Western Cape. As a sector its products
directly or indirectly constitute over 40% of total exports from this province.
Through its support to the Land Reform programme, provision of extension and
support services to emerging farmers and its human capital development
interventions aimed at farm workers and farmers, the Department is building the
basis on which groups previously marginalised can share in this
prosperityâ.
The budget allocated to the Department of Agriculture for 2006/07 is R254
million. It is with these funds that we will proceed in creating hope for the
future from the earth that not only belongs to all of us but that also should
be protected by all of us.
President Mbeki het in sy openingsrede vanjaar die landbousektor
geïdentifiseer as een van die sektore wat ân beduidende rol moet speel in die
bereiking van die regering se doelwit om die ekonomie met 6% te laat groei deur
middel van die Versnelde Groei en Ontwikkeling Strategie (AsgiSA). Binne die
Departement van Landbou is daar verskeie programme wat deur hulle bydraes die
klimaat help skep om die grondslag vir sukses te lê. Die sukses van AsgiSA gaan
afhang van die mate waarin ons in staat is om innoverend te dink sodat ons die
kettings kan breek wat groei belemmer.
Bio-fuels
In this regard I am proud to announce that our programme Agricultural Economics
has made huge strides in its research on the development and production of
bio-fuels with special emphasis on wheat. In the wheat producing areas of our
Province, farmers are traditionally constrained by the lack of alternative uses
for their natural resources. It is to this end, and also in response to the
emphasis on bio-fuels as envisaged in the Accelerated and Shared Growth
Initiative for South Africa (AsgiSA) that we have embarked on a study
investigating the feasibility of Bio-Ethanol Production in the Western Cape and
this will feed into the national strategy. From the completed first phase of
the study it is clear that Bio-Ethanol production in the Western Cape will not
only increase farm incomes, secure the existing jobs and create more
employment, the fuel from surplus wheat will supply 6% of the energy needs of
the province. We have earmarked R125 000 for the continued investigation based
on the national strategy.
Mafisa (Micro-Agricultural Finance Schemes of South Africa)
President Mbeki in his State of the Nation address has announced the principle
of a dedicated rural finance scheme in 2004. I am proud to announce that a
pilot project will be launched for the Western Cape during this financial year
in the Boland and parts of the West Coast District Municipalities. Farmers that
meet certain criteria will be eligible for a production loan of up to R100 000
at a very affordable interest rate. This pilot project will be launched in
close collaboration with the Land Bank, Cape Agri, Agri Western Cape, the
National African Farmersâ Union (NAFU) and the Weskaap Ubuntu Farmers Union
(Wekufu). The Department will spend R120 000 on this specific pilot
project.
AgriBEE
Although final agreement on the Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment Code of
Good Conduct for the Agricultural Sector (AgriBEE) has not yet been reached at
a national level, considerable consensus has already been attained between the
various stakeholders. In order to combat any misconceptions and to prepare the
province for a fast-tracked implementation drive, my Department will facilitate
an AgriBEE awareness campaign throughout the province. Between May and November
this year training sessions, sponsored by the national Department of
Agriculture, will be held in each municipality.
Agribusiness Investment Unit
Our commitment to the Provincial Growth and Development Summit, held on 14
November 2003, has resulted in the strategic plan for the agriculture and
agri-business sector with its forward and backward linkages. It was launched
last Friday on 12 May. One of the recommendations of this process was that an
Agribusiness Investment Unit should be established. This initiative will
attract valuable capital from other sectors of the economy as well as from
abroad. It will enhance the economic growth of the Western Cape and thus lead
to job creation. An amount of R50 000 will be spent on this investigation.
Reliable and timely data, together with spatial attributes, are essential
for effective and rational managerial decision making at all levels within
agriculture. A farmer survey to determine certain attributes of our farms on a
regional basis will empower our agricultural decision makers, to make sound
production, marketing and social responsibility decisions that will strengthen
the provinceâs agricultural sector resource base. In the same vein the emerging
agricultural sector will receive attention in order to spatially determine
numbers and location. Statistics like these will enable all of us to make
improved decisions and policies to the benefit of all agricultural and other
communities in the Western Cape. R60 000 has been allocated to this program.
The total budget for agricultural economics programme is R8,494 million.
Farmer Support And Development
The programme Farmer Support and Development has lost its Director Ms Joyene
Isaacs, but as the saying goes: The oneâs loss is the otherâs gain. Ms Isaacs
has been appointed the new head of the Department in place of Dr Piet van
Rooyen who have reached the end of the term of his contract. I want to thank Dr
van Rooyen for his service to the Department and at the same say to Ms Isaacs
that I know she has the ability to take the Department successfully into the
new season of hope.
The budget of the Farmer Support and Development programme for the 2006/2007
financial year stands on R78,865 million, representing an increase of 54,93 %
from the 2004/05 base year. It represents an enormous growth in this very
important programme, which deals mainly with emerging farmers, including land
reform beneficiaries and food security projects.
During the past year the Comprehensive Agricultural Support Program (CASP)
supported about 1 757 beneficiaries, with about 42 projects whilst we were able
to support about 1 027 different beneficiaries with about 129 projects (about
35 food security projects) with Provincial Infrastructure Grant (PIG)
funding.
A land reform evaluation study was completed, and the results highlighted
the success (54,2%) but also identified the needs of other land reform
projects.
The acceptance by Cabinet of the farm worker development strategy, based on
the needs identified by the farm workers during the past two years, has paved
the way for implementation.
The pace of Land Reform is much too slow as highlighted by the provincial
and national Land Summits last year. This is mainly due to a very tedious
process and the lack of availability of funds. The Department of Land Affairs
is in the process of formulating new strategies to address an accelerated
program. The targets for 2006/07 are:
* 20 141 hectares of agricultural land to 3 072 beneficiaries.
* 38 hectares to 368 beneficiaries for sustainable human settlements, and
industrial and economic development and
* 1 300 hectares of commonage
The co-operation between our Department and the Department of Land Affairs
in the province is excellent. We have established a Provincial Land Reform
Co-ordinating Committee in order to work in a more structured manner that will
enhance the process.
Farm workers and Land Reform are the two priority items on our agenda. The
restructuring of the support services to farmers, using the Land Redistribution
for Agricultural Development (LRAD) study as a basis and the rollout of the
farm worker development programme, will be done in collaboration with
provincial and national departments.
Included in the budget of R8,486 million for farm worker development, to
reach about 14 000 farm workers directly you will find:
* R1,25 million allocated over the next four years for the training of farm
workers, which include women and children from these communities.
* a Foetal Alcohol Syndrome prevention training project for the training of
3000 adults over a period of four years with a budget of R205 200,00.
* a three-year project on the improvement of farm worker health and safety
systems, which involve the training of 4 000 farm workers with a budget of R131
000.
* the testing and counselling of 500 farm workers along the West Coast in the
HIV/AIDS project will cost R100 000,00.
* bursaries for five students from the farm worker community for 2006 that
amount to R100 000,00 will be awarded.
We are thankful that our Land Reform programme has produced an overall
success rate of 54,2% in comparison to the world norm of 19%, however. this is
not good enough. In an attempt to curb failures the FSD programme will embark
on a serious program to investigate the struggling LRAD projects.
The conditional grant forComprehensive Agricultural Support Programme (CASP)
for 2006/07 stands on R17,604 million and will be used to support 133 projects
for about 5 765 beneficiaries in all the district municipalities and another
nine strategic projects - which involve other programmes such as veterinarian
services and agricultural economy.
The Cape Agency for Sustainable Integrated Development in Rural Areas
(Casidra) assists us in the rollout of several CASP projects, such as Nelspoort
farm that is managed and developed on behalf of the Vuyani Development Trust.
The Trust currently leases the land from the Beaufort West Municipality. Two
students from the trust received bursaries from Elsenburg and are studying
towards a B-degree in Agriculture.
The community farm, Anhalt, was turned around to become a premium exporter
of Pink Lady apples. The farm Jackalskraal was developed into a commercial
dairy farm and handed over to the Kranshoek Griqua Community Trust. This
project not only became a commercial success but is now ploughing back some of
the profits into a bursary fund for students from Kranshoek. Casidra is still
providing assistance and support.
About 987 individuals will benefit from the Provincial Infrastructure Grant
(PIG) to the tune of R11,987 million. The PIG conditional grant is also used to
support our traditional farmers in the Act 9 areas, as well as individual
emerging farmers, and thus the proposed allocations are once again per district
municipality, totalling 52 community based interventions and, three provincial
strategic projects.
Food security projects have increased from 13 gardens in 2003/04 to 30
gardens in this financial year, and will reach about 300 beneficiaries. In
addition about 40 existing gardens will also be assisted with agricultural
starter packs to further strengthen these projects. Throughout the process of
implementation of projects, extension services will be provided, and the
estimated number of beneficiaries to be supported will be 4 000.
Tegnologienavorsing en -ontwikkeling
Research and Development addresses three pillars of iKapa Elihlumayo, i.e.
micro-economic strategy, building human capital with the emphasis on youth, and
a spatial development framework for the Province, whereby the challenges of the
first and second economy are also addressed. The total Budget for Technology
Research and Development is R45,924 million.
The research budget of R24,8 million is allocated in the following way:
Animal Production (R9,7 million), Plant Production (R10,765) and Resource
Utilisation (R3,03 million).
A total number of 172 research projects are executed by 140 staff members,
including seven specialist researchers. It is a well-known fact that the
Western Cape will be affected the most by climate change. The Department has
therefore aligned itself, especially with regard to water management and
resource utilisation strategies, to keep abreast of the challenges of climate
change. The climate change programme includes focus areas such as research on
sustainable crop rotation and alternative farming systems, alternative crops,
research on the effective use of irrigation water, alternative water resource
management initiatives, remote sensing and disaster alleviation, development of
non-explored water resources, the eradication of invader plants and the use of
satellite information in climate forecasts and crop predictions, to name a
few.
Geographic information systems (GIS) have become a standard tool used by all
agencies involved in regional planning and development. The Department has
risen to the challenge by increasing our regional GIS capacity to better liaise
with local government towards promoting sustainable land use and improving
agricultural service delivery in close co-operation with other role
players.
As een van die Kersfeesdoelwitte het die Instituut vir Plantproduksie ân
navorsingsperseel in Phillippi op Orient Farm van die Muslim Judicial Council
(MJC) gevestig. ân Unieke vennootskap waar die Departement die
navorsingskundigheid en tegniese opleiding in groenteverbouing aan
ontwikkelende boere van die omgewing sal verskaf, met die MJC wat die perseel
en opleidingsfasiliteite verskaf, en ân boer, mnr Moore, wat die kommersiële
groente-verbouingskundigheid en onderhoud van die perseel, na die tafel bring
is gevestig. Aspekte soos bio-diversiteit, die organiese verbouing van groente
en vrugte van hoogstaande gehalte, die maak van kompos, asook die bestuur en
organisasie van stedelike tuinbouprojekte, sal in die Phillippi-model ingebou
kan word.
ân Nuwe program vir die ontwikkeling van vleisbees weidingproduksiestelsels
is vanjaar op die Outeniekwa-proefplaas van stapel gestuur. Hierdie program is
verder ontwikkel om veral die behoeftes van opkomende boere in die area aan te
spreek.
The Institute for Animal Production has been pivotal in the provision of
technical training and mentorship to the owners, 16 previously disadvantaged
individuals, of Klein Eikeboom Farm near Wellington. The business strategy of
this dairy farm is to optimise the excellent market opportunities that have
been created over the first two and a half years of the business operation.
Die analitiese laboratorium van die Departement ontleed meer
as 30 000 grond-, plant- en watermonsters jaarliks en is ân
onontbeerlike diens aan boere, adviseurs en ander rolspelers. Omdat hierdie
laboratorium ook ân kritiese rol gaan speel in die strategie van die
Departement om die nadelige effekte van klimaatsverandering op landbou in die
Wes-Kaap te buffer, is daar vanjaar toerusting van nagenoeg R2 miljoen vervang
om steeds op die voorpunt van die nuutste ontledingstegnologie te bly.
Small stock has provided South African and in particular Western Cape
farmers with a stable, reliable income over years. The advent of international
trade and industry regulations, however, has resulted in severe restrictions on
the usage of environmentally unfriendly agrochemicals. An integrated pollution
prevention control directive has been drafted for implementation in 2007, the
ostrich industry, with a gross turnover of approximately R1,5 billion, and 60%
of its products being exported, is being assisted by the Department in Eurepgap
standards and traceability, in particular.
Gestruktureerde landbou-opleiding
Having a piece of land to farm on and simply wanting to farm is not enough to
ensure success in agriculture. Farmers and their workers need a minimum level
of appropriate knowledge and skills to ensure their success and sustainability
of their farming operations. But these farmers and farm workers also need
adequate support services from both the public and private sector to assist
them in their endeavours to be locally, nationally and internationally
competitive.
Die Departement van Landbou: Wes-Kaap is ernstig in sy strewe om die
kundigheidsvlakke en vaardighede van die sleutel rolspelers in landbou in die
Provinsie (vanaf die laagste tot hoogste vlakke) uit te bou. Om hierdie doelwit
te bereik is die ontwikkeling en implementering van ân Menslike
Hulpbron-ontwikkelingstrategie vir die Landbou in die Wes-Kaap noodsaaklik.
Hierdie strategie sal verskeie programme insluit wat sal verseker dat die
behoefte aan kundigheid en vaardighede wat deur die sektor in die provinsie
benodig word, ontwikkel word. Spesiale klem sal gelê word op die ontwikkeling
van skaarsvaardighede en kundigheid wat nodig is om transformasie in die
landbou sektor te bevorder. Aspekte wat sal aandag kry sluit onder andere in
die opleiding van landbouers in die kommersiële en opkomende sektore,
plaaswerkers, jeug- en mentorskapprogramme, internskap en
leerlingskap-opleiding en finansiële steun aan behoeftige studente.
Die Program Gestruktureerde Landbou-Opleiding gaan vanjaar R22,651
miljoen spandeer in die ontwikkeling van hierdie doelwitte.
Die hoë standaard van opleiding wat deur die Kaapse Instituut vir
Landbou-Opleiding by Elsenburg aangebied word, het erkenning gekry met ân goue
toekenning in die âPremiers Excellence Awardâ-kompetisie wat in 2005
plaasgevind het.
Om opleiding meer toeganklik te maak vir veral die opkomende boere en
plaaswerkers is opleidingsentra op George, Oudtshoorn en Clanwilliam reeds in
werking gestel, terwyl ân sentrum ook in Bredasdorp gevestig word. Die
vestiging van ân sentrum in die Karoo- en Hexrivier areas word tans
ondersoek.
Leerlingskap-opleiding in die Voortgesette Onderwys en Opleidingsverband word
voortgesit â 48 studente het op 3 Mei hul opleiding by Elsenburg begin. Twee
van die leerders wat verlede jaar vlak 1 voltooi het en hierdie jaar NQF vlak 4
in Wingerdbou doen, Aubrey Roberts en Joseph Muller is vandag hier.
Ons het ook twee beurshouers, naamlik Samuel Jelander en Hendrik Booysen in
ons midde. Beide studente is nou besig met BAgric en is tans in hul derde jaar.
Samuel Jelander het ook 'n merietebeurs vanaf die Universiteit van Stellenbosch
ontvang vanweë bogemiddelde akademiese prestasie. Hy is onder die top 15%
studente van die Universiteit van Stellenbosch. Op grond hiervan is hy genooi
om lid te word van die Golden Key International Honour Society. Erelede van die
Golden Key is onder andere Emeritus Dr Desmond Tutu, Mnr Trevor Manuel, Dr
Naledi Pandor en Dr Leon Wessels.
Ons gaan voort met verskeie buitelands gefinansierde projekte.
Die CAPRI-projek (Cape Programme for Rural Innovation) met Wageningen
Universiteit in Nederland word tans geïmplementeer. Hierdie projek is gemik op
die ontwikkeling van ân kurrikulum vir die BAgric-program om huidige en
potensiële Landbouvoorligters in die Wes-, Noord- en Oos-Kaap provinsies op te
lei. â
Die FAMU-projek met Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University in die
VSA het nou die halfpad merk bereik.
Die verdere ondersteuning van plaaswerkers om opleiding in wingerdbou en
wynkunde, kaasmaak en kuipery in Frankryk te onderneem, word weer vanjaar
voortgesit. Ons is trots op hierdie mense van wie reeds wynmakers en kaasmakers
is wat hulle merk gemaak het met kampioenwyne en -kase. Daar gaan vanjaar weer
vier aspirant kaasmakers en tien leerling wynmakers na Boergondië. Hulle is ook
almal hier teenwoordig.
Sustainable resource management
Volhoubare ontwikkeling en bewaring van ons skaars hulpbronne om volgehoue
landboupraktyke te verseker kry hierdie jaar ân toekenning van R35,3 miljoen.
Teen die huidige trant gaan die waterverbruik van die Kaapse Metropool
binnekort die voorsiening vanuit die beskikbare waterbronne oortref. Die
besproeiingssektor is verantwoordelik vir ongeveer 50% van totale huidige
verbruik en moet dus betrokke raak by die vind van gebalanseerde
oplossings.
Die Departement het reeds ân program geloods om die werklike
waterverbruiksdoeltreffendheid deur besproeiingsboere in die Wes-Kaap te bepaal
om sodoende die hoeveelheid kg vrugte geproduseer per kubieke meter water te
verbeter. Die program is tans in De Doorns (tafeldruiwe), Worcester
(wyndruiwe), Ceres (pere), Stellenbosch (pruime), Sandveld (aartappels) en
Vredendal (wyndruiwe) aan die gang.
Produsente word reeds bygestaan om hul waterverbruik te optimiseer en foute
in hul besproeiingstelsels en skedulering uit te skakel. Die resultate van die
projek tot dusver dui daarop dat water oor die algemeen effektief benut word.
Die gemiddelde verbetering in die waterverbruiksdoeltreffendheid het met tussen
12 en 15% gestyg waar die program geïmplimenteer is. Die bevindinge sal
beskikbaar gestel word om produsente oor die hele provinsie dieselfde
ondersteuning te gee. Die koste van die projek beloop R650 000 per jaar.
Die departement is voortdurend besig om metodes te ondersoek waardeur
graanboere hulle insetkoste kan verlaag. Bewaringsboerdery is een so ân metode.
Ongeveer 120 boere in die saaigebiede van die Wes-Kaap is gedurende die 2005
seisoen met advies bedien rakende die omskakeling na Bewaringsboerdery.
Verlede jaar het 225 boere ongeveer 265 000 ha direk gesaai m.a.w. sonder
enige vorm van vooraf-bewerking, met goeie resultate. Die koste van die projek
beloop R470 000 per jaar.
Om te bepaal hoe die beskikbare waterbronne beter benut kan word en waar
daar potensiaal is vir die ontginning van nuwe en alternatiewe bronne tot
voordeel van gevestigde en veral opkomende boere en gemeenskappe vind die
volgende ondersoeke en projekte onder leiding van die program Volhoubare
Hulpbronbenutting plaas:
* Oudtshoorn landbouwaterondersoek R3 miljoen
* Olifants/Doringrivier-studie: Verlede jaar R6 miljoen en hierdie jaar R1,5
miljoen
* George-waterstudie: R2,5 miljoen
* Koebeebergprojek: R900 000
* Zoar-waterbronstudie R600 000
This year we will have 50 Junior LandCare camps that will accommodate 4 500
historically disadvantaged students, raising awareness with them on sustainable
resource use for example efficient water use, biodiversity education, climate
change as well as social skills such as team work and leadership skills. R700
000 has been allocated to theses camps.
The LandCare sub-program has experienced difficulty in employing skilled
historically disadvantaged staff in the past three years. To address this
problem LandCare has appointed 14 engineering interns for an 11-month period.
This will be an ongoing process to attract successfully skilled staff to
conduct our service and obtain equity. This innovative program started at the
beginning of 2006 and we trust it will build great capacity within the scarce
skills of LandCare in South Africa.
Veeartsenydienste
Die toekenning van R25 673 miljoen vir Veeartsenydienste sal hoofsaaklik, maar
nie uitsluitlik nie, aangewend word om vyf aspekte aan te spreek,
naamlik:
* Dieresiektevoorkoming en -beheer
* Voortdurende monitering vir verskeie belangrike siektes
* Uitvoer\ fasilitering
* Veiligheid van vleis\ produkte
* Laboratorium diagnostiese diens
Siektevoorkoming is in ân groot mate afhanklik van goeie voorligting aan
alle boere, beide gevestigde boere en nuwe toetreders. Waar siektes van
ekonomiese belang uitbreek sal toepaslike stappe geneem word om dit te bekamp
en uit te roei soos die geval was met Europese varkpes die afgelope jaar en
tans met Afrika perdesiekte.
It is of utmost importance that regular testing to monitor for the presence
of important diseases such as bovine tuberculosis, avian influenza, classical
swine fever and others, continue. As a result of intensive testing for avian
influenza and classical swine fever the province can claim freedom of these
diseases. In this financial year the cattle of emerging farmers on the Cape
Flats will be tested for bovine tuberculosis and brucellosis. This testing will
be done free of charge and has become possible with the mobile handling
facility acquired by the department. At the same time emerging farmers will be
given information regarding basic disease prevention measures that should be
taken.
In Julie 2004 is voëlgriep op twee volstruisplase in die Oos-Kaap gevind en
dit het gelei tot ân 15-maande lang verbod op die uitvoer van volstruisvleis.
Hierdie verbod het ân R700 miljoen verlies tot gevolg gehad. Sowat 4 000
werksgeleenthede is ook in die proses verloor.
Die Wes-Kaap is die hartland van die Suid-Afrikaanse volstruisbedryf met
sowat 70% van die totale produksie wat hier plaasvind. Die Suid-Afrikaanse
volstruisbedryf verskaf werk aan sowat 16 000 mense en verdien R1, 2 miljard
per jaar aan buitelandse valuta vir die land. Dit is ân bedryf wat 90%
uitvoergerig is.
The ostrich industry however, grasped the challenge and embarked on an
intensive awareness and marketing campaign within South Africa and that led to
a five-fold increase in local consumption of ostrich meat. When exports were
resumed in October 2005, the ostrich industry gave local consumers the
assurance that the industry will continue to serve the growing South African
market. The industry is still in the process of regaining shelf space and
market share that were lost in Europe and as that materialises, some of the job
losses might also be mitigated.
The challenge was ours to give hope to the industry and the thousands of
workers who stood to lose their jobs. Together we worked and won the
battle.
As a token of their appreciation of the support received from the Department
and the Government, the Ostrich Industry donated these engraved Ostrich Eggs
that, when switched on, it produces light as a sign of hope. Every member will
receive one.
Uitvoere is egter ook afhanklik van gereelde inspeksies van uitvoer
slagfasiliteite deur beamptes van Veeartsenydiens. Verder sal voorgeskrewe
monsters by sulke fasiliteite geneem word vir laboratorium monitering van
higiëne. Sonder hierdie aksies word vleis nie aanvaar in lande waarheen dit
uitgevoer word nie. Die gereelde monitering vir belangrike siektes soos
voorheen genoem dra ook by tot die aanvaarding van ons vleisprodukte. Die
uitvoer van vleis van ander spesies word nou ook moontlik, omdat jaarlikse
registrasie van skaap-, vark- en wildplase nou ook deur hierdie departement, in
samewerking met die nasionale Departement van Landbou, gedoen word.
Speaker I trust that agriculture will be able to deliver from the earth the
hope that was envisaged by the Premier when he quoted the words of the late
Nkosi Albert Luthuli. I want to take you back to those words:
âThe task is not finished; South Africa is not yet a home for all her sons
and daughters. Such a home we wish to ensure. The past cannot hope to have a
life sustained by it, wrenched from the whole. There remains before us the
building of a new land, a home for man who is black, white, brown, from the
ruins of the old narrow groups, a synthesis of the rich cultural strains, which
we have inherited. Somewhere ahead there beckons a civilization, a culture,
which will take its place in the parade of Godâs history. It will not
necessarily be all black, but it will be African.â
Only when we have finally succeeded to create an environment where our
people are totally free; where they are the rightful owners of the land; where
they are full participants in the economy; only when we have finally shifted
the frontiers of poverty, and the shackles of the past is truly âno moreâ, will
we be able to say that we have finished our task.
Speaker, ek wil graag afsluit deur almal te bedank wat ons Departement die
afgelope jaar bygestaan het:
* Die Premier en my kollegass in die Kabinet,
* Me Zodwa Magwaza, voorsitter van die portefeuljekomitee en al die lede,
* Ons sektor vennote,
* Georganiseerde landbou(NAFU, Agri Wes-Kaap En Wecufu),
* Die boere van ons provinsie wat onder uiters moeilike omstandighede Landbou
ân ongekwalifiseerde sukses maak in die provinsie,
* Ons gaste in die galery,
* Dr Piet van Rooyen,
* Joyene Isaacs en die Departement,
* My kantoorpersoneel en
* Laaste maar nie die minste nie my vrou en familie vir hulle opoffering
dikwels in eensaamheid. Dankie vir julle ondersteuning
Issued by: Department of Agriculture, Western Cape Provincial
Government
19 May 2006
