A JOURNEY THROUGH TIME

The

grain and oilseed industry

of south africa – A journey through time

Maize Board building, preference will be given to the acquisition of offices in that

building. The NOPO head office will therefore still be located in Pretoria.

A full business plan, with cost structures, will be submitted for approval to produc-

ers at the upcoming congresses of NOPO and NAMPO.’

Grobler and Pretorius both expressed their satisfaction with the decisions made by

the respective executives, and said they were confident that the new dispensation

would result in a more efficient and cost-effective service to producers.

Decision-making and mandates for merging

At the NOPO congress in February 1998, the NOPO executive was granted a man-

date to continue with consultations with NAMPO and other industry organisations

in order to establish a single service provision structure for grain producers. The

management committees of NOPO and NAMPO convened at Bothaville on 19 Au-

gust 1998 to reflect on key elements to ensure the success of the merger.

The NOPO management committee was represented by:

• Mr Gert Pretorius (Chairperson)

• Mr Lourie Bosman (Vice-chairperson)

• Mr Adriaan Ferreira (Chairperson: Groundnuts)

• Mr Jan Grobler (Chairperson: Sunflower)

• Mr Frans Potgieter (Chairperson: Soybeans)

The NAMPO Chairperson's Committee was represented by:

• Mr Japie Grobler (Chairperson: NAMPO)

• Mr Bully Botma (Vice-chairperson: NAMPO)

• Mr Neels Ferreira

• Mr Jub Jubelius

• Mr Kevin Starke

• Mr WH van Zyl

• Mr JA Barnard

It was confirmed that the NOPO and NAMPO congresses had granted a mandate

to continue the discussions onmerging. One of the first steps in this process of uni-

fication was the integration of the NAMPO and NOPO magazines from July 1998.

From then onwards only

Mielies/Maize

appeared, with the inputs from

NOPO-

nuus

included.

The NAMPO Chairperson’s Committee photographed during the final congress. From

the left: Messrs Japie Grobler, Jub Jubelius, Neels Ferreira, Kevin Starke, WH van Zyl,

Apie Barnard and Bully Botma.