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September 2018

Jeneth Thembi Shoba

Jeneth Thembi Shoba was born on Zandspruit between Ermelo and Piet Retief on 5 April 1959. She

started to develop an interest in agriculture when she was still young as her parents worked on the

farm. It became clear to her that there was no life without agriculture. She started farming with maize

and cattle with her late husband, Simon, in 1994. Jeneth joined Grain SA in 2014 and began enjoying

farming when she became a study group member of Grain SA.

Through Grain SA she gained the skills and knowledge to farm in a more professional and

productive manner. During the previous season, she managed to produce 7,5 tons of maize on 1 ha

for the first time.

Ncamisile Liphine Mdluli

Ncamisile Liphine Mdluli was born in Swaziland to Agnes and Alfred Hlophe on 29 January 1958. She is married to

Norman Mdluli and they have six children, of which four are girls and two boys.

Her love for agriculture developed at a very young age as she used to help her parents when they were

planting and she had to perform various chores in the village they lived in. She officially joined Grain SA

in July 2016. Prior to that, she attended some study group meetings as she was interested in what was

happening in the agricultural field. This hard-working lady attends and participates in meetings regu­

larly and her mentor is impressed with her diligence to put into practice what she has learnt.

Alfred Magongo

Alfred Magongo was born and raised on Mooiplaas near the Elukwatini village in 1958. His father was a farmer

and planted maize, groundnuts and sweet potatoes. The money earned from farming helped raise his family.

In 1983 he started farming independently with maize and other crops like sweet potatoes and vegetables.

He used cattle to plough his arable lands. Currently Alfred plants maize. He planted 7 ha this year. He is

an extremely progressive farmer who contributes more and more from his own pocket every year un­

der the Jobs Fund Programme. Last year he achieved an average of 6 t/ha on the 7 ha that he planted.

Siyavuya Njeya

Siyavuya Njeya was born in Ntlozelo, a village that forms part of Mbizana, a town in the Nikhwe adminis­

trative area of the Eastern Cape. This is where he grew up with his family and where he still lives. He

comes from a farming family and grew up looking after his family’s animals until he left home to look

for work in Welkom in the Free State Province.

This farmer has a keen interest in livestock and crop production. With the help of Grain SA he can potentially

produce more maize – between 5 t/ha and 7 t/ha. At this stage Siyavuya plants 2 ha of field with maize.

Mgezeni Richard Hlatswayo

Mgezeni Richard Hlatswayo was born near Dirksdorp on the farm Twyfelhoek in 1961. He is the third of twelve

children. His interest in agriculture developed when he was still young, whilst assisting his father to plough

the fields using oxen to pull the plough. This is also where his love of the soil originated. Mgezeni has an inter­

est in livestock and crop production.

With the help of Grain SA, he has great potential in producing more maize, considering that he has improved

from planting 1 ha to the 3 ha he currently plants. In future Mgezeni would like to plant more maize.

Amos Mfaniseni Kubheka

Amos Mfaniseni Kubheka was born in Paulpietersburg, KwaZulu-Natal on 18 December 1955. He developed

an interest in agriculture because he farmed with his grandfather and realised that in order to survive and take

care of his family, he should be a farmer. His grandfather farmed with both livestock and cash crops and taught

him how to farm properly in order to produce good yields.

In 2004 he joined the Grain SA study group at Oshoek, which he attended until 2008. He re-joined the

Grain SA study group again in 2014 as he realised he was not going to improve his farming activities

without the assistance of Grain SA and the skills that they instilled in him.