Who and what is AfriForum?

AfriForum is an Afrikaans civil rights organisation that protects the rights of minority groups at national as well as provincial level, and anyone who can identify with AfriForum’s principles and objectives may join the organisation. AfriForum’s community plan focuses on mobilising communities to thus take control of their own streets and neighbourhoods again. AfriForum ensures that your constitutional and civil rights are recognised and protected at national level.

Wie en wat is AfriForum?

AfriForum is ’n Afrikaanse burgerregteorganisasie wat die regte van minderheidsgroepe op sowel nasionale as provinsiale vlak beskerm, en enigiemand wat met AfriForum se beginsels en doelstellings kan identifiseer, mag by die organisasie aansluit. AfriForum se gemeenskapsplan fokus daarop om gemeenskappe te mobiliseer om só weer beheer terug te neem oor hul eie strate en woonbuurtes. AfriForum verseker dat jou grondwetlike én burgerregte op nasionale vlak erken en beskerm word.

Joint indigenous veld goat project enters next phase of commercialisation

The indigenous veld goat incubation project, launched by AfriForum, Saai and Kgosi Gabo Moroka of the Barolong Boo Seleka of Thaba’Nchu, in May 2024, entered a new phase on its journey towards commercialisation in the first week of September 2026. The farming enterprise on the farm Blijdskap, trading as K.G.M. Farming, took part for the first time last week in the Vleissentraal auction in Kimberley, as well as the Indigenous Veld Goat Breeders’ Society’s annual national auction in Bloemfontein. In total 33 rams and six ewes were sold in Kimberley and Bloemfontein respectively, while a stud ram was also purchased at the national auction, with the aim of establishing a fully-fledged indigenous veld goat stud.

In the coming week, ahead of the cultural community’s annual general meeting on Saturday, 12 September, Kgosi Gabo Moroka will also donate ten rams from the incubation project to settlements within the community, with a view of improving goat genetics in the area. Agricultural development is one of the key pillars of the Barolong Boo Seleka’s economic development plan, and the incubation project, together with the distribution of rams with improved genetics, forms part of this plan. AfriForum and Saai are involved in agricultural development in the area through their agricultural development incubator, the Resilient Regenerative Agricultural Initiative (RRAIN).

“I am deeply grateful for the progress we are making in commercialising this farming enterprise. It is a privilege to be able to honour, this week, the promise I made to the community regarding the improvement of genetics through this project. The only way our people will achieve the beautiful future we dream of is by strengthening our self-sufficiency and building that future ourselves. Agricultural projects such as this one, undertaken in partnership with other stakeholders, are among the practical steps we are taking to make this happen. We are grateful to our Heavenly Father for the blessings from His hand,” says Kgosi Moroka.

“Our participation in the national auction was extremely valuable for us as a project team. It gave us the opportunity to network with the country’s leading breeders, and we were also able to gain valuable input to help take this project to the next level. It was a real learning experience for us, but we are very excited about the livestock improvement potential of the stud ram we purchased,” says Nantes Kelder, National Project Coordinator of Intercultural relations and cooperation at AfriForum.

“Agriculture offers rural communities a unique opportunity to create prosperity through commercialisation. Saai is grateful, through our involvement in this project, to be able to make a positive difference,” says Leon Lourens, Development Coordinator at Saai.

“I really enjoy managing this goat farming enterprise, even though it can be challenging at times. My focus is on running the farm and growing it to the point where it becomes profitable. I’m proud of what the farm has achieved so far, but I know there is still a great deal of work ahead of us. The future of this country lies in the hands of young people. I hope that, through this farming enterprise, I can also inspire other young people from traditional communities to make a difference through agriculture and to build a future for themselves in this way,” says Motlotlegi Motshabi, manager of Kgosi Moroka Farming.