{"id":219349,"date":"2022-03-15T11:06:23","date_gmt":"2022-03-15T09:06:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/family-hatches-business-with-grant-money\/"},"modified":"2022-03-15T11:06:23","modified_gmt":"2022-03-15T09:06:23","slug":"family-hatches-business-with-grant-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/family-hatches-business-with-grant-money\/","title":{"rendered":"Family hatches business with grant money"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Written by Silusapho Nyanda\n<\/p>\n

Five young people from an Eastern Cape rural town are breeding success after putting their Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant to good use.<\/p>\n

The cousins from No\u00adbumba Village in Peddie used their monthly R350 SRD grant to start the Bayeni Poultry Cooper\u00adative, which sells broiler chickens to surrounding villages and the town of Makhanda.<\/p>\n

Bayeni chairperson Phumlisa Ngabase (26) explained that when the cousins lost their jobs because of COVID-19, they had to find a way to put food on the table in the long-term.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur vision was to get up and do something for ourselves,\u201d Ngabase said.<\/p>\n

They also received as\u00adsistance from the Eastern Cape Department of Rural Development and Agrarian Reform (DRDAR), which donated 10 bags of feed and 150 day-old chicks, a plucker machine and water tanks.<\/p>\n

Apart from the do\u00adnations, DRDAR also trained the youngsters.<\/p>\n

“DRDAR officials gave us information packs about the different stages of growing chickens and the types of feed to use at each stage,” Ngabase said.<\/p>\n

Members of the cooper\u00adative also received infor\u00admation about registering a cooperative and applying for assistance from the department.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are constantly in touch with our extension officer for advice,\u201d said Ngabase.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe assistance we have received from the depart\u00adment has minimised our challenges, and we are starting to see profits.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ngabase said they chose the agriculture sector because it offers endless opportunities for young people.<\/p>\n

Eastern Cape MEC of Rural Development and Agrarian Reform Nonkqubela Pieters said the Bayeni Poultry Coop\u00aderative has done com\u00admendable work.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey have changed R350 monthly grants into an investment.\u201d<\/p>\n

MEC Pieter added that the DRDAR recently donated 400 chicks and 15 bags of feed, 2 400 vegetable seedlings, 10 wheelbarrows, 20 bags of pig feed, garden tools and a plucker machine to 17 other youth projects in Peddie.<\/p>\n

Emerging farmers wanting to receive similar assistance, should contact DRDAR\u2019s extension services at 043 602 5006\/7 or visit www.drdar.gov.za<\/a>. \u2013 SAnews.gov.za<\/strong><\/p>\n

*This article first appeared in the March 2022, 2nd edition of Vuk\u2019uzenzele<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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