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Dasberg Farming, a level 2 BEEE STATUS farming Business is contributing towards stability and job creation in the surrounding area by getting involved in land reform as well as the upliftment of previously disadvantaged people.

Dasberg Farming, a level 2 BEEE STATUS farming Business is contributing towards stability and job creation in the surrounding area by getting involved in land reform as well as the upliftment of previously disadvantaged people. It recognises and supports transformation and Broad-based Black Economic Empowerment as a given reality in South Africa. We are acting proactively and taking on the initiative by means of a model which will serve as an example to others. Opportunities have been and will continue to be created in the community; impacting directly on the reduction of local poverty and unemployment. It is extremely important that we strive toward successful land reform.

The project is located in Riviersonderend and targets the previously disadvantaged people, a remote rural community in the Theewaterskloof municipal jurisdiction in the Overberg district.

Dasberg Farming foresees that this land reform initiative/empowerment project will hopefully serve as a pilot project which can be used by others as a model for further empowerment projects in the Overberg. It is most probably the largest for this type of farming business in the region.

The head committee of Dasberg Farming is responsible for the training and mentorship of the new farmers. SW Viljoen (CEO) co-ordinate and rate all actions and in cases where he can’t act in specific proceedings or courses himself, he will be responsible to evaluate the mentorship and training and thus supervise that it’s being done properly.

In the process of empowering previously disadvantaged employees,
various courses have already been successfully completed by many of the workers.

Left: Darberg Farming Shareholders
Above: Kipara Farming Shareholders

Dasberg board members consist of the following:

Schalk Viljoen – Chairman (White)

Gerswin Louw – Vice Chairman (Coloured)

Noko Masipa – Independent Director (Black)

The Dasberg shareholders consist of the following: Dasberg Farming (49%) and Kipara Farming (51%). Kipara Farming is a 100% black-owned company.
Kipara shareholders consist of the following: A Workers Trust and Eksteenkloof Farming. It is the sole objective of The Workers Trust to empower previously disadvantaged workers and to improve their socio-economic conditions. All permanent labourers are beneficiaries of the trust.

Eksteenkloof Farming aim to settle a commercial farmer every 10 years with their own farm; farming with assistance from his/her shareholder proceeds accumulated during that decade.

Dasberg Farming believe in fair and meaningful land reform where both the commercial and upcoming farmers work alongside each other in a mutual partnership. The commercial farmer shares his/her skills and knowledge garnered through years of experience. That way the upcoming farmer gets equipped with the necessary skills needed to run his/her farm independently and successfully. Growing together as part of an inclusive South Africa.