Royal Show Agricultural Guide 2018

Cattle trading: 

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Royal Carcass Auction: 

most prestigious SA red 

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Youth farmers: 

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Royal Show 2018 

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4 Take animal and asset tracking to the next level 

6 Welcome to the Royal Show 2018 

10 Win a holiday! 

12 Livestock overview 

14 Royal Carcass Auction 

18 Champion lamb carcass 

20 Young Auctioneers Competition 

22 Cattle programme 

24 KZN Youth Show 

28 Steers and Future Farmers 

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10 days 

THE 168th Royal Show 

runs from Friday, May 

25 to Sunday, June 3, 

providing ten actionpacked 

days. 

The Royal is the largest mixed 

agricultural show on the African 

continent, and the focus is on 

introducing “town to country”. 

Over the years, the entertainment 

programme has brought 

the public a high-quality mix of 

sights, sounds and activities, 

ensuring a memorable time for 

young and old. This year will be 

no exception. 

A first-time addition will be the 

mobile bungee jump and SCAD 

freefall, where those brave 

enough will be given an opportunity 

to plummet from a 50m 

‘dizzy height’ into a safety net. 

To add value to exhibitors and 

visitors by way of specials and 

discounts, the 2018 Royal Show 

will reduce gate charges on both 

Fridays to R45 for everyone. 

Friday, 1 June – ‘Super Fri- 

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of action-packed enjoyment! 

day’ – will also see a number of 

exhibitors, including the funfair, 

offering special packages. 

Events to look forward to: 

• The ECR Royal Rock Concert, 

featuring Matt Gardiner, 

Matthew Mole, and Mi Casa. 

• The Royal Symphony Concert, 

with a performance of the 

full KZN Philharmonic Orchestra 

on the theme of “The World’s 

Most Beautiful Music”, featuring 

Federico Freschi and oboist 

Myfanwy Price, and conducted 

by Naum Rousine. 

• The RSG Concert, featuring 

Armand ‘The Singing Cowboy’, 

Elizma Theron, Brendan Peyper 

and Refentse. 

• The Royal Hindvani Extravaganza 

and Bhangra, with 

a varied programme of dance, 

comedy and music. 

• The uMgungundlovu Youth 

Festival, in conjunction with 

Gagasi FM, featuring Kwaito legend 

L’vovo. 

• The Powasol Enduro-X 

series under the auspices of 

Motorsport South Africa. 

• A full programme of equestrian 

events, including Boerperd, 

Jumping, Dressage, Children’s 

and National Showing Classes. 

• The Standard Bank Gold 

Cup Parade, where the crème 

de la crème of South Africa’s 

cattle and smallstock will be 

paraded in the Main Arena prior 

to the presentation of awards. 

• The KZN Dog Agility and Dog 

Jumping Championships. 

• The return of the Harvard 

aerobatic display, the ‘Puma Flying 

Lions’. 

• The Royal Title Tournament, 

a medieval combat tournament 

where participants with authentic 

weapons and armour will 

battle it out for honours. 

• A drone competition, with 

South Africa’s top drone pilots. 

• The Coca-Cola ‘Monster 

Flight Night’, where Freestyle 

Motocross riders will perform the 

latest tricks on a huge rig that 

includes pyro-technics. 

• The Royal Demolition Derby, 

where a team of professional 

stock car racers will take each 

other on, with the last vehicle 

running becomiing the winner. 

• The return of the Karkloof 

Canopy Zipline, and the province’s 

largest fun-fair. 

The Royal Show also hosts 

KZN’s largest display of construction 

and materials handling 

equipment, complementing 

a broad mix of over 400 commercial, 

industrial and servicesector 

exhibits. 

As is traditional, the Show will 

include a meaningful presence 

of cattle, sheep, goats, rabbits 

and birds, which appeal not only 

to those directly involved in agriculture, 

but to the public at large. 

In this regard, the sheep and 

cattle expos provide “city folk” 

with displays and demonstrations 

intended to impart information 

and satisfy curiosity. 

The Mercury Hall of Fine Living 

will be hosting a food and 

culinary display. 

Events of this type would not 

take place without the support 

of numerous volunteers and 

sponsorship from the business 

sector, and here I would especially 

like to acknowledge with 

appreciation our partnership 

with Coca-Cola, First National 

Bank and East Coast Radio. 

Affording visitors with an allinclusive 

package of enjoyment, 

education, information and 

entertainment, the 2018 Royal 

Show is sure to meet expectations. 

We look forward to welcoming 

you. 

Terry Strachan 

CEO, Royal Agricultural 

Society 


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Livestock 


Judges 

Future Farmers 

Lyn Oldfield 

Jan de Jong 

Fat Stock 

Mr CA Froneman 

Edgar Wichman 

Heifers 

Jan de Jong 

Rowen van Aardt 

Beef Interbreed 

Llewellyn Angus 

Sechaba Majola 

Dairy Interbreed 

Paul Meade 

Sheep Interbreed 

Jan de Jong 

Fat Lamb 

Angus Williamson 

Jan de Jong 


The first weekend of 

the 2018 Royal Show 

began with the Youth 

and Future Farmer 

competitions. The 

commercial classes with judging 

“on the hoof” preceded 

transport to the abattoir. 

This year saw the continuation 

of the commercial weaner 

and heifer competitions. The 

purpose of these competitions 

is to seek out the best livestock 

in KZN in their “working 

clothes”, with accolades extended 

to winning exhibitors. 

In so doing, it is hoped to expand 

the section by embracing 

commercial farmers and providing 

a platform from which 

they can gain valuable exposure 

in the industry. 

The carcass auction — South 

Africa’s premier red meat event 

— took place in the Sheep 

Expo hall on Tuesday 29 May. 

The Royal Show competitive 

bovine stud section is 

renowned for its excellence in 

terms of quality stock, and, as 

in past years, was the primary 

area of focus on the Tuesday 

and Wednesday of the Show. 

The bovine component concluded 

with Interbreed judging, 

and the Gold Cup Parade and 

presentations on Wednesday 

evening. The spectacular and 

evocative experience — held 

under floodlights — is an event 

that elicits interest from breeders 

and the public alike. 

Whilst the show caters for 

all breeds, it is the norm for 

Angus, Brahman, Hereford, 

Limousin, Pinzgauer, PinZ 2 yl, 

Simmentaler, Simbra and Sussex 

to underwrite the event. 

To complement the competitive 

classes, the Royal Show 

Cattle Expo is focused on affording 

professionals and the 

public with a display and information 

on various breeds. 

Pleasingly, 2018 saw the 

return of the Wagyu, a highly 

prized breed that by way of 

special feed and extraordinary 

care is purported to produce 

the world’s best beef. 


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Carcass Auction 

The annual Royal 

Show Carcass 

Competition and 

auction — the most 

prestigious event on 

the South African Red Meat calendar 

— took place at 4.30pm 

on Tuesday afternoon, 29 May 

in the Sheep Expo Hall at the 

Royal Showgounds. 

This popular event is sponsored 

by Landbouweekblad, 

RPO, The Royal Agricultural 

Society, De Heus and BKB. 

The event is always a splendid 

opportunity for winning bidders 

(usually butchers or restaurants) 

to get exposure by being able 

to offer their customers meat 

adjudged to be the best South 

Africa has to offer. The winning 

breeders gain recognition with 

ribbons and accolades, and 

through publicity offered by the 

event. 

The following carcasses were 

auctioned. 

Beef 

The Champion, First Reserve, 

Second Reserve, Champion 

Group of Three and Reserve 

Champion Group of Three. Remaining 

carcasses were sold in 

terms of the abattoirs’ standard 

operational procedures. 

Lamb 

The Overall Champion, First 

Overall Reserve, Second 

Overall Reserve, Champion 

European Genetics, Reserve 

Champion European Genetics, 

plus the top 12 Groups of Three. 

This equated to approximately 

40 carcasses. Those remaining 

were sold by the abattoir in 

terms of their standard operational 

procedures. 

Pork 

Whilst pork carcasses were not 

be displayed, the Champion, 

First Reserve and Second Reserve 

were auctioned. Remaining 

carcasses were sold by the 

abattoirs in terms of their standard 

operational procedures. 

As always. the media were in 

attendance to ensure maximum 

exposure for buyers and sellers. 

This special event was open to 

the public. 



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Carcass Auction 

Results 

In their debut apppearance, North West farmers make a 

clean sweep of awards in the beef carcass competition 

A group of young farmers from Vryburg in the North West Province had a memorable first appearance 

at the Royal Show. They are pictured with RAS president Mike Moncur (centre) and RAS CEO 

Terry Strachan in the background. PHOTO: JUSTIN KLUSENER 

SIX farmers from the 

North West Province 

decided to pool their 

resources and bring 

50 steers to the Royal 

Agricultural Show. 

The decision proved to be a 

hugely profitable one for the Vryburg 

Beef Study Group. 

Not only did two of their members 

— Muller Fourie, from the 

Rusda Trust, and Christo Oosthuizen, 

of the JJO Boerdery — see 

their animals, a Santa Gertrudis 

and Simbra, respectively, chosen 

as the best commercial animals 

on show in the steers competition, 

but on Tuesday the group’s Bonsmaras 

won all six prizes in the 

beef carcass competition. 

It’s the first time in 22 years that 

a single breeder or breeding group 

has managed this feat. 

During the auction which followed, 

the champion beef carcass 

and the reserve champion were 

bought by the Oyster Box for R70/ 

kg and R75/kg, respectively. 

Although the price was higher 

than the ruling figure for beef 

of R47/kg, it was well down on 

2015’s record price of R150/kg. 

Lowlands Gourmet Meats 

snapped up the second reserve 

champion, the super ox and the 

reserve champion group, with Hlophe 

Butchery buying the champion 

beef group. 

In the lamb section, Gert Lotter’s 

White Dorper proved to be a winner 

for the farmer, from Hofmeyr 

in the Eastern Cape, and was sold 

for R180/kg to the Oyster Box 

Hotel in Umhlanga. 

Lotter also bred the champion 

group, which was bought by the 

Oyster Box’s executive head chef, 

Kevin Joseph, for R170/kg. 

Ed Barry, from Four Feet Farming, 

took home the prize for first 

reserve champion for a Dormer, 

which Joseph snapped up for 

R120/kg. 

And the chef added to his freezer 

by buying the champion lamb 

with European genetics, an Il de 

France, bred by Regina Harmse, 

from Ermelo, Mpumalanga. The 

price paid was R240/kg. 

Coetzee Reitz, from Williston in 

the Northern Cape, had the second 

reserve champion, which was 

bought by Kennedy Meat Market 

for R120/kg. 

His reserve champion group of 

White Dorpers also went to Kennedy’s, 

who paid R95/kg, before 

adding to their basket by buying 

the reserve champion lamb 


with European genetics, an Il de 

France, owned by Harmse, for 

R90/kg. 

The prices achieved in the lamb 

section were above the ruling 

price of R71/kg, but well below 

those achieved last year when the 

champion sold for R1 350/kg. 

Pork producers were given 

something to smile about at the 

Royal. 

In the wake of the listeriosis crisis, 

pork prices have plummeted 

and at Tuesday’s auction the ruling 

price was just R18/kg. 

Fortunately, there were some 

keen buyers in the audience and 

NHELC Farm saw their champion, 

a PIC, sell for R60/kg to the Oyster 

Box. 

The Umhlanga hotel also bought 

the first reserve champion, a 

Topig, bred by Craig McCord, for 

R55/kg, and the champion Landrace 

carcass, bred by Sibonelo 

Mlangeni, for R30/kg. 

SA Livestock snapped up Mc- 

Cord’s second reserve Topig for 

R28/kg, Butt Farming’s champion 

group of Topigs for R25/kg, and 

emerging farmer Sandile Mthethwa’s 

reserve champion PIC for 

R26/kg. 

McCord’s reserve champion 

group of Topigs went to Shaam’s 

Butchery for R26/kg. 

A total of 170 cattle, 133 lambs 

and 128 pigs were entered for the 

Royal Show’s prestigious red meat 

competition, described by many 

as one of the most prestigious 

events on the farming calendar. 

Hendrik Botha, of the Red Meat 

Producers Organisation, said it 

was important for them to be involved 

in the Royal Show carcass 

competition because it was a way 

for them to give recognition to the 

time and effort taken by breeders 

to bring quality meat to market. 

He made special mention of the 

Vryburg farmers, commending 

them for taking the trouble to travel 

down to the show, adding that he 

hoped it would be the first of many 

more visits. 

— ESTELLE SINKINS, 

courtesy of The Witness 


Regina Harmse accepts her prize for breeding the best lamb with 

European genetics, an Il de France, from RAS President Mike 

Moncur. PHOTO: JUSTIN KLUSENER 

Tjaart Steenekamp from Twee Seuns Suffolks receives his prize 

for breeding the super lamb carcass at the Royal from RAS President 

Mike Moncur. PHOTO: JUSTIN KLUSENER 

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Gert Lotter (left) 

from the Eastern 

Cape returned to 

winning ways at 

the 2018 Royal 

Show breeding the 

champion lamb 

and champion 

group. With him is 

president of the 

RAS Mike Moncur. 

PHOTO: JUSTIN 

KLUSENER 

Show prize surprise for 

Eastern Cape farmer 

WHEN his Boerbulls 

got into his 

lamb pen and 

killed a substantial 

number of his 

prize hopefuls just weeks before 

the Royal Agriculture Show, Eastern 

Cape farmer Gert Lotter nearly 

gave up hope. 

Lotter, who has been a stalwart 

supporter of the Royal’s fat lamb 

competition and the carcass auction 

which follows it, was left with a 

difficult choice, 

“Gert had to decide whether or 

not to bring what lambs he had 

left to the show and try his luck or 

to just not come at all,” his wife, 

Louise, said. 

“We love coming to the Royal 

Show, so we thought we must just 

bring the lambs and hope for the 

best.” 

The Lotters travelled from 

Hofmeyr to Pietermaritzburg with 

few expectations of success and 

were left somewhat discouraged 

when their best White Dorper fat 

lambs failed to show to advantage 

in the ring. 

On Tuesday evening, some 200 

cattle, sheep and goat breeders 

and buyers gathered at the sheep 

section for the Royal Show’s prestigious 

red meat auction. 

Among them were the Lotters, 

looking apprehensive. Minutes 

later, however, the couple were 

all smiles as Terry Strachan, chief 

executive officer of the Royal Agricultural 

Society, revealed that one 

of their White Dorpers had been 

named RAS champion for 2018. 

Lotter also took home the prize 

for the champion group of lambs. 

Speaking to The Witness afterwards, 

Lotter said he couldn’t 

quite believe it, adding: “It looks 

like our luck may have turned for 

the better.” 

During the auction, the lamb sold 

to the Oyster Box Hotel in Umhlanga 

for R180 per kilogram — 

well above the current ruling price 

of R71/kg — but well down on last 

year’s price of R1 350/kg. The 

hotel also bought the champion 

group of lambs for R170/kg. 

Asked if he was concerned 

about the big drop in the auction 

price, Lotter said: “No. For me this 

is more about having the winning 

carcass. It’s been quite a long time 

since I last won and it feels wonderful.” 




Pictured with the 

champion lamb 

carcass at this 

year’s Royal Show 

is breeder Gert 

Lotter, with buyers, 

(left) Wayne 

Coetzer, the 

general manager, 

and Kevin Joseph, 

executive head 

chef of the Oyster 

Box Hotel. 

PHOTO: JUSTIN 

KLUSENER 

Shaam Rajpaul, 

Satish Ramouthar 

and Bradley Singh, 

representing Kennedy 

Meat Market, 

are pictured with 

Melchior van Vuuren, 

of Williston Abbatoir. 

Kennedy’s bought 

the second reserve 

champion lamb, a 

White Dorper, bred 

by Coetzee Reitz, 

from Williston. 

PHOTO: JUSTIN 

KLUSENER 

Mike Moncur presents 

the prize for the best 

emerging farmer for 

2018 to Thembelihle 

Ngiba, business development 

manager — SA 

Pork, receiving the 

award on behalf of Sibonelo 

Mlangeni. 

PHOTO: JUSTIN 

KLUSENER 


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Young Auctionee 

The competition’s aim is to promote 

the livestock auctioneering profession, 

and is judged in categories according 

to rostrum performance and livestock 

knowledge. 

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hosted at the Royal 

Show in 2018. 

Initiated by Veeplaas and Stockfarm 

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auctioneers an opportunity 

to display their ability to drive and 

mediate livestock bidding from the 

auctioneer’s rostrum. 

Entries are open to young 

people up to the age of 30, and 

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juniors 19 and younger, and 

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nature, cattle in the Royal Show 

ring constitute the subject matter. 

The event afforded participants 

and observers with an 

interesting and at times lighthearted 

experience. 

Ten regional competitions are 

to be held across the country. 

The KZN leg took place on 

Monday, 28 May at the Royal 

Show. The finals are scheduled 

to take place at the Alfa Show 

in Parys in September. 

The winner in the senior category 

was Matthew Fyfie. He 

now qualifies for the national 

round at ALFA 2018 in Parys. 

Fiso Hadebe from Weston 

Agricultural College won the 

junior category for the second 

year in a row. Fiso was also 

last year’s regional winner and 

came second in the 2017 national 

competition at ALFA. Fiso 

will once again be at ALFA to 

showcase his talent. 

The winner at the Royal Show 

competition received a jacket 

sponsored by Veeplaas, prize 

money of R1 000 sponsored by 

the Royal Show, and financial assistance 

to attend and participate 

in the ALFA Show Nationals. 

The second and third-placed 

participants each received R500 

sponsored by the Royal Show. 

The winner of the national competition 

will represent South Africa 

in an international event in 2019. 

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Cattle Prog 

DAY TIME DETAILS 

Thursday 

24 May 

Friday 

25 May 

Saturday 

26 May 

Sunday 

27 May 

PM 

9.00am 

2.00pm 

8.00am 

9.00am 

11.00am 

12.00pm 

12.30pm 

3.00pm 

8.00am 

10.00am 

12.00pm 

12.30pm 

Arrival of steers 

Weighing and mouthing of steers 

Weighing and mouthing of steers continued 

KZN YOUTH SHOW 


STUDENTS CHALLENGE 

Steers (Haltertrained) - Main Cattle Arena 

Steers - Unhaltertrained 

Steers - Championship 

First load of steers to abbatoir 

FUTURE FARMERS: Lecture for students 


FUTURE FARMERS 

Arrival of heifers 

Higher grade and disqualified steers to abbatoir 

Monday 

28 May 10.00am 

1.00pm 

8.00am 

9.00am 

3.30pm 

5.00pm 

Commercials 

Judging: Beef and Dairy heifers 

Presentation of prizes 

Stud 

Brahman - Groups and Females 

Angus 

YOUNG AUCTIONEERS COMPETITION 

FARMERS’ BRAAI 

Tuesday 

29 May 

Wednesday 

30 May 

8.00am 

8.00am 

9.00am 

9.00am 

9.00am 

9.30am 

12.00pm 

4.30pm 

8.00am 

9.00am 

4.00pm 

4.30pm 

Brahman - Bulls 

Simbra & Simmentaler 

Pinzgauer & PinZ²yl 

Limousin 

Dexters 

Hereford 

Sussex 

CARCASS AUCTION (held in Sheep Arena) 

Jersey & Holstein 

followed by Dairy Interbreed 

Beef Interbreed 

GRAND PARADE into Main Arena 

GOLD CUP presentations & dinner 


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KZN Youth 

The 37th KZN Youth Show, sponsored by AAM Livestock Agents and 

Auctioneers, took place over the first weekend of the Royal Show 

tivities, and encourages children 

to develop a range of agricultural 

skills through a teamwork ethos. 

The 2018 KZN Youth Show was 

the 37th such event held in conjunction 

with the Royal Show, and 

took place thanks to support and 

sponsorship from AAM Livestock 

Agents and Auctioneers. 

Approximately 120 children, representing 

a variety of agricultural 

schools as well as individual entries, 

participated in the showing 

of beef cattle, dairy cattle, sheep 

and goats. 

It takes a huge amount of dedication 

for these youngsters to 

take their animal to the point of 

The KZN Youth Show 

took place over the first 

weekend of the Royal 

Show. The Youth Show 

has played a special 

part in the lives of young people, 

many of whom have gone on to 

make agriculture their career. 

It began in 1981, when the KZN 

Youth Show Organization identified 

the need to involve children 

in the agricultural sector and 

thereby cultivate an affinity with 

and enthusiasm for agriculture as 

a career. 

The Youth Show Organization 

creates opportunities for children 

to participate in extracurricular acbeing 

ready for a show. They must 

select an animal that meets their 

particular breed standards of conformation, 

learn how to handle and 

haltertrain it, teach it how to stand 

correctly, and learn how to wash, 

clip, brush and polish it. 

All the entrants also sat a knowledge 

exam, in which they were 

grilled about things like diseases 

and how to treat them, the characteristics 

of breeds, anatomy, basic 

care, and so on. They were also 

judged while washing and preparing 

their animals for the ring. 

The worthy winners are testament 

to the skill and enthusiasm of 

our future farmers. 


Show 


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KZN Youth 

Show 

Results 

Sarah Macaskill is pictured with her Ayshire, Riley, after she was named best young showman. 

PHOTO: ESTELLE SINKINS 

THE annual KZN Youth 

Show, sponsored by 

AAM Livestock Agents 

and Auctioneers, took 

place at the Royal Agricultural 

Show in Pietermaritzburg 

from 25–27 May. 

As always, the competition 

proved to be extremely popular 

with both competitors and spectators. 

The Youth Show attracted pupils 

from Weston Agricultural College 

and Vryheid Landbou Skool, 

as well as several independent 

entries. 

The title of best young showman 

went to Sarah Macaskill 

from Curry’s Post, who showed a 

beautiful young Ayrshire cow, from 

Fairfield Dairy, in the ring. 

She beat off stiff competition 

from three other talented young 

handlers: Tatum Braithwaite from 

Winterton, who showed a Grey 

Brahman; Leighton Sclanders 

from Merrivale, who was the 

best young showman in the beef 

classes and showed a Belgian 

Blue; and Trent Chubb from Eston, 

with another lovely Ayrshire. 




Tatum Braithwaite, from Winterton, with her Grey 

Brahman. PHOTO: ESTELLE SINKINS 

Leighton Sclanders, from Merrivale, won 

the junior showman award in the beef 

class. PHOTO: ESTELLE SINKINS 

Linda Mhlanga, Matla Tsotetsi and Samkelo Sibiya from Vryheid Landbou Skool show their animals 

in the ring at the youth show. PHOTO: ESTELLE SINKINS 


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STEERS AND FUTURE FARMERS 

Best steers 

on Show 

Results 

Muller Fourie, from the Rusda Trust, and Christo Oosthuizen from JJO Boerdery, celebrate having 

the champion beef animal on the hoof and reserve champion, respectively, at the Royal Show. 


THE future of South African farming was on 

show in the cattle rings at the Royal Agricultural 

Show in Pietermaritzburg over the 

first weekend of the Show. 

Competing in the RAS Challenge for halter-trained 

and unhalter-trained steers on Saturday 

were students from Cedara College of Agriculture, 

Mtubatuba Mini Farm, Owen Sithole College of Agriculture, 

Njojo Farm and the University of KwaZulu- 

Natal. They were up against seasoned farmers from 

as far away as Vryburg in North West and acquitted 

themselves well. 

The competition was won by Muller Fourie, from the 

Rusda Trust, whose Santa Gertrudis was chosen as 

the best commercial animal on the hoof at this year’s 

show by judges CA Froneman and Edgar Wichman. 

The reserve champion was a Simbra, owned by 

Christo Oosthuizen, of the JJO Boerdery. 

The student cup went to Cedara College of Agriculture, 

with Hoër Landbouskool Vryheid the runners-up. 


Jan de Jong and Lynn Oldfield judged this year’s 

Future Farmers’ classes at the Royal Show. PHOTO: 

ESTELLE SINKINS 

The best handler at the Future Farmers 

competition was Qalokwakhe Mbokazi 

from Cedara College of Agriculture. 


Unhalter-trained steers 

• Cattle 300 kg–400 kg: 1, Vryburg; 2, Vryburg; 3, 

Vryburg. 

• Cattle 401 kg–430 kg: 1, Vryburg; 2, Vryburg; 3, 

Fererro Bonsmaras. 

• Cattle 430 kg–460 kg: 1, Fererro Bonsmaras; 2, 

Vryburg; 3, Fererro Bonsmaras. 

• Cattle 461 kg–490 kg: 1, Fererro Bonsmaras; 2, 

Vryburg; 3, Fererro Bonsmaras. 

• Cattle over 490 kg: 1, Vryburg; 2, Vryburg; 3, 

Fererro Bonsmaras. 

Halter-trained steers 

• Cattle under 399 kg: 1, Mtubatuba Mini Farm; 2, 

Mtubatuba Mini Farm; 3, Mtubatuba Mini Farm. 

• Cattle 400 kg–430 kg: 1, Mtubatuba Mini Farm; 

2, Owen Sithole College of Agriculture; 3, Njojo 

Farm. 

• Cattle 431 kg–460 kg: 1, Mtubatuba Mini Farm; 

RESULTS 

Phumzile Magubane, from the Owen Sithole 

College of Agriculture, is pictured with the 

best animal on show in the Future Farmers’ 

classes. PHOTO: ESTELLE SINKINS 

2, Owen Sithole College of Agriculture; 3, Mtubatuba 

Mini Farm. 

• Cattle 461 kg–490 kg: 1, Cedara College of 

Agriculture; 2, Cedara College of Agriculture; 3, 

Cedara College of Agriculture. 

• Cattle over 491 kg: 1, Hoër Landbouskool 

Vryheid; 2, Hoër Landbouskool Vryheid; 3, Hoër 

Landbouskool Vryheid. 

On Sunday, students from the various agricultural 

colleges competed in the Future Farmers categories, 

under the watchful eyes of judges Jan de Jong and 

Lynn Oldfield. 

The prize for the best handler on show went to 

Qalokwakhe Mbokazi, a student at Cedara, with 

the best animal on show prize going to a Simmentaler 

handled in the ring by Owen Sithole student 

Phumzile Magubane. 

— ESTELLE SINKINS, courtesy of The Witness 


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CATTLE BREED CLASSES 

Quality breeds 

impress judges 

Cattle breeders from across the country 

showed their class at the Royal Show 

Results 

The senior champion and grand champion Red Brahman was Damview Mr Rabbi, shown at the 

Royal by Damview Brahmans in Winterton. PHOTO: ESTELLE SINKINS 

CATTLE breeders from 

across the country 

descended on Pietermaritzburg 

to show 

their animals at the 

Royal Show. 

Among the winners were Damview 

Brahmans, based in Winterton, 

who bred DVB 1350 Damview 

Mr Rabbi, the senior and grand 

champion Red Brahman bull at 

this year’s show, and DVB 15222 

Damview Mr Bafana, which was 

named junior and reserve grand 

champion Red Brahman. 

Also showing their class were 

red Dexters, bred by Howick’s 

Minimoo Dexters. 

Owner Frank Hinze was delighted 

with the success of his junior 

and grand champion cow, Minimoo 

Talitha, his reserve champion 

bull, Minimoo Crimson, and his 

senior champion cow, Minimoo 


Xena. 

Other locals who did well included 

Ewald Köhne of Waldecke 

Herefords in Hermannsburg, 

whose Herefords took home the 

prizes for champion heifer calf, 

junior champion and reserve junior 

champion cow and reserve grand 

champion cow. 

In the Sussex competition, Bulls 

Runs Sussex Stud in Himeville 

enjoyed success with a win in the 

bull 36-48 months category with 

Bull’s Run Everest, who was also 

named senior and breed champion. 

Their younger bull, Huntersvlei 

Presto, was the winner in the 30- 

36 months category, and Huntersvlei 

Zoey took home the prize for 

reserve senior champion cow. 

Competing in the Limousin 

championships were cattle from 

Stey Braes Farm in the Kamberg, 

near Mooi River, and Stoke Limousins 

from Mid-Illovo. 

Both studs did well in the group 

competitions and for the Stey 

Braes team there was success in 

the bull calf division, where their 

young bull Beast was named reserve 

champion. 

Competing in the Angus breed 

competition were Netherwood 

Angus and Invermooi Angus Stud, 

both from the Nottingham Road 

area and the Epworth Angus Stud 

near Mooi River. 

Netherwood Jefa was named junior 

champion female with Netherwood 

Big Mama taking home the 

titles of senior and grand champion 

cow. 

Netherwood had a one-two in 

the champion bull calf with Netherwood 

Zorba and Netherwood 

Victory sharing the owners. 

The Epworth Stud, meanwhile, 

bred the junior champion and 

reserve junior champion bulls, 

Epworth Eddie and Epworth 

Wholelife. Eddie was also named 

grand champion Angus on show, 

with Epworth Wholelife the reserve 

champion. 




Siyabonga Miya is pictured with Damview Mr Bafana, the junior 

and reserve grand champion Red Brahman at the 2018 Royal 

Show. PHOTO: ESTELLE SINKINS 

Frank Hinze, 

from Howick, 

and handler 

Themba 

Dlamini are 

pictured with 

Minimoo 

Crimson. 

PHOTO: 

ESTELLE 

SINKINS 

Minimoo Talitha 

was named 

grand champion 

and junior 

champion at the 

Dexter championships, 

With 

her is owner 

Frank Hinze, and 

handler Musa 

Hadebe. 

PHOTO: 

ESTELLE 

SINKINS 

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33

Sheep & Goats 

DAY 

MORNING 

AFTERNOON 

RING 1 RING 2 RING 1 RING 2 

Friday 

25 May 

Saturday 

26 May 

8.00am: 

Weighing of Fat 

Lambs 

11.00am: Fat 

Lambs judging 

Monday 

28 May 

8.00am: 

Dormer judging 

Follow on: 

Ile de France 

judging 

8.00am: Boer 

goat judging 

Ile de France 

judging 

Boer goat 

judging 

Tuesday 

29 May 

8.30: 

Hampshire 

Down judging 

9.00am: Dorper 

judging 

Suffolk judging 

4.30pm: ROYAL CARCASS 

AUCTION (Sheep Arena) 

Wednesday 

30 May 

9.30am: 

Interbreed 

judging 

4.00pm: Line up for transportation 

into Main Arena and GOLD CUP 

announcements, followed by 

the GOLD CUP DINNER on the 

Members’ Terrace 

Thursday 

31 May 

Departure of all smallstock 

Saturday 

2 June 

INDIGENOUS VELD GOAT COMMERCIAL ALL BREEDS AUCTION 

presented by the KZN Indigenous Veld Goat Club and Vleissentraal in 

partnership with the Royal Show 


Programme 


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Top Honours i 

Competition 

Results 


n Fat Lamb 

TJAART Steenekamp, 

from Barkly East in the 

Eastern Cape, took 

top honours in the fat 

lamb competition at this 

year’s Royal Agricultural Show at 

the Royal Showgrounds in Pietermaritzburg. 

His Suffolk Dormer cross was 

named the Red Meat Producers 

Association’s champion commercial 

animal on the hoof, having 

earlier won the lambs 40 kg to 

49 kg individual category. 

For his efforts, he was presented 

with the RPO cash prize, the Royal 

Show medallion, rosette and sash 

and the BKB Floating Trophy. 

The reserve champion was a 

White Dorper, bred by Coetzee 

Reitz, of Williston in the Northern 

Cape. 

Reitz also bred the champion 

group of White Dorpers. 



Tjaart Steenekamp, of Twee Seuns Suffolks, owner 

of the reserve champion commercial animal on the 

hoof, and Karla Lochner with judge Jan de Jong. 


Coetzee Reitz, owner of this 

year’s RPO reserve champion 

commercial animal 

on the hoof, and best pen 

of four is pictured with fat 

lamb judges Jan de Jong 

and Angus Williamson. 



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SHEEP BREED CLASSES 

Results 

Sheep studs 

share first prize 

Twee Broers stud from the Eastern Cape were the big 

winners in the Dormer champs at the Royal Show. 

Hamjan and Rusda studs, from Gauteng and Aliwal 

North, have the best Hampshire Downs in SA 

THE best Hampshire 

Down sheep in the 

country belong to 

Janine Leimer, of the 

Hamjan Stud based in 

Honeydew in Gauteng, and Russell 

Shorten, from the Rusda stud 

in Aliwal North. 

The two breeders shared the top 

honours at the Hampshire Down 

Breed Society’s national championships 

at the Royal Show in 

Pietermaritzburg on Tuesday. 

Leimer took home the prizes for 

senior and reserve grand champion 

ewe and senior and grand 

champion ram; with Shorten 

breeding the senior and grand 

champion ewe and the reserve 

senior and reserve grand champion 

ram. 

Local breeders Avison and Mary 

Carlisle from the Kinmount Stud 

in the KZN Midlands, proved 

competitive in the group classes, 

winning first prize in the categories 

pair of rams under 12 months and 

pair of ewes under 12 months. 

Kinmount placed second in the 

ram, ewe and two lambs category, 

took home a first in the ram lamb 

9-12 months section and a second 

place ribbon in the rams 15-24 

months age group. 

Other exhibitors at this year’s 

Pikie Duiker is pictured with Corne Els’ senior and grand 

champion Il de France ram. PHOTO: ESTELLE SINKINS 

nationals were Pravir Pithambar of 

Long Last Farm, Hennie Jonker of 

the Zorro stud and Ian Jacobs of 

the Brunswick stud. 

In the Dormer regional championships, 

the Twee Broers stud, 

based in the Eastern Cape, was 

the big winner. 

Tjaart Steenekamp and his dad, 

Boetie, travelled from Barkly East 

in the Eastern Cape to show their 

animals in the junior and reserve 

junior ram champions; the intermediate 

and reserve intermediate 


Handler Piki Duiker is pictured with Corne Els’ junior and 

reserve grand champion Il de France ram. PHOTO: ESTELLE 

SINKINS 


Ile de France 

Corlee Stoet owners Johan Fourie and Corne Dry with handler 

Solomon Pelele and their Il de France ewe, which was 

judged the Senior and Grand Champion ewe. 


ram champions; the senior champion 

ram; the champion ewe lamb; 

the senior and reserve senior 

champion ewes; and the breed 

champion ewe. 

Also having a good Royal was 

Mr Mzobotshe, who bred the junior 

and reserve junior champion 

ewes and reserve senior champion 

ewe. 

In the Suffolk regional championships, 

the big winners were Twee 

Seuns Suffolks. 

The Eastern Cape stud bred the 

senior champion and grand champion 

ewe and the reserve senior 

and reserve grand champion ewe 

at the Royal. 

They also had the reserve junior 

champion ewe, the junior and 

reserve junior rams, the senior 

and reserve senior champion 

rams, and the grand champion 

and reserve grand champion rams 

on show. 

The Steenekamps didn’t manage 

a clean sweep, however, as 

Debak Suffolks, based at Memel 

in the Free State, managed to 

take home the prize for the junior 

champion ewe. 

In the Dorper Regionals, breeder 

Tracy Low swept the boards, winning 

every category, including the 

grand champion ewe and ram. 

There was good comwpetition 

in the Il de France regionals, with 

breeders from across the country 

making the trip to the Royal Show. 

Johan Fourie and Corne Dry, 

from Corlee Stoet, took home the 

prizes for junior and reserve junior 

champion ewe, and senior and 

grand champion ewe. 

The reserve senior and reserve 

grand champion ewe was bred by 

Corne Els of the Jancor Stoet. 

The two breeders swapped places 

in the rams, with Jancor taking 

home the title for junior champion 

ram, while Corlee had the reserve 

junior champ. 

Els also bred the senior and 

grand champion Il de France 

on show, as well as the reserve 

senior and reserve grand champions. 



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Sally and Jan Leimer 

of the Hamjan Stud, 

are pictured with 

the reserve senior 

and reserve grand 

champion ewe at the 

Hampshire Down 

Nationals. 

PHOTO: ESTELLE 

SINKINS 

Hampshire Down Nationals 

Sally and Jan Leimer 

of the Hamjan Stud 

are pictured with the 

senior and grand 

champion ram at the 

Hampshire Down Nationals. 


SINKINS 


Russell Shorten of the 

RUSDA stud and handler, 

Grisi Liwani, are 

pictured with the reserve 

senior and reserve 


ram at the Hampshire 

Down Nationals. 


SINKINS 

Russell Shorten of the Rusda 

stud and handler Grisi 

Liwani are pictured with the 

senior and grand champion 

ewe at the Hampshire Down 

Nationals. 



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Dorm 

WWFrom left: Matthys 

Viljoen, Karla 

Lochner, Tjaart 

Steenekamp 

(of Twee Broers 

Dormers) and 

Henri Naude and 

handler Andries 

Harding with the 

senior champion 

and grand champion 

Dormer ram. 


SINKINS 

From left: Matthys Viljoen, 

Karla Lochner, 

Tjaart Steenekamp, of 

Twee Broers Dormers, his 

dad, Boetie, and handler 

Fuchs Ngceni, are pictured 

with the senior and 

grand champion Dormer 

ewe. 


SINKINS 


ers 

From left: Matthys Viljoen, 

Karla Lochner, 

Tjaart Steenekamp, 

of Twee Broers Dormers, 

Henri Naude 

and handler Potos 

Sodiadle, are pictured 

with the reserve 

grand champion Dormer 

ram. 


SINKINS 

From left: Matthys 

Viljoen, Karla 

Lochner, Tjaart 

Steenekamp, 

of Twee Broers 

Dormers, his 

dad, Boetie, and 

handler Potos 

Sodiadle, are 

pictured with the 

reserve senior 

and reserve 


Dormer ewe. 


SINKINS 


43

Made 

for Africa 

The Sheep and Goat section at the Royal Show 2018 is ever growing, and this 

year’s successful inaugural commercial all-breeds auction of indigenous veld 

goats is set to become an annual fixture 

The KZN Indigenous 

Veld Goat Club (IVG) 

once again represented 

the Indigenous Veld 

Goat Breeders Society 

of South Africa at this year’s Royal 

Show, and partnered with Vleissentraal 

and the Show to host a 

commercial all-breeds auction of 

fertile breeding stock. 

The Show’s first commercial 

breeding goat auction, held in 

Ring 1 of the Sheep and Goat 

Section on Saturday 2 June, saw 

a total of 154 animals sold under 

the hammer, realising a turnover of 

R278 350. 

For a first-time venture the auction 

was deemed a success, and 

the Royal Agricultural Society and 

IVG have agreed to make this an 

annual event. 

The IVG Breeders Society 

and clubs are custodians of the 

pure indigenous goat breeds of 

South Africa. As such, they not 

only preserve the integrity of the 

Indigenous Veld Goat but have a 

responsibility to aid the goat farming 

industry as a whole. 

The various breeds and eco 

types of Indigenous Veld Goat 

are hardy, adaptable and disease 

resistant, making them an integral 

part of uplifting South African 

agriculture. 

The IVG Breeders Society aims 

to promote the smaller-framed, 

hardy ewes as the mother line in 

the meat and ceremonial slaughter 

goat industry in South Africa. 

The intention is to breed robust 

goats that can withstand the harsh 

African climate in this time of everincreasing 

input costs. 

The IVG will be holding an 

Elite IVG Breeding Goat 

Auction later this year on 20 

October at the RAS Showgrounds. 

For further information 

contact Hilton Sanders, 

Chairman of the KZN IVG 

Club, at 072 372 9065 or 

hiltongsanders@gmail.com 


IVG COMMERCIAL 

ALL-BREEDS 

AUCTION RESULTS 

NKS 

Ewes: 

ave = R1500.00 

top = R1500.00 

XL 

Ewes: 

ave = R2300.00 

top = R3900.00 

Rams: 

ave = R4372.00 

top = R8600.00 

MB 

Ewes: 

ave = R1421.00 

top = R2800.00 

Rams: 

ave = R1992.25 

top = R6000.00 

Please note: The vast majority 

of the above stock were un-cut 

animals. 

COMPOSITES 

Scenes from the first commercial all-breeds indigenous veld 

goat auction held on 2 June at the Royal Agricultural Show. 

This event was deemed a success and will be held annually at 

the Royal Show. 

Ewes: 

ave = R1715.00 

top = R2000.00 

Ewes with a single kid at foot = 

R2200.00 

Please note: These were all 

mature to sluit ewes. 

ENNOBLED RAMS 

Boer Goat 

ave = R2650.00 

top = R3600.00 

Savannah 

ave = R2600.00 

top = R2600.00 

Please note that these rams 

were all bar one fullmouth. 


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Making ever 

Transforming the future with the 

The secret to radical 

economic transformation 

is … goats! And 

we’re not kidding 

around with you. 

A group of agricultural innovators 

in KwaZulu-Natal have seen 

the potential in goats to boost 

food security, stimulate small entrepreneurs 

and ultimately establish 

an export industry. 

Their first task, simply put, is 

to stop kids dying off through a 

community-based programme of 

vaccination and nutrition, and in 

that way boost production by up to 

40%. 

The hundreds of thousands 

of goats that are now having to 

be imported from Namibia to 

meet demand, will be able to be 

sourced locally, changing lives 

across the province and wherever 

goats are used for meat or ceremonies. 

The vision 

The KZN Goat Agribusiness 

Project aims, within five years, 

to stitch together a value chain 

that will double indigenous goat 

production, develop 7 000 women 

commercial farmers, create 620 

youth jobs and 700 microbusinesses, 

and generate R100 million 

in extra value from the herds. 

The partners 

The KZN Goat Agribusiness 

Project is a R70 million initiative 

that has already developed strong 

momentum in five districts in the 

province: Mzinyathi, Thukela, 

Uthungulu, Zululand and uMkhanyakude. 

The partners in the project are 

Mdukatshani Rural Development 

Project, HPSA, the Department of 

Rural Development and Land Reform, 

the Department of Agriculture 

and already they are looking 

for ways of expanding its reach. 

How does it work? 

The hubs for the project are individual 

homesteads where women 

are in charge of the goat herds, 

and also more than 100 dips in an 

area spanning from the Drakensberg 

berg to Mozambique border. 

Each dip has a reach of about 300 

farmers who are or will be part of 

the project, and so 30 000 farm- 


y kid count 

KZN Goat Agribusiness Project 

ers will be brought into the project 

directly or indirectly. 

Servicing the needs of these 

women farmers are 300 youth 

who have been trained as Community 

Animal Health Workers; 

some administering animal health, 

some organising winter feed and 

manufacturing protein/energy 

blocks, some processing hides for 

leather products. 

Altogether this will result in 

700 microbusinesses across the 

countryside. To date, there are 

already 5 000 project members, 

and growing. 

Find out more 

Visit the Goat Agribusiness Project 

in the Sheep and Goats section, 

or go to www.gapkzn.co.za 


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STANDARD 

GOLD CUP 

The Royal Agricultural 

Show has been the 

place for farmers to 

show their livestock 

for the past 168 

years, and the Show’s cattle 

and smallstock sections have 

been renowned for generations. 

A wide range of breeds are 

represented every year and 

the highlight of this section 

of the Show is the Standard 

Bank Gold Cup awards. It is 

the grand culmination of fierce 

competition between cattle 

breeders at the Show. 

For the past two years, the 

final judging for this award has 

been held in the Main Arena at 

the Showgrounds, in full view 

of the general public. 

This year the Royal Show’s 

Standard Bank Gold Cup took 

place in the Main Arena on 

Wednesday afternoon, May 30, 

at 4.00pm. 

The cattle were once again 

joined by the smallstock champions, 

adding a richer dimen- 

sion to an already proud event. 

With the setting sun as a 

backdrop, the best examples 

of bovine, ovine and caprine 

breeding were paraded for 

all to see, as the agricultural 

community held its collective 

breath in anticipation of the announcement 

of the winners. 

All Royal Show visitors were 

invited to watch this event from 

the grandstand and witness 

the high levels of animal husbandry 

our farmers are attaining. 


BANK 

AWARDS 

WINSTON MOFFETT DELIVERS KEYNOTE ADDRESS AT GOLD CUP DINNER 

THE Gold Cup Dinner followed the presentation 

of awards, and rounded off the agricultural 

component of the Show on a high note. 

The keynote speaker this year was Winston 

Moffett, who has devoted much of his life to 

the teaching and mentoring of young people 

pursuing a career in agriculture. 


Moffett taught animal husbandry and 

agricultural science, and supervised milking, 

beef, sheep, pigs and poultry at Weston 

Agricultural College for 48 years before his 

retirement. 

Last year, he published Weston Heritage: 100 

Years of History, to great acclaim. 

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Results 

STANDARD BANK G 

SUPREME CHAMPION CATTLE 

THE trip down from 

Fouriesburg in the 

Eastern Free State 

proved well worth the 

while for Linde du Plessis, 

whose feisty Grey Brahman, 

HOT15487, was named Supreme 

Champion beef bull at the Royal 

Agricultural Show on Wednesday 

30 May. 

Du Plessis’ magnificent Brandwater 

Brahman bull had earlier 

been named the grand champion 

and junior champion in the breed 

classes, hosted by the KZN Brahman 

Club. 

The announcement of the winner 

was greeted by a massive cheer in 

the Main Arena. 

Ting Braithwaite, of Damview 

Brahmans in Winterton, said it was 

the highlight of what had been a 

great show for the club. 

“We are very grateful to all the 

exhibitors and especially those 

who travelled to show their cattle 

from far away. We had a very good 

turnout of Brahmans.” 

Du Plessis was presented with 

a Standard Bank cash prize of 

R4 000, rosette and ribbon, the 

coveted RAS Gold Cup and a 

Royal Show medallion and rosette. 

The reserve to the Supreme 

Champion beef bull was a Braunvieh, 

Eduan Jumbo’s Pollux, 

owned by Gawie Naude, from 

Eduan Braunvieh Stud in Barkly 

East in the Eastern Cape. 

Having pocketed a Standard 

Bank cash prize, rosette and 

ribbon, the Sutherland Floating 

Trophy and a Royal Show rosette, 

Naude was back in the winner’s 

enclosure to accept his prizes for 

having also bred the reserve to the 

Supreme Champion beef cow, a 

Braunvieh called Mani’s Sally. For 

his efforts he was presented with 

the Standard Bank cash prize of 

R2 000, a rosette and ribbon, the 

Meadow Feed Floating Trophy and 

a Royal Show rosette. 

The Supreme Champion beef 

cow at this year’s Royal Agricultural 

Show was a stunning Simmentaler, 

Taaibosspruit Dipsie, owned 

by Chris and Pieter Oelofse from 

Lichtenburg in North West Province. 

She had earlier won the title 

of senior champion and grand 

champion cow in the Simmentaler 


OLD CUP AWARDS 

breed classes. 

The Oelofses received a Standard 

Bank cash prize of R4 000, 

rosette and ribbon, the RAS Gold 

Cup and a Royal Show medallion 

and rosette for winning the interbreed. 

Another Simmentaler, Simberg 

Sadau, from the Simberg Simmentaler 

Stud in Coligny in the 

North West Province, was named 

the beef Super Cow. 

She had also shown her class 

during earlier judging when she 

was named reserve senior champion 

and reserve grand champion. 

This year’s Breedplan Bull of 

the year was a Black Angus from 

Colin Emmanuel’s Epworth Angus 

Stud in Mooi River. 

In the dairy interbreed, Jaco 

Herbst, from Henley on Klip, was 

the winner of the RAS Gold Cup 

for his magnificent Holstein cow. 


He also pocketed R4 000 from 

Standard Bank, a rosette and ribbon 

and a Royal Show medallion 

and rosette. 

The dairy Super Cow was the 

Jersey, Tetbury Iatola Quality, 

owned by Grant and Vanessa 

Holmwood. 

Other results from the interbreed 

classes were as follows: 

• Junior champion dairy animal: 

Jonssons Maddox Philharmonic, 

owned by Jeremy Jonsson 

• Senior champion dairy animal: 

Jaco Herbst 

• Pair of grand champions: Jersey 

• Most points and winner of the 

O’Brien Trophy: Jersey 

• Group of 10 beef animals: Simmentalers 

• Pair of junior champions: Limousin 

• Pair of grand champions: 

Braunvieh 



Big cheer from KZN 

Brahman club as Show 

judges announce winner 

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Livestock 

ResultsChampions 

SHEEP RESERVE TO CHAMPION EWE ON SHOW 

Russel Shorten (Hampshire Down) 

SUPREME EWE ON SHOW 

Twee Broers Dormer Stoet (Dormer 

RESERVE TO CHAMPION RAM ON SHOW 

Twee Broers Dormer Stoet (Dormer) 

SUPREME CHAMPION RAM ON SHOW 

Corne Nel, Jancor Stoet (Ile de France) 

GOATS RESERVE TO CHAMPION EWE ON SHOW 

Moedig Boerbok Stoet (Boer Goat) 

SUPREME CHAMPION EWE ON SHOW 

Kobus Lotter Boerbok Stoet (Boer Goat) 

RESERVE TO CHAMPION RAM ON SHOW 

Kobus Lotter Boerbok Stoet (Boer Goat) 

SUPREME CHAMPION RAM ON SHOW 

Moedig Boerbok Stoet (Boer Goat) 

DAIRY JUNIOR CHAMPION DAIRY ANIMAL 

Jonssons Maddox Philharmonic (J. Jonsson) 

SENIOR CHAMPION DAIRY ANIMAL 

Jaco Herbst 

PAIR OF GRAND CHAMPS 

Jersey 

WINNER OF MOST POINTS IN DAIRY 

Jersey 

SUPER COW 

Tetbury Iatola Quality (GJ & VA Holmwood) Jersey 

RESERVE TO CHAMPION DAIRY ANIMAL ON SHOW 

Jonssons Maddox Philharmonic (J. Jonsson) 

SUPREME CHAMPION DAIRY ANIMAL ON SHOW 

Jaco Herbst 

BEEF BEST GROUP OF 10 Simmentaler 

PAIR OF JUNIOR CHAMPS 

Limousin (J. Devonport) 

PAIR OF GRAND CHAMPS 

Braunvieh (Gawie Naude) 

SUPER COW 

Simmentaler (Jamie Burger) 

BREEDPLAN BULL 

Black Angus NME 1585 (Epworth Stud) 

RESERVE TO SUPREME CHAMPION BEEF COW ON SHOW Braunvieh (Gawie Naude) 

SUPREME CHAMPION BEEF COW ON SHOW 

Simmentaler (Pieter Oelofse) 

RESERVE TO SUPREME CHAMPION BEEF BULL ON SHOW Braunvieh (Gawie Naude) 

SUPREME CHAMPION BEEF BULL ON SHOW 

Grey Brahman Bull (Brandwater Brahmane) 


Linde du Plessis and his handler, Sam Motaung, are pictured with the 2018 Supreme Champion 

Bull on show, a Grey Brahman. PHOTO: JUSTIN KLUSENER 

Eduan Jumbo’s Pollux, owned by Gawie Naude of Eduan Braunvieh in Barkly East in the Eastern 

Cape, was the reserve to the Supreme Champion beef bull. Pictured with them is handler David 

Nkuebe. PHOTO: JUSTIN KLUSENER 


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The Supreme Champion beef cow at this year’s Royal Show was a Simmentaler, owned by 

Pieter Oelofse from Lichtenburg in North West province, who is pictured here with Jors Kositi, 

the animal’s handler. PHOTO: JUSTIN KLUSENER 

Gawie Naude from the Eastern Cape and handler Thulang Letseke are pictured with Mani’s 

Sally. The Braunvieh was named the reserve to the Supreme Champion beef cow at this year’s 

Royal Show. PHOTO: JUSTIN KLUSENER 


Pictured with the Breedplan Bull of the Year, a Black Angus, are the team from Epworth Angus 

in Mooi River (from left) Luke Lemmer (manager), Colin Emmanuel (owner), handler Shadrack 

Skekana, and Serafin Sillero from Argentina. PHOTO: JUSTIN KLUSENER 

Jaco Herbst was the owner of this year’s Supreme Champion dairy cow. PHOTO: JUSTIN 

KLUSENER 


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SUPREME CHAMPION SHEEP 

Delight for winning 

breeders 

Results 

SUPREME EWE ON SHOW: Twee Broers Dormer Stoet (Dormer) 

TJAART Steenekamp, of 

Twee Broers Dormers in 

Barkly East in the Eastern 

Cape, was thrilled 

to have his Dormer ewe 

named the Supreme Champion at 

the 2018 Royal Show. 

The announcement was made 

in the main arena of the Royal 

Showgrounds in Pietermaritzburg 

on Wednesday evening. 

Steenekamp was given a R2 000 

cash prize from Standard Bank, 

a rosette and ribbon, the William 

Cooper and Nephews Floating 

Trophy and a Royal Show medallion 

and rosette. 

He also bred the reserve to the 

Supreme Champion ram at the 

Royal, another Dormer. For his 

efforts he received R1 000 from 

Standard Bank, a rosette and ribbon, 

the New Zealand Corriedale 

Floating Trophy and a Royal Show 

rosette. 

The Supreme Champion ram on 

show was an Il de France, owned 

by Corné Else of the Jancor Stoet 

in Amersfoort, Mpumalanga. 

His prize was R2 000 from Standard 

Bank, a rosette and ribbon, 

The New Zealand Corriedale Society 

Floating Trophy and a Royal 

Show rosette. 

Veteran exhibitor Russell Shorten 

earned some of the loudest applause 

of the evening when it was 

revealed that his Hampshire Down 

had won the title of reserve to the 

Supreme Champion ewe. 

The farmer, from Aliwal North in 

the Eastern Cape, was presented 

with R1 000 by Standard Bank, a 

rosette and ribbon. He also received 

the Epol Floating Trophy 

and a Royal Show rosette. 




RESERVE TO 

CHAMPION EWE ON 

SHOW: Russel Shorten 

(Hampshire Down) 

RESERVE TO CHAMPION 

RAM ON SHOW: Twee 

Broers Dormer Stoet 

(Dormer) 

SUPREME 

CHAMPION RAM 

ON SHOW: Corne 

Nel Jancor Stoet 

(Ile de France) 


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SUPREME CHAMPION GOATS 

Results 

Moedig’s huge ram and 

ewe rake in Show prizes 

SUPREME CHAMPION 

RAM ON SHOW: 

Handler Doktor Gule 

and owners Delien and 

Danie Theron of the 

Moedig Boerbok Stoet, 

are pictured with the 

Supreme Champion 

Ram. 


SINKINS 

AFTER tasting success 

at last year’s Royal 

Agricultural Show, 

Danie Theron and his 

mum, Delien, were 

back in Pietermaritzburg this week 

to show their Boer goats at the 

Showgrounds. 

The trip from Bethal, in Mpumalanga, 

proved well worthwhile for 

Theron, who runs the Moedig 

Boerbok Stoet, whose huge ram 

was judged to be this year’s RAS 

Supreme champion. 

The goat was also the senior 

champion during the regionals. 

Theron was rewarded with a 

Standard Bank cash prize of 


Durban Wool & Mohair Brokers 

Trophy and a Royal Show medallion, 

ribbon and rosette. 

He also bred the reserve to 

the Supreme Champion Ewe on 

show, and returns to his stud with 

a Standard Bank cash prize of 


Corriedale Sheep Breeders Society 

Floating Trophy and a Royal 

Show rosette. 

The Supreme champion ewe 

goat, who was also the winner of 

the senior category in earlier judging, 

was bred by Kobus Lotter of 

Doornpoort Genetics from Willowmore 

in the Eastern Cape. 

He received the Standard Bank 

cash prize of R2 000, a rosette 

and ribbon, the Durban Wool 

and Mohair Brokers Trophy and a 

Royal Show medallion, ribbon and 

rosette. 

Lotter also took home R1 000 

from Standard Bank, a ribbon and 

rosette, the Cedric Hart Floating 

Trophy and a Royal Show rosette 

for having the reserve to the 

Supreme champion ram on show. 

His ram had earlier been named 

best junior animal. 

— ESTELLE SINKINS, courtesy 

of The Witness 


SUPREME CHAMPION EWE ON SHOW: 

Kobus Lotter and handler Jack Nkutha 

are pictured with the Supreme Champion 

ewe. 


RESERVE TO CHAMPION RAM ON 

SHOW: Kobus Lotter is pictured with the 

Reserve to the Supreme Champion ram. 


RESERVE TO CHAMPION EWE ON 

SHOW: Handler Doktor Gule and 

owners Delien and Danie Theron of the 

MWoedig Boerbok Stoet, are pictured 

with the Reserve to the Supreme 

Champion ewe. 



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Sheep and Wool 

Those needing to take 

a break at this year’s 

Royal Show in Pietermaritzburg 

were able 

to head to the newly 

revamped Sheep and Wool Expo, 

take a seat on a hay bale and be 

entertained by sheep shearing 

demonstrations and daily workshops 

on spinning, dyeing, knitting 

and felting 

There was also a range of products 

perfectly timed for winter, and 

visitors could buy wool slippers, 

women’s clothing, knitting yarns, 

scarves, hand-knitted jerseys, 

pullovers, hats, mohair blankets, 

shawls, socks and much more. 

The Sheep and Wool Expo 

welcomed two new exhibitors this 

year, both of which appealed to 

foodies. Karusaf, a division of Williston 

Abattoir, came all the way 

from the Northern Cape, and exhibited 

free-range, certified Karoo 

lamb. Their products included cut 

and packed full and half lamb, as 

well as their innovative Braai Box, 

containing braai essentials. 

Karoo Goats Milk Products also 

exhibited for the first time. This 

company has won numerous 

cheese awards, and was awarded 

the coveted trophy for SA Cham- 

pion Goat’s Milk Halloumi for 

2018. 

There were a number of return 

exhibitors this year. Yarn Stash 

Pmb, owned by local independent 

dyer, Wendy Bloy, specialises in 

dyeing small quantities of “one 

of a kind”, unrepeatable colourways. 

The yarn bases are Merino, 

Mohair and Blue-faced Leicester, 

and include double knitting, sock 

weight or “fingering” yarns, all of 

which are processed in South 

Africa. 

Goats had a strong presence 

this year, and the KZN Indigenous 

Veld Goat Club once again represented 

the goat fraternity with 

outstanding goats and kids. The 

Club partnered with Vleissentraal 

and the Royal Show to host a 

commercial all-breeds auction 

on Saturday, 2 June. The KZN 

Goat Agribusiness Project also 

returned to the Expo. This group 

of agricultural innovators has seen 

the potential in goats to boost 

food security and stimulate small 

entrepreneurs. 

The Agricultural Research 

Council once again presented an 

informative, interactive display of 

livestock and some of their projects. 

As a popular, interactive exhibit, 

the Sheep and Wool Expo is a firm 

favourite for children and adults 

alike, and has been an ongoing 

success at the Show. As one of 

the exhibits that demonstrate the 

Show’s tradition of introducing 

town to country, its popularity is 

largely due to the fact that it covers 

all aspects of sheep and wool, 

from conception to consumption. 

It is a unique kind of expo, in that 

the raw and retail products, as 

well as the animals they are derived 

from, are seen side by side. 


Expo 


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