On Monday, DA MP Nqaba Bhanga said a resolution had been taken by the committee to shut down the farm three years ago. “The committee unanimously agreed that the farm should fold because it was a waste of taxpayers’ money. A report on that decision was sent to and adopted by Parliament,” said the former committee member and erstwhile Cope MP.
He added: “That farm is still sitting there doing nothing. That farm will never work. It will never succeed.”
When The Star dialled the phone number listed under the farm in the Yellow Pages, the operator said the number did not exist.
Zokwana’s spokeswoman Bomikazi Molapo said the farm contributed toward the food security programme and that the R5.935m it had received from the minister was for its “normal operating costs, as the entity is still under operation”.
“There are employees working there currently as well as animals that need to be taken care of. It will continue with its functions under the department,” Molapo said.
She added that the R788.1m administration budget “incorporates all support functions of the department”. These included the corporate services, and monitoring and evaluation branches
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