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ZIMBABWE' SCENARIO
WON'T HAPPEN IN SOUTH AFRICA
On
November 10, 2000, this writer attended a workshop at Durban, Clairwood Race Course's
compound, Kwazulu-Natal - dedicated to discussing the principles and guiding policy of South Africa's planned Land Reform, to correct the misdeeds and injustice of Land distribution which are the consequences of 1936-Development Trust and Act
The workshop was organized by UPHAPHE
EMPOWERMENT TRUST, sponsored by South-Africa's government; co-chaired by the
reigning Zulu's king, His Majesty King
Goodwill Zwelithini and vice-president Jacob Zuma - in charge of
Rural Development in South Africa's national government.
Mr. Michael
Mabuyakhulu, Kwazulu-Natal's Ministry of Economic Development and Tourism,
expertly coordinated the several interventions from the representatives of South
African development agencies, financing organizations, governmental departments
and institutions.
UPHAPHE EMPOWERMENT TRUST is a private, non-governmental
body, incorporating in excess of 300 Cooperatives busy in the farming and related
agribusiness industries. Its aim is to ensure that emerging black farmers are
properly empowered, adequately represented, and accommodated within organized
agriculture, that is currently white dominated.
Deputy President, Jacob Zuma,
exposed SA-Government's Integrated Sustainable Rural Development Strategy.
He stressed
the point that Black Emerging farmers have been identified as being important
stakeholders for the strategy to be a success; as they are involved in multidisciplinary
sectors of development in rural areas.
He praised the initiative devised by UPHAPHE
EMPOWERMENT TRUST'S founders and particularly the passion, dedication and vision
of its chairman, Dr. Ephraim Zungu who he compared to the emblematic
figure of late Albert John Luthuli. Click
here for more. Please read this
delivery in particular.
After Deputy President's speech, Dr. Ephraim
Zungu took the floor. He exposed to the assembly the reasons why UPHAPHE EMPOWERMENT
TRUST had been established; the challenges facing developing black farmers; the
current state of the organization and a global overview of Uphaphe's projects
- including the purchase of 46 farms representing 56,000 hectares of highly
productive and adjoining farm land from the most successful white farmers in Northern
Natal; on a "willing buyer-willing seller basis. The BLUE GOLD opportunity
here outlined is also part
of Uphaphe' scheme.
UPHAPHE EMPOWERMENT TRUST is not only enrolling more
and more black farmers and their organizations.
It has also succeeded in convincing
established white farmers and white agribusinessmen to support the scheme in providing
structured and effective training programs. (IThis writer - invited to the workshop by Dr.
Zungu - met some of these white agribusiness entrepreneurs; during a round-trip
of 1,450 km - from November 12 to November 15, 2000 - in the heartland
of Kwazulu-Natal)
Several South African governmental departments and
institutions, which attended the workshop, are now busy working on ways
and means to assisting Uphaphe successfully implement its goals.
Deputy President Jacob Zuma announced that similar workshops are planned, in the coming
year, for other eight South Africa's provinces .
The forthcoming Rural Development
roadshow will provide an excellent opportunity for government to draw on the
real life experiences of the people on the ground; and be in a better position
to address their needs. Jacob Zuma believes that, for sustainable development
to take place in South Africa, particularly in rural areas, it must be people
driven, with government playing a supporting role.
Land reform - as devised
by South Africa's Ministry for Agriculture and Land Affairs - encompasses three
distinct components; namely the restitution, tenure reform, and the redistribution
program.
The redistribution program, in turn, has different components,
or subprograms:
- Agricultural Development - to make
land available to people for agricultural purposes.
- Settlement -
to provide people land for settlement purposes.
- Nonagricultural enterprises
- to provide people land for nonagricultural enterprises, for example eco-tourism
projects.
The purpose of this
brief delivery is to announce to the international community of investors
that the strategic land reform in the making by South Africa's government
and private entrepreneurs is completely different from the erratic and chaotic land reform
undertaken by Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe.
This wise land reform policy shall undoubtedly preserve social peace
in South Africa, avoid unnecessary economic disruption and reinforce international
investors' confidence for the South African market.
The success of the land reform
would help South Africa develop a stronger economy, steadily bridging the gap of
standard of living between South Africa's white and black citizens.
A politically
stable and prosperous South Africa is an asset for African Renaissance.
Click
here for an update to this delivery, titled, "Long Awaited South Africa's land Reform finally on track".
And click
here to review why the downgrade of South Africa's economy to junk by western countries controlled credit rating agencies, is not a catastrophe - because South African authorities would have the opportunity to request for alternative sources to finance the Land reform.
Many
thanks for dropping by and see you here next month.
Dr. B.M. Quenum
Editor
of AFRICABIZ
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FREEZE-DRIED PAPAIN
PRODUCTION PLANT
On the promotion board, this month, we have another "niche" operation:
FREEZE-DRIED PAPAIN PRODUCTION. Click
here to view last month opportunity.
WHAT IS PAPAIN?
Papain is a natural proteolytic enzyme extracted from immature papaya fruit's
latex.
The main characteristics of the product are:
- Its
proteolytic activity; measured in International Unit (I.U)
- Its
bacteriological purity
- Its
solubility
- Its
stability
The
highest the above mentioned criteria, the better for use in advance technology
industry such as pharmaceutical (medication to facilitate digestion; reagent for
antibiotics preparation; manufacture of vaccines; component of medication
to treat slipped dorsal disks. Etc.); and in cosmetics.
Lower quality
product are used in food industry (brewing and meat "tendering";
baby food manufacturing; manufacturing of proteins for human consumption and animal
feed. Etc.)
Global world production is in the range of 900 metric tons
/ year - all grades / qualities included. There is currently a gap between
demand and offer in the range of 100 metric tons per year for high grade / quality
freeze-dried papain.
PLANT TO PRODUCE ONE THIRD OF MISSING DEMAND
To bridge the above mentioned demand / offer gap, there is an opportunity
to establish an operation to producing 35 metric tons of high grad freeze-dried
papain.
In table below are summarized investment fundamentals:
| Plantation
of Papaya | 260
to 400 hectares. 1,500 to 2,300 trees per hectare |
Investment as below
outlined | Workforce
on plantation - 400 to 650 workmen for latex collection
|
Plant management:
approximately 40 skilled technicians and engineers |
1- Initial
survey
Construction/
2- Setup of plant
3- Plantation setup
4-
Staff training
5- Technology transfer + Startup Assistance. Etc. |
Total
investment
US $ | |
8,000,000 |
| Production
full capacity | 35
-38 metric tons of freeze-dried papain
Minimum activity guaranteed: 1,600
IU/mg
Possible: 3,200 IU/mg | |
| Average
selling price: US $ per metric ton | |
190,000 |
| Total
revenue / per year at full capacity: US $ |
| 6,650,000 |
| Pay-back
period | 4
to 5 years | |
| R.O.I |
40 to 50%
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These fundamentals / Revenue and R.O.I are based on the main production of freeze
dried papain. Here is exposed
ancillary production (animal breeding) resulting from wastes.
This
operation can be used as a central operation for the economic development of a
country's region as here exposed.
It is a perfect "Income Building Power" operation; labor intensive
and foreign currency provider or saver.
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companies, government
agencies,
international development
agencies - to make contact through the Free Access Support Console available at this link
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