Lubhalwe nguNkhensani Mthombeni
I-Oak Farm kaCamilla Ndlovu iphume endaweni yesibili esigabeni se-Best Commercial Producer kuma-2026 Young Entrepreneur Awards ePolokwane ngoLwesine.
Njengomlimi wenkontileka, uNdlovu akakwazi ukuphakamisa amanani akhe ezinkukhu, ngakho unciphisa izindleko ukuze enze inzuzo esikhundleni salokho.
UCamilla Ndlovu akazange azuze ifa lepulazi. Waya eLand Bank kuqala ukuze athole ukuthi yini ayidingayo ukuze athole uxhaso, wacwaninga ngezolimo, wafaka amaphepha, futhi wafuna ipulazi ayezolithenga.
I-Land Bank yaxhasa ibhizinisi lakhe.
Ngemva konyaka, ipulazi lakhe lezinkukhu, i-Oak Farm, liqasha abasebenzi abangu-8 abaqashwe unomphela kanye nabangu-5 besikhashana. Ipulazi lihlinzeka ngezinkukhu zaseBush Valley futhi manje likhiqiza izinkukhu ezingu-140,000.
NgoLwesine, i-Oak Farm iphume endaweni yesibili esigabeni soMkhiqizi Ohamba Phambili Wezentengiselwano kuma-Young Entrepreneur Awards ka-2026 eMnyangweni Wezolimo ePolokwane.
UNdlovu, oneminyaka engu-35, ukhulisa izinkukhu ngaphansi kwenkontileka yezinkukhu zaseBush Valley.
“Njengomlimi wenkontileka, anginqumi intengo yokuthengisa yezinkukhu, ngakho angikwazi nje ukukhulisa amanani ami ukuze ngibuyisele lezo zindleko,” esho.
“Esikhundleni salokho, kufanele sisebenze kahle kakhulu, sinciphise ukumosha, sithuthukise ukusebenza kokukhiqiza, futhi siphathe zonke izindleko ngokucophelela ukuze sihlale sizuza.”
Uqapha ukukhiqizwa eduze, unamathela ekuvikelekeni okuqinile kwezinto eziphilayo, unciphisa ukusetshenziswa kwemali okungadingekile, futhi wenza izinqumo ngokusekelwe kudatha. Wakha neminye imithombo yemali engenayo ukuze agweme ukuthembela kwizinkukhu kuphela.
UNdlovu ufuna intsha ibone ukulima njengomsebenzi, hhayi umsebenzi wasensimini kuphela.
“Ezolimo zinikeza amathuba kwezolimo, ubuchwepheshe, ubunjiniyela, ezokuthutha, ezezimali, ukumaketha, kanye nebhizinisi lezolimo,” esho.
“Intsha ivame ukucabanga ukuthi ezolimo ziwukusebenza nje emasimini, kodwa empeleni ibhizinisi elinamathuba angenamkhawulo okusungula izinto ezintsha, ukudala imisebenzi, nokwakha ingcebo ngenkathi kondla isizwe.”
Uthe izinhlelo zikahulumeni zisize abalimi abasebasha, kodwa ukuxhaswa ngezimali kuthatha isikhathi eside, futhi intsha eningi ayazi ukuthi lezi zinhlelo zikhona.
“Ukwazi okukhulu, ukuqeqesha, kanye nokuqaliswa okusheshayo kungasiza abalimi abasebasha abaningi ukuba baphumelele,” kusho yena.
Iseluleko sakhe kulabo abangenayo: ukuthola ukuqeqeshwa, ukuthanda ipulazi, ukwakha ubudlelwano embonini, ukubhala uhlelo lwebhizinisi, nokuqhubeka nokufaka izicelo zamathuba.
Esithombeni esingenhla: UCamilla Ndlovu nenye yezinkukhu zakhe.
Umthombo wesithombe: Sithunyelwe