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FARM situated just outside of KwaNobuhle is producing essential oils which are exported to countries all over the world.

The farm Wincanton Estate, better known as KwaSela, produces the essential oils from the indigenous plants Lippia Javanica and Rose Geranium. These oils are used for a variety of purposes that include perfumes, soaps, cleaning agents and medicines. The Project’s Managing Director, Buzwe Wellington Manga (57), said they are involved in a multi-million rand project working with many countries of the world but fear that very few people in Nelson Mandela Bay know about their farm. The Rose Geranium oil is used to produce perfumes while the Lippia Javanica oil is used to make medicine that fights malaria as

“We’re also inviting people of the metro who do not know about this project to come and see what we are doing here.” ­ PROJECT’S MANAGING DIRECTOR, BUZWE WELLINGTON MANGA well as kill the insects that cause the disease. “The KwaNobuhle Essential Oils Project on a 40 hectares farm was started by local farmers who requested assistance from national government to start an essential oil demonstration agronomy programme in 2005,” said Manga. The project was designed by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and approved by the Department of Science and Technology (DST). The DST together with the European Union

(EU) were major funders of the project. “The CSIR trained us at the Grootfontein College of Agriculture in Middelburg and ensured that we’re specialising in this form of farming. “We were also trained in business management skills, time management, finance and administration.” “We also have Science and Technology Department Director Eric Watkinson to thank,” said Manga. He explained that Watkinson opened their digital world and sponsored them with a Computer, among other things. At the farm they start at the very beginning of the process, from planting the seed in the nursery up to the stage where the plant was cooked, refined and sent out to the world as oil. “We are excited about the work we do here and can safely say that there are no go-slows and toyi-toyis for pay at the end of the month. All 12 of us in the project get our fair share of payments which is R2 100 per person.” Manga emphasized the importance of the training they received and said they could not put into words how great the opportunity was of working in partnership with the European Union. “We even won awards for this form of farming thus putting the name of Nelson Mandela Bay and the Eastern Cape province on the map,” said Manga. He said they would welcome farmers who want to get advice on trying this form of farming. “We’re also inviting people of the metro who do not know about this project to come and see what we are doing here. This includes farmers who want to be involved. We can assist!” said Manga. According to Manga, there were many projects taking place at the farm. He said there were 177 ha of land where people were doing vegetable farming as well as pig and poultry farming. He said they also had a site for stock farming after receiving R10 million from Land Affairs for Recapitalisation.

From small beginnings: Project MD, Buzwe Manga (right) and Nursery Assistant Samantha January show the seedlings grown at Wincanton Estate, better known as KwaSela, just outside KwaNobu­ hle from which they make essential oils which are exported worldwide. PHOTO:NCEBA DLADLA

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