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During August 1983 the Nguni was accepted as a developing breed as stipulated by the Livestock Improvement Act no 25 of 1977 of South Africa. Initially the request was to register the word Sanga. Unfortunately this request was not approved as the Afrikaner breed is also classified as a Sanga. In the end it was agreed and accepted to register all Sanga ecotypes under the name Nguni. On 4 July 1985 a number of interested breeders in South Africa gathered in order to investigate the possibility of instituting a Nguni Breeders Society. On 11 September 1986 a board of eight members (of which Mr. J.M. Lepen of Otjiwarongo was one) was elected to draw up a constitution and to make recommendations regarding breed description and breeding and performance standards. On 1 November 1986 the certificate of inclusion was received after the constitution was accepted by the South African Stud Book authorities.The first pure Sanga cattle, 2 bulls and 30 cows from the Kavango, were introduced to the Omatjenne Research Station situated north-west from Otjiwarongo. The objective was to characterise the Sanga breed. Some of the Sanga cattle were later transferred to Sonop Research Station situated north-east of Grootfontein. Since 1972 surplus breeding material were annually sold at the Omatjenne stud sale to commercial farmers. During 1983 more Sanga cattle were transferred to the Sonop Research Station. During the same year some 320 Sanga cattle, bought in the Kavango and Caprivi regions, were established at the Sandveld Research Station in the Gobabis area. This was done after they were quarantined for a period of one year in the Mangetti due to the fear of lung sickness. The objective was to investigate the performance of small and large frame cattle types under different stocking rates in the Omaheke Region.The first Nguni cattle, 2 bulls and 40 cows, were imported from Kwazulu Natal in 1984 and established at the Omatjenne Research Station. They were included in the well-known breed characterisation project which commenced at Omatjenne Research Station as early as 1951. Thereafter it was followed up by the importation of 130 registered Nguni cattle from Kwazulu Natal in 1987 by Messrs. W.O. Lepen and J.M. Lepen.On 7 October 1991, the Nguni Breeders Club was instituted on initiative of Messrs. P.S. Venter en J.M. Lepen. This meeting was attended by 15 men and three women. Mr. P.S. Venter was elected as the first chairman.On 22 July 1992, the first very successful promotion day was held on the farm Wagnog in the South Waterberg area, followed by a successful stud auction at Penwoord of Messrs. W.O. and J.M. Lepen.On 1 February 1994, the Nguni Breeders Society was established as the new livestock improvement act of Namibia only made provision for breeders societies. Since 1 April 1994 all recordings and registrations of Nguni cattle were done by the Namibian Stud Breeders Association (NSBA).In 2003 the NSBA decided to implement a new recording-, registration- and performance system. This association decided to use the Australian Breedplan and ILR (International Livestock Register) System. Over 80 breeder organisations worldwide are using Breedplan and ILR systems. Currently the Nguni Breeders Association has 38 members of whom 30 are stud breeders. The national stud herd comprises 3 614 registered female animals and 1 363 registered bulls. The average Inter-calving Period (ICP) is 399 days.The management of the organisation is in the care of Mr. Pieter Krone (President), Mr. Hartmut Kölling (Vice-president) and Ms Gisela Giess (Secretary).*Compiled by Kiep Lepen.Contact InformationNguni Breeders Association P.O. Box 9487ErosWindhoekNamibiaSecretary: Ms Gisela Giess 062 571 719 081 279 4066info@nguni-namibia.org

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