HOW A COMMUNITY IS KEEPING HOPE ALIVE
Sheep farming is the most important agricultural activity in Sutherland in the Northern Cape. But the last good rainfall in the region occurred nearly eight years ago, and the number of sheep in this farming community has since declined about 50%.
According to Abra van Wyk of the farm Modderfontein, Northern Cape farmers are used to sporadic periods of droughts, but nothing could have prepared them for this protracted misery.
“In 2013, the flocks were highly productive, the veld was in an excellent condition, and we had more than enough feed for the animals. Little did we know that we were on
