Desmond Siteti's herd of almost 80 Bonsmara breeding females run side by side with a small flock of Savanna goats (35 mature ewes) that capitalise on the browsing potential of the 500ha mixed-veld farm, Tower Hill, near Makhanda, while also generating crucial cashflow. “It is a good balance to have goats on the farm with my cattle,” says Siteti, aged 69. “They browse a lot, manage bush encroachment, and reach parts of the farm the cattle can't while providing a valuable source of cashflow to handle expenses including lick supplements that have gone up, like petrol.”
GETTING GOING WITH GOATS
Siteti grew up on a commercial farm in the Makhanda district, where his father, Thompson, tended to a flock of goats, a job
