A JOURNEY THROUGH TIME

The

grain and oilseed industry

of south africa – A journey through time

• Region 14: JJ Blofield

• Region 15: JF Oosthuizen

• Region 16: DCK Serfontein

• Region 17: PJ Pretorius

• Region 18: H Claasen

• Region 19: PJ Scott

• Region 20: HP Ferreira

• Region 21: WH van Zyl

• Region 22: LL Jubelius

• Region 23: H Venter

• Region 24: AJ Hoffman

• Region 25: L Steytler

A Management Committee was appointed from the Executive, and was tasked

with financial and personnel affairs, as well as other tasks as designated to them

by the Executive.

Specialist service

The following persons were elected by Congress to serve on the Executive as

specialists for a term of two years:

• Groundnuts: JH Theron

• Wheat: A Beyers

• Soybeans: FAS Potgieter

• Sorghum: PW Morkel

• Sunflower: GJ Pretorius

• Western Cape Wheat Producers: WT Myburg

• Southern Emerging Agriculture: Welcome Ngxekana

• Northern Emerging Agriculture: Basie Ntsimane

Breakaway sessions

The Congress also split into breakaway sessions for the various commodities.

On this occasion persons were nominated on a ranking list as experts for the re-

spective industries by the respective breakaway groups. Where necessary, these

persons were then co-opted into some of the specialist working groups.

Mr Jan Theron

Mr Andries Beyers

Mr Frans Potgieter

Mr Pieter Morkel

The first elected Executive of the GPO during the founding congress on 10 June 1999 at

NAMPO Park.