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AREA F O C U S
Bothaville takes the lead
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and 4 bins have a storage capacity
of 1 200 tons each. These bins
were erected in 1978. This brings
the total number of bins to 31,
with a storage capacity of approximately 113 400 tons.
An overhead conveyor belt of
approximately 60 metres ensures
direct delivery to Eendag Mills,
adjacent to the silo. In addition to
Eendag Mills, the other large mill
in town is Thuso Mills.
The silo also has an additional
outloading facility which speeds
up the rate at which grain is taken
in from 210 tons per hour to 450
tons per hour. The silo offices were
also upgraded recently.
Other silos in the area are Mirage, Schoonspruit and Schuttesdraai.
CERTISURE
A comprehensive service is offered
by the Certisure office in Botha
ville.
BOTHAVILLE DISTRICT
AGRICULTURAL UNION
Faan Nel has been the Chairman
of the Bothaville District Agricultural Union for some time
now. This union has 50 members
and there are four study groups
in the area. Nel is also a former
member of the Board of Directors
of Senwes. He says that the facts
that Bothaville is the home of
the NAMPO Harvest Day and
that Bothaville is the centre of the
Maize Triangle, make Bothaville
unique. “Senwes as agricultural
company also plays a huge role
in Bothaville and there would
definitely have been a huge gap
without them.”
OTHER SECRETS
Largest Datsun/Nissan collection
One of the hidden secrets of
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Eendag Milling is right next
to the Senwes Silos
Bothaville is the Datsun/Nissan
collection of Freek de Kock. He
has more than 100 vehicles in his
collection and is undoubtedly the
largest collector in South Africa.
Some people even say that other
collectors, globally, would struggle
to compete with him. Some of his
treasures are a sought-after Datsun
GTR and a Datsun 240Z.
A “City of Roses”
Although Bloemfontein is officially known as the City of Roses,
Bothaville is also known for its
roses. The rose farm, Stols Roses,
which belongs to Tinus Stols, has
been cultivating roses for the past
26 years. This 4,5 hectare rose
farm produces approximately 6,5
million roses per annum and is
situated 30 km outside Bothaville.
They cultivate roses for the export
market, Woolworths and the domestic market. The farm forms
part of