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Chicken business hatches top prize

Enterprising businesswoman Nthakoana Mojakhomo, the owner of Mojakhomo Broilers, which employs 15 permanent and 20 casual staff, has won the provincial Female Entrepreneur of the Year Award. Mojakhomo Broilers began as a modest breeding programme with 200 birds three years ago and has now hatched into a successful business producing 80,000 chickens every six weeks, Thepoultrysite.com reports.

1 Mar 2012

"I was overwhelmed winning big in my maiden participation in the awards," Mojakhomo told The New Age. The announcement was made at a Klerksdorp function attended by Premier Thandi Modise. As part of her prize, Ms Mojakhomo will receive agricultural infrastructure development worth R1.5m, in addition to R125,000. "The money will be used to enhance security at the business, also intend refurbishing the floor of the houses (where the chickens are kept) to reduce mortality of the birds, thereby, minimising losses," Mojakhomo said. The Stilfontein-based project supplies chicken to mines around Klerksdorp, fast food outlets and major retail supermarkets like Pick n Pay and Spar.

Read the full article on www.thepoultrysite.com.