![]() ![]() MAFISA helps small farmers with money to start new farming businesses and to develop them into successful enterprises.Īnother farming project in the North West, the Mooifontein Central Primary Agricultural Co-operative, received a huge tractor worth over a million rand, five smaller tractors, ploughs and harvesting tools. ![]() Government also helps small farmers through the Micro Agricultural Financial Institutional Scheme of South Africa (MAFISA). The programme offers support to farmers who got land through the land distribution programme. The help given to the Iphuteng Youth Co-operative is part of government's Comprehensive Agricultural Programme (CASP). I have no doubt that our farm will become a successful business," Mokoma said. ![]() "I am really happy about the help we are getting from government. All their products are sold to local people in the province. They grow maize, sunflowers and vegetables and raise chickens. ![]() The co-operative received tractors, cultivators, ploughs and planting machines. The tractor they got from government makes it possible to do what was impossible. Mokoma and his partners are farming a very big area and had no tools before. Deputy Chairperson of the co-operative, Dithole Mokoma, said the farming tools were a blessing. Many of the farmers who received tools belong to the Iphuteng Youth Co-operative. It is now easier for them to work the large pieces of land they received from government through the land redistribution process. Thanks to the tools given to them by government, these farmers will be able to produce more products and make a profit form their land. Small farmers in North West are replacing old farming methods with modern methods. In this way they not only earn money, but also receive on-the-job skills training. This is achieved by giving unemployed people jobs in projects like road construction and building. The purpose of the programme is to boost the economy by reducing unemployment and developing skills. Recently government put billions of rands into the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP). We should therefore never tolerate corrupt practices it robs everyone of a better life.Īnother way in which government encourages economic growth is by putting money into infrastructure development. It could also mean that money, which could have been spent on other important services like fighting crime or improving health services, must go to the social department. Misusing government funds could force government to increase taxes. Many people receive these grants unlawfully, which not only robs real beneficiaries of their money, but also has a negative effect on the country's economy. It also includes social grants like child-care and disability grants. These include health care, safety and security, housing, roads, railways, harbours and communications. The tax money is used to fund necessary services that people often take for granted. Taxes are also paid on goods that are imported into the country from other countries. The amount each person pays is worked out according to what he or she earns. Only people who have jobs and who earn more than a certain amount of money per month have to pay tax. The money given to the national departments comes mainly from taxes paid by the country's people and businesses. This helps the economy to grow and creates conditions that encourage privately owned industries to succeed. But the money earned from such companies is put back into the economy. It only partly owns big corporations like Eskom and Telkom. Its main role in the economy is to encourage economic growth.įor example, government does not own big factories or mines to earn an income. The different national departments will each receive a set amount of money to help government to achieve its aims of creating a better life for all.īut where does the money come from? In South Africa, government does not play a direct role in the economy. This means we will know how much money government will spend and what it will be spent on during the year. Government is set to announce the country's budget for 2008. ![]()
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