OR Tambo District
The OR Tambo district hosted their annual Extension Advisory Services awards in recognition of the outstanding performance and dedication to their duties. Officials of the district came out in numbers to honour the event with their Head Office Director Ms Nqeno with Dr Silwana from Dohne.
Amagosa ezolimo kwisithili i-Amathole athe awongwa, ekwanconywa ngenzame zawo ekuziseni iinkonzo namacebo kumafama. Lamagosa athe awongwa kumabakala ohlukeneyo ngokwezakhono zabo ezigqwesileyo yaye lo msitho ubuzinyaswe ngokhokela amagosa ephondweni uNoluvuyo Nqeno.
Isithili saseChris Hani besibhiyozela ukuba sesona sithili siggqwesileyo kumnyadala wakuwonga amanina i-Women Entrepreneur Awards e-Gqeberha kutsha nje. Le mibhiyozo ibizinyaswe nguMphathiswa wesebe uDRDAR uNonceba Kontsiwe nothe wakhuthaza intsebenziswano phakathi kamagosa ezolimo namafama ukulwa indlala ephondweni.
Amagosa ezolimo esithili iJoe Gqabi eqhayisa ngezi ngunyaziso (certificates) athe azifumana ngegalelo labo ekuncediseni uluntu kwezolimo nophuhliso lwamaphandle. La magosa awonge kumsitho obubanjelwe eAliwal North awaziwa ngokuba yi-Extension Awards nalapho amagosa awongwa kula mabakala; Best Extension Practitioner: Professional, Best Extension Practitioner: Certified Natural Scientist, Best Extension Practitioner: Candidate, Best Extension Practitioner: Supervisor neBest Technical Support.
Dr Nandipha Toyota Ndudane is a veterinarian and was the director and principal of Tsolo Agriculture and Rural Development Institute in the Eastern Cape, which offers a paraveterinary qualification in animal health. She taught modules in occupational communication, veterinary epidemiology and research methods.
Nandipha is the president of the South African Veterinary Council, an Africa representative of the World Veterinary Association and the chairperson of the World Organisation for Animal Health Ad Hoc Working Group, which seeks to harmonise community animal health workers’ training programmes and develop global guidelines for competency and curricula. She was recognized in the Mail and Guardian’s 2024 Power of Women in the agriculture and environment category.