Awards

1983/4 and 1984/5 – Received the merit certificate of the “Veeboere Koop Ltd” – Tweedie, Kwazulu Natal for achieving excellent result by participating in their performance testing scheme

1987 – Farmer of the Year as appointed by the Agricultural Writer’s Association of the Northern Cape branch

1993 and 1996 – Received an award by die SADBS for excellent service rendered to the Dorper industry and the Dorper Breeders Society of SA

1996 – During the Annual General Meeting of the SADBS, he was unanimously voted as Lifelong Honorary Vice President of the Society.

1997 – Received an honorary award from the Grootfontein Old Student Union for an outstanding contribution in the interest of Agriculture and its people.

1999 – Received an award by SA natural Beef ( Pty) Ltd for the first ISO 9001 lamb slaughtered in South Africa.

2013 – Klipkoppies received the PMR Africa Golden Arrow award for Agricultural Excellence ( stock breeding) in the North Western Cape area.