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Goats
Kalahari Reds
The Kalahari Red was originally selected from red coloured, lop-eared, indigenous goats and from red Boer and Savanna goats with red colouration. As the animals began to show uniformity, it was given breed status.
SA Boergoat
The T Show is slowly but surely becoming a very important show for goats in South Africa’s northern provinces. The Boer goat was developed from the original African goat by early settlers who began to crossbreed them with imported Indian goats in 1661. Further upgrading in the following 300 years produced a much larger animal. The meat is coarse grained but soft and palatable. In some areas the Boer goat is an important milk producer.
Savanna
The original Savanna goat was bred out of indigenous African goats by the Cilliers family of Douglas. A white goat was given to Mrs Cilliers by her Griqua servants. She acquired a further five goats which contained white in their colour pattern and then bred white offspring from this foundation herd. This herd is now kept in a camp near the Vaal River under extremely unfavourable conditions. More recently three more independent herds were established in different parts of the country to meet the demand for white goats for ceremonial purposes. As a result of natural selection Savanna goats are fertile, heat tolerant and parasite resistant and their black skins protect them from strong ultra-violet rays.
