Top award for South African hides producer
Tharina Terblanche, vice president of SHALC, the South African skins, hides and leather council, has been named as one the three winners of the title of Free State Top Female Farmers for 2002.
She started farming on 5,000ha of land in 1987, of which 4,000ha are used for grazing. Years ago, when weaner prices were low, she decided to process the animals through her own abattoir and this has developed into an enormous business - a result of her commitment to value-adding. An additional enterprise she developed was the tanning of the hides from the abattoir. As a result, she has her own tannery in Wolwehoek where she produces approximately 24,000 wet blue hides. She exports to
