Red Meat Producers Organization

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WHO ARE THE RPO?

The abbreviation “RPO” stands for Red Meat Producers’ Organisation and represents all primary red meat producers in the red meat value chain who make a direct or indirect contribution towards the voluntary funding system of the RPO.

The Organisation is represented by a national office based in Pretoria, with a provincial office in each of the 9 provinces, namely:-

PROVINCE

CITY/TOWN – ADMIN. OFFICE

OFFICIAL

CELL PHONE

Gauteng

Pretoria

Lynette du Plessis

082 823 3399

North West

Lichtenburg

Wanda Potgieter

083 660 2590

Northern Cape

Kimberley

Yolandé Botha

067 597 1866

Western Cape

Paarl

Louis Wessels (jnr)

082 686 2618

Eastern Cape

Port Elizabeth

Lise Potgieter

Brent McNamara

072 618 0832

084 819 0291

KwaZulu-Natal

Dundee

Cheryl van Heerden

076 520 0048

Mpumalanga

Ermelo

Hennie Laas

082 401 0868

Limpopo

Polokwane

Wilma Prinsloo

082 555 4553

Free State

Bloemfontein

Carine Annandale

079 529 5000

The RPO’s Executive Council consists of:-

  • The National RPO Managment Committee (Chairman, 1st and 2nd Vice Chairmen, Chief Executive Officer and the Chairmen of the nine (9)provincial RPO’s.

 

 

The RPO’s Extended Executive Council consists of:-

  • RPO Executive Council
  • Vice Chairmen and Managers of provincial RPO’s
  • National Stock Theft Prevention Forum
  • SA Stud Book
  • LRF (Livestock Registering Federation)
  • NWGA (Predation)
  • TAU-SA
  • Agri SA
  • AgBiz

 

 

The RPO’s Extended Executive Council WITH GUESTS consists of:-

  • RPO Extended Executive Council
  • RMIS
  • NERPO/NaLFA-SA
  • AFASA
  • SAMIC
  • NAHF
  • SAFLA
  • LWCC
  • RuVASA
THE NATIONAL RPO ORGANOGRAM

The RPO’s national chairman is elected by voting delegates every two years during the Annual Congress. Two Vice-Chairmen are elected by the Executive Council annually at the first meeting of the year.  

 

The Chairman, 2 Vice-Chairmen and the Chief Executive Officer form the RPO Management Committee. All financial matters are handled, monitored and approved by the RPO Audit and Risk Committee. The financial activities are in line with the provisions of the current King corporate governance report as applicable to organisations in South Africa. The RPO’s other activities are set out in several policy documents that are submitted to the Executive Council for approval.  The Executive Council represents the highest authority when the Congress is not in session.

Other role players are also involved in some Executive Council meetings and those only have observer status.

 

The role players are, but is not limited to-

  • Representative(s) of the Red Meat Industry Services (RMIS)
  • Tertiary institutions (universities)
  • RuVASA (Ruminant Veterinary Association of South Africa) – animal health
  • LWCC (Livestock Welfare Coordinating Committee) – livestock welfare
  • NAHF (National Animal Health Forum) – animal health
  • Consultants (reproduction, grazing and feeds, greenhouse emissions, transformation and training (SETA accredited))

 

The provincial RPO’s are affiliated to the national RPO but function autonomously – they are therefore a legal entity and can enter into transactions, assets and liabilities in person without the national RPO being held legally liable. The national RPO is therefore also a juristic person and the provincial Organisations cannot be held legally liable for any activities and/or actions taken by the national RPO.

RPO’s MISSION  

  • The RPO protects and promotes the interests of its members within the value chain of the red meat industry.
  • The RPO as a collective bargaining organisation improves the economic prosperity of its members.

 

RPO’s VISION

A competitive and sustainable red meat industry in which value is added for producers and in which they can unlock value.

RPO FOCUSES ON:-

  • animal health;
  • import monitoring;
  • tariff protection (with specific referenced to the 40 % ad valorem-import tariff);
  • trade agreements;
  • extension and training;
  • negotiations within the legal framework;
  • promoting the economic position of the red meat producer and stability within the red meat industry;
  • promoting the interests of the red meat producer in governmental and non-governmental organisations;
  • establishing and promoting a positive image of the red meat industry;
  • predation management;
  • stock theft;
  • market information; and

Who we are

The Red Meat Producers Organisation (RPO) is a service organisation that acts as mouthpiece for South African commercial red meat producers.It is an independent producers organisation that strives to dynamically promote the sustainability and the profitability of the red meat industry in South Africa.Our mission, namely the promotion of a sustainable and profitable red meat industry in South Africa, is operational through our bargaining and consultation with government and other organisations in order to further the interests of the red meat producer, locally as well as internationally.

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READ MORE about what the RPO does for its members

 

Partners

The PRF’s main objectives are to replace imported protein for animal use with locally produced protein, but also to promote better utilisation of protein. These objectives are promoted through funding research and technology transfers.

Research is funded in terms of appropriate related crops, oil seeds and fish meal and other protein sources, as well as, the application and utilisation thereof by the most important fish, animal and poultry species that are specific to the South African market.

All related research, finalised and current, is available on the PRF web page, at www.proteinresearch.net