the farmers have been successfully farming various agricultural produce on the land since 1996. they organised themselves in the 1990s to be registered commercial farmers under the banner of the tafelkop farmers association and started to engage government.

ngomnyaka wee2000, umnyango wezokulima welizweloke wangaphambi lini watlikitla iimvumelwa no zokuqatjhiselana netafelkop farmers association ukuya ngokwehlelo lokwa biwa ngobutjha kwenarha nokuthuthukisa zokulima.
