Hluhluwe game and cattle farmer, Peter John Hassard, has been elected as the new president for KwaZulu-Natal agricultural union, Kwanalu. Hassard replaces Phenias Gumede, who stood down from the position to take over as vice-president of the Southern African Confederation of Agricultural Unions (SACAU) earlier this year.
Hassard and his father, Peter Hassard, runs a hunting outfitting company called Silversands Safaris in Hluhluwe and farms between 1,500 and 1,800 head of beef cattle on their 7000 hectares family game farm, which dates back to 1919. He is also the chairperson of the Hluhluwe Farmers Association, vice chairman of the KZN Red Meat Producers Organisation, director of the Zululand Conservation Trust and serves on the Hluhluwe Land Forum.
Gumede will continue to support Hassard as vice-president of Kwanalu, together with Greytown farmer Andy Buchan.
