It is generally accepted that the first Jerseys were imported by Mr. Adrian van der Byl of Roodebloem Estate, Woodstock, Cape, from Jersey Island, in the early 1880’s.
The Pinzgauer Cattle
Breeders Society of South Africa affiliated with the SA Stud Book
and Livestock Improvement Association (SASBLIA) in 1962. The Society consistently
ensures that two to three best-performing young bulls are made available
to the Taurus Stock Improvement Co-operative for the collection of semen
for use by both stud and commercial breeders.
The Sanganer
is a relatively new breed that was developed out of the Afrikaner
and the Nguni. Both are indigenous breeds, ideally adapted to the
environmental conditions in South Africa.
The first
Simmentalers were imported to South Africa in 1905. In 1964 breeders
in Namibia and South Africa formed a Breeders’ Association
for Southern Africa.
The first noteworthy importations of Sussex cattle into Southern Africa occurred during the first years of the twentieth century, when the late Mr Alec Holm of the Potchefstroom Agricultural College was sent to England to select a cattle breed best suited to Southern African conditions.