Letter to editor

Good day

I would like to start a fish farming business. Please advise me on what I need to do to get started?

From John Ntuli

Dear John Ntuli
Thank you for your letter.

To receive assistance with starting a fish farming business, you may contact the departments below for funding and agricultural business training:
1. The National Department of Agriculture - Switchboard: 012 312 8911/012 319 7456/012 319 7615/012 319 7597
    Email: queries@dalrrd.gov.za /info@dalrrd.gov.za
    Website: https://www.dalrrd.gov.za/
2. The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment 
    Call centre: 086 111 2468
    E-mail: callcentre@dffe.gov.za
3. The Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (dtic) Customer Contact Centre: 0861 843 384.
    E-mail: contactus@thedtic.gov.za 
    Website: https://www.thedtic.gov.za/ 
4. The National Empowerment Fund (NEF)
    Tel: 011 305 8000
    Email: www.nefcorp.co.za 
    Call Centre: 0861 843 633 / 0861
    Email: info@nefcorp.co.za (General Enquiries)
5. The Small Enterprise Development Agency (seda)
    Tel: 012 441 1000
    Email: www.seda.org.za
    National Information Centre: 0860 663 7867/0860 103 703
    Email: info@seda.org.za
6. The Small Enterprise Finance Agency (sefa)
    Tel: 012 748 9600
    Email:  www.sefa.org.za
    Email: helpline@sefa.org.za

Vuk’uzenzele wishes you all the best with your fish farming venture.

Regards,
Editor.

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