1Set up
Set up a farm in one conversation.
Mothusi asks in farming words, and every answer goes onto the farm’s record.
MothusiKabelo FarmWhat does the farm produce, and who do you sell to?
A mixed farm, then. Tap each one and say how many. Add the broilers too.
Your farm
Add another commodity
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Mothusi walks you through it, one question at a time.
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1Set up
Set up a farm in one conversation.
Every answer goes onto the farm’s record.
MothusiYour farm setup · 12 of 44What does the farm keep?
Tap all that apply.
Then water, power, roads and fencing, then the equipment. The map is already drawn: 18.00 ha.
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2The land
Draw the farm on the map.
Tap each corner and the hectares are worked out, with a zone for each herd and crop. Communal land has no title deed, so the farmer draws it.
Find your land, then trace its edges. We’ll work out the size for you.
Tap the corners in order, then Finish.
Can’t draw it? Enter the size instead
Where things are
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2The land
Draw the farm on the map.
Tap each corner and the hectares are worked out.
Kea sees the same boundary on Kabelo Farm’s record, with each herd and crop in its own zone.
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3What a farm keeps
Each kind of farming has its own form.
Four groups and ten kinds: breed and weights for a herd, eggs for layers, hectares and irrigation for a crop.
Kabelo Farm
Kabelo M. · outside Rustenburg · 18 ha
Steady this month.
Steady this month.
Steady this month.
Each kind brings its own questions. The month asks a herd for births, losses and sales and a field for hectares and the harvest, and a visit’s checklist is built from the same list.
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3What a farm keeps
Each kind of farming has its own form.
Four groups and ten kinds, each with its own questions.
Kea sees the herd on Kabelo Farm’s record, 34 head beside 420 broilers and the maize. A flock is asked for eggs, a crop for hectares and seedlings.
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4The month
The monthly count, worked out for the farmer.
Kabelo enters what was born, lost and sold. The closing count is calculated, and sales go into the farm’s money.
Let’s record Nguni cattle for this month.
Confirm Nguni cattle
Let’s record Nguni cattle for this month.
Broilers went from 420 to 397, so that is 23 birds this month against 6 last month.
Schedule vet visit for broilersWas it one house or both?
2 new. Last logged October 2026.
Steady this month.
23 lost. Last logged October 2026.
Steady this month.
Steady this month. Last logged October 2026.
Steady this month.
Kea sees the month on the farm’s record, each kind with its health and the sale in the books, without a phone call.
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4The month
The monthly count, worked out for the farmer.
The closing count is calculated for him.
Kea sees the month on Kabelo Farm’s record, and the R13,000 sale lands in the farm’s money in.
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5The officer’s morning
Every farm’s month on one screen, at-risk farms first.
A farm that loses 5% of its animals in a month, or asks for a vet, goes to the top. Farms that have not reported are counted.
Your October report is complete.
Agriculture
Early formation - 158 of 186 scored, average 49. Top blockers: no monthly books and no tax clearance.
Vet alertsflagged or high mortality - act first
Reporting cadencefarms that reported this month
Farms not reporting are blind spots - chase a monthly farm report.
Commodity splitcurrent herd / hectares
Productionthis month
Farm actionslaunch via Mothusi
Ask Mothusi
MothusiKea NkosiThree this month. Kabelo Farm lost 23 broilers, 5% of the flock. Dikgomo Farm asked for a vet for its cattle. Morula Poultry lost 7% of its layers. Shall I book a visit to Kabelo Farm first?
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5The officer’s morning
Every farm’s month on one screen, at-risk farms first.
A farm that loses 5% of its animals, or asks for a vet, goes to the top.
Which farms need a vet?→Nobody had to phone. Kabelo’s own count, 23 broilers lost this month, put his farm on Kea’s list.
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6Help, then a case
A sick animal becomes a support case.
Mothusi helps first, then opens a case if the farmer agrees. The officer assigns a vet, with a response time.
MothusiKabelo FarmKeep the two apart from the herd, in the shade, with clean water close by.
Shall I log this for the vet?
Two calves in Kraal 1 are weak and not feeding. They are apart from the herd now, in the shade, with water.
I will be at Kraal 1 by 11:00. Keep them apart until then.
Both calves seen. It is redwater, and both are treated. I will look at them again on Friday.
Kabelo confirms on his phone and rates the help, and the case closes. Unanswered, it closes after 7 days.
The vet diagnoses. Mothusi gets the case to the vet.
Mothusi answers in Setswana, Afrikaans or isiZulu when that is the farmer’s language. Officers handle the judgement calls.
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6Help, then a case
A sick animal becomes a support case.
Mothusi helps first, then opens a case for the vet.
Shall I log this for the vet?Yes, please.On the desk, Kea assigns it to Dr Ndlovu, and the case runs against its 24-hour target.
The vet diagnoses. Mothusi gets the case to the vet.
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7The visit
The inspector’s count beside the farmer’s.
Differences show up straight away, documents are checked, and Mothusi writes the visit report.
Tap the count to try it. Within 10% of the farmer’s number nothing shows. Above 10% it turns amber, above 25% red.
Summary
Kabelo M. was present for the visit. 30 Nguni cattle were counted against 34 reported for September, a gap of 4 (12%) to account for. The broilers matched his count. The tax clearance has expired, and 1.2 km of perimeter fence is down on the grazing camp.
Discrepancies
Compliance
What the visit writes back
The moment Kea submits it.
What the officer sees in the field becomes evidence on the farm’s record, dated and kept.
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7The visit
The inspector’s count beside the farmer’s.
Above 10% the difference turns amber, above 25% red.
The gap goes into the visit report Mothusi writes for the officer, with the documents checked and the tasks they raise.
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8The store
Buyers see what is ready and message the farm on WhatsApp.
Each lot shows its photo, price and ready date. The WhatsApp message already names the lot and the price.
On Kabelo’s own phone. The buyer tapped Chat on WhatsApp on the lot, and the first message was written for them.
Kabelo Farm
Broilers and Nguni cattle, raised on 18 ha outside Rustenburg.
Rustenburg · Since 2021
Live birds, collected at the farm.
Each farm’s store also has its own address to share. Lesedi Greens, in Phokeng:
Grown by Thabo in Phokeng, North West
Lesedi Greens
Fresh spinach, picked the morning you collect. Grown under shade net in Phokeng.
Spinach, R15 a bunch. Collect at the farm gate, or delivered around Phokeng.
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8The store
Buyers see what is ready and message the farm on WhatsApp.
The message already names the lot and the price.
Kabelo Farm · Ready from 18 Nov · Collect Rustenburg
On Kabelo’s phone, a moment later
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9The same standard
Farms are measured on the same standard as any business.
A farm between harvests still counts as trading. Each farm gets the next step its record calls for, and a named person signs it off.
Is the farm currently producing?
Your next step · Mission 4 of 8
Business money, separate and visible
Your records stop at May.
StartKea Nkosi at Meridian signs it off
Between cycles counts as trading. Seasonal farming is not pre-revenue, so a farm resting between crops is read as the working business it is.
Training is sent by what holds a farm back. Learning →
Two farms at the same tier. Each next step comes from the farm’s own record.
Lesedi Greens · Operating · Growth Score 64The funder decides. The record shows how far the farm already is. Funds →
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9The same standard
Farms are measured on the same standard as any business.
A farm between harvests still counts as trading.
Your records stop at May.
Kea sees the same record on her list, beside Tsholo Poultry, also Forming, whose next step is Mission 7, One paying customer, end to end.
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