NQABAYENSIMBI POULTRY CO‐OP. The Nqabayensimbi Poultry co‐operative started in 2002 with 30 chickens in a s all mud room that was about 18 m². Fakazile is the chairperson of t e Nqabayensimbi Po ltry Co‐ n n h e m u operative in Gamalakhe, Port Shepstone. Start‐up capital of R50 was provided by each foundi g co‐op member. Te years later, the co‐op has a joining fee of R500 per member s m and consists of ten member , all neatly kitted out in orange T‐shirts e blazoned with the o name and slogan f their business, “Fresh and Good”. t Curren ly their business is based in a single broiler house with three separate rooms capable s n of hou ing 600 chicks. Every two weeks the co‐op purchases 200 day‐old chicks a d raises d them over a six‐week period. Thereafter the chickens are taken to market and sold live. It is o
