Ncera Farms (Pty) Ltd, is one of the entities of the DAFF situated in the Kidds Beach area near East London on state owned land measuring approximately 4 000 hectares. The entity is currently under a Board of Directors as Board members resigned in January 2009. In the absence of a Board, the then Minister of Agriculture and Land Affairs, Ms Xingwana, appointed Mr Andile Hawes, the DDG: Production and Resources Management, to be the 'caretaker' of the entity until a new Board is appointed. Mr Hawes was not part of the DAFF delegation during the Committee's visit. Ncera Farms (Pty) Ltd, is a public company listed under Schedule 3 B in terms of the Public Finance Management Act, 1999 (Act No. 1 of 1999). The DAFF is the sole shareholder. The complexity of the situation at Ncera saw the Committee delegation having two separate meetings: the first one being a briefing by the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Ncera Farms (Pty) Ltd., Mr A Stylianou and emerging farmers that were settled by the former Department of Land Affairs on state farmers that form part of the Ncera Farms (Pty) Ltd.