Different government departments and public enterprises invested financial, infrastructural and technical support to the Cooperative. These included the Departments of Agriculture and Environmental Affairs, Land Affairs; Economic Development; Local Government and Trade and Industry; Small Enterprise Development Agency (SEDA) and Eskom. It estimated that more than R40 million was invested in the now collapsed Cooperative, including the farm's purchase price of approximately R700 000. The provincial Department of Agriculture, Environmental Affairs and Rural Development acknowledged that no activity has taken place on the farm since 2005, and the land is still 'owned' by the Cooperative members. The provincial Department reported that it is still busy with one of the many audits that have been done on the Cooperative since 2006, and reported to be struggling to get hold of Cooperative members and required information from some of the stakeholders and investors.