ko perasie type cooperative industry agricultural founded 1931 1931 headquarters swellendam south africa area served overberg website 1 sentraal suid ko perasie ssk is an agricultural cooperative founded in 1931 by farmers in the overberg region of south africa . originally known as the swellendam heidelberg ko perasie the name was changed to its current form in the 1980s . the head office of ssk is situated in swellendam the third oldest town of the republic of south africa . contents 1 history 2 see also 3 references 4 external links history edit the prime minister of south africa at the time general j. b. m. hertzog called for the creation of the suid afrikaanse sentrale kooperatiewe graanmaatskappy english south african central cooperative grain company in 1930 as a response to the need of resources by local farmers . this system of co operatives was thus started by the then minister of agriculture general jan kemp . on july 15 1931 the first founders meeting was held to start the co operative then known as the swellendamse boere kooperatiewe vereniging swellendam s farmers co operative society attendees were p.g. lourens f.j. van eeden m.c. dippenaar j.h.k. van blommestein f.j. linde and d.c. van dyk at the second meeting held ten days later the following people joined in m.j. streicher d.h. van papendorp and p.j. de wet mr. van blommestein the only person amongst the directors who had a university degree in law took the lead and were also elected as the first chairmen . the start was a worrying affair and already ten days after the founding of the new institution member p.j. de wet resigned . see also edit agriculture in south africa references edit this article includes a list of references but its sources remain unclear because it has insufficient inline citations . please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations . december 2009 learn how and when to remove this template message dr joan prins . werk saam wen saam .1991 . cape town . isbn 0 620 15856 5 external links edit ssk website soill retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title sentraal suid ko perasie & oldid 675383209 categories agricultural cooperativesagriculture in south africa1931 establishments in south africahidden categories articles lacking in text citations from december 2009all articles lacking in text citations navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 10 august 2015 at 07 23 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view