It is a meat purpose goat breed with South African origin. They are large, muscular animals with short hair, white base colour and red neck and head. Their bridge of nose is curved, often having a blaze on it. They have long and pendulous lop-ears Both sexes are horned. Their age at first mating is 10 to 12 months. They are non-cycling animals with placid temperament and excellent maternal traits. They are recommended to be kept based on grazing land. They have an average progeny of 1.8 per kidding and a milk yield of 300 to 500 kg. Their weight gain is intensive, and their carcass dressing percentage is better than 50%. Their meat shapes (meat conformation) are excellent, and their meat is tasty and lean. Their excellent traits appear also in crossing programmes well.