ACADEMIA Letters Understanding the Commonage policy skills transfer for Emerging farmers amongst Vredefort commonage cattle farmers: ’case study of VredefortCommonage, Free State’ Tshepo Teele, Institute for Community Engagement and Development Directorate, MangosuthuUniversity of Technology Government Commonage Policy for Emerging Farmers categorises farmers according to their livestock in terms of numbers. In principle, this practice determines which individual farmer could maybe exit the commonage and continue to utilise the commonage land. This study attempts to understand how the skills transfer positions itself in administering the commonages in the semi-rural and rural townships. Many farmers in categories I and II and some in III are comfortable living close to their cattle. In contrast, some others in both categories III and Interim are reluctant to own their private land. With a commonage usage policy, commonage management needs much more attention and output in leadership, administration, facilitation with the commonage users committees and commonage management, negotiation, infrastructure repairs, and constant monitoring of the land to avoid overgrazing. This alone question and propose investigations in the intention and necessity of the commonage policy skills transfer in the semi-rural and rural townships. 1. Introduction Martens (2009) states that commonage is the land found adjacent to a town-owned by the local municipality and acquired through state grants or, historically, through the church. Since the new government dispensation in 1994, destitute and previously disadvantaged residents have Academia Letters, June 2021 Corresponding Author: Tshepo Teele, tspoteele@yahoo.com Citation: Teele, T. (2021). Understanding the Commonage policy skills transfer for Emerging farmers amongst Vredefort commonage cattle farmers: ’case study of VredefortCommonage, Free State’. Academia Letters, Article 1102. https://doi.org/10.20935/AL1102. 1 ©2021 by the author — Open Access — Distributed under CC BY 4.0