This sons is still being sung. Just another titbit:
"According to Statistics South Africa, in the period between 1993 and 2002, there was a significant decrease in in the number of commercial farming units in South Africa. There were 12 162 less farming units in 2002 than there were in 1993, a decrease of 26%.
The decrease of farming units consequently led to a decrease in employment by the formal agricultural sector by 13, 9%. The Free State Province holds the highest number of commercial farming units as of 2002 stats."
Obviously this trend is continuing.