{"id":1558,"date":"2026-06-15T11:37:24","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T09:37:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.c4-africa.co.za\/?page_id=1558"},"modified":"2026-06-15T11:37:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T09:37:24","slug":"dr-pardon-chabvutagondo","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.c4-africa.co.za\/?page_id=1558","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Pardon Chabvutagondo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>Dr Pardon graduated from the University of Zimbabwe in 2013 and is registered with both the Council of Veterinary Surgeons of Zimbabwe and the South African Veterinary Council (SAVC).<br>Following graduation, he joined the Irvine\u2019s Group in 2014 as part of their intensive graduate trainee programme within one of Africa\u2019s leading fully integrated poultry enterprises. During this time, he gained extensive exposure across the poultry production chain, including Grandparent and Parent stock operations, broilers, breeder hatcheries, commercial hatcheries, feed mills, processing plants, commercial layer systems, and veterinary laboratory work.<br>In 2015, Dr Pardon was appointed Broiler Department Manager, where he excelled before being promoted to Breeder Manager. In this role, he managed the Broiler Grandparent Farm and Breeder Hatchery responsible for exporting day-old parent stock throughout sub-Saharan Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>In 2017, he joined Sable Chickens, then Zimbabwe\u2019s second-largest producer of frozen chicken products. As the company\u2019s first internal veterinarian, he established and developed the veterinary division from the ground up. During the same year, he successfully completed and passed his South African Veterinary Council registration examinations.<br>Dr Pardon relocated to South Africa in 2018, where he completed his compulsory community service in the Eastern Cape. Since then, he has worked across multiple sectors of the veterinary profession in five provinces throughout South Africa, gaining broad industry experience and practical field expertise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>He is an active member of both the World Poultry Veterinary Association and the South African Veterinary Association (SAVA) Poultry Group.<br>Dr Pardon\u2019s passion for poultry farming began long before his professional veterinary career.<br>\u201cI went to a very good boarding school, and my father, earning a Prison Warden\u2019s salary, simply could not afford the fees. Animal husbandry \u2014 particularly poultry farming \u2014 became our saving grace. It was hard work with very low margins, and losing even a single chick meant a great deal to us.<br>That experience is why I remain deeply committed to helping farmers of every scale. I approach every farm visit with the same passion and dedication, striving to serve wholeheartedly, earn trust, and build lifelong relationships along the way.\u201d<br>We are excited to have Dr Pardon join the C4 Africa team and look forward to the value, expertise, and passion he brings to our clients and the broader agricultural industry.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.c4-africa.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Dr-Pardon_edited-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1534\" style=\"width:482px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.c4-africa.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Dr-Pardon_edited-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.c4-africa.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Dr-Pardon_edited-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.c4-africa.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Dr-Pardon_edited-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.c4-africa.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Dr-Pardon_edited-350x350.png 350w, https:\/\/www.c4-africa.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Dr-Pardon_edited.png 868w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr Pardon graduated from the University of Zimbabwe in 2013 and is registered with both the Council of Veterinary Surgeons of Zimbabwe and the South African Veterinary Council (SAVC).Following graduation, he joined the Irvine\u2019s Group in 2014 as part of their intensive graduate trainee programme within one of Africa\u2019s leading &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1558","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.c4-africa.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.c4-africa.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.c4-africa.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.c4-africa.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.c4-africa.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1558"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.c4-africa.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1558\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1578,"href":"https:\/\/www.c4-africa.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1558\/revisions\/1578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.c4-africa.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}