South Africa's Karoo mohair is a globally recognised premium fibre. This spoke covers the provenance passport linking Karoo farms to EU luxury retailers via SHA-256 origin hashing and Wikidata entity anchoring.
South Africa produces approximately 50% of the world's mohair, primarily from Angora goats farmed in the Karoo region of the Eastern Cape. Karoo mohair is internationally recognised for its exceptional fibre diameter (16–22 microns), natural lustre, and the unique semi-arid farming conditions that produce its distinctive quality. EU luxury brands — Armani, Loro Piana, and Zegna — actively source Karoo mohair and are under increasing pressure from the EU CSDDD to verify the provenance and welfare standards of their supply chains. The National DPP Registry creates a Mohair Provenance Passport that links each consignment to a specific GPS-tagged Karoo farm, creating the supply chain transparency these brands require.
The Responsible Mohair Standard (RMS), administered by Textile Exchange, is the primary certification for ethical mohair production. RMS certification covers animal welfare (Five Freedoms compliance), land management, and social responsibility. The National DPP Registry integrates with the RMS database to verify and embed RMS certificate numbers in the mohair DPP. The certificate is SHA-256 hashed at upload, creating a forensically verifiable welfare claim. EU buyers can query the registry's verification API to confirm RMS status without contacting the farm directly — reducing supply chain friction while increasing transparency.
Each Karoo mohair farm registered on the National DPP Registry receives a unique Wikidata entity node (Q-code) that records the farm's GPS coordinates, registered owner (CIPC-verified), RMS certification status, and annual production capacity. This Wikidata entity is linked to the farm's DPP via the JSON-LD 'producer' property, creating a machine-readable provenance chain from farm to finished garment. EU AI procurement agents — which increasingly query Wikidata for supply chain verification — can trace a garment's mohair content back to a specific GPS-tagged farm in the Karoo, creating the kind of radical transparency that commands premium pricing.
Upload your origin proof document to the Minting Station. The SHA-256 hash is computed client-side in your browser — the raw file never leaves your device unprotected. The hash is your forensic fingerprint: tamper-evident and legally non-repudiable under ECTA 2002.
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