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The Kalkfontein olive farm bears fruit

The Kalkfontein olive farm bears fruit

In the early 19th century the great Dingiswayo, chief of the Mthethwa people, groomed a young chief called Shaka for the profound role he would play in the history of southern Africa. Read case study

Bicycles changes lives

Bicycles changes lives

Tuesday, 2 August 2011 was a bright, crisp and blustery winter’s morning in the Northern Cape. For the Batlhaping people and Gakgatsana Primary School in particular, it was a red-letter day. Read case study

Turning the lights on in Mapoteng

Turning the lights on in Mapoteng

Sishen is known around the world for its massive iron ore deposits and giant mines but what is not always appreciated is that Sishen started life as a township extension of the town of Kathu. Read case study

The Kalkfontein olive farm bears fruit

Investing in early childhood development

Grinding poverty is the norm in the far-flung villages outside Steelpoort in Limpopo and many children in the area grow up living with only one parent, or their grandparents. Many have neither. Read case study

Ipupeng Vegetable Garden and Poultry Projects

Ipupeng Vegetable Garden and Poultry Projects

Grinding poverty is the norm in the far-flung villages outside Steelpoort in Limpopo and many children in the area grow up living with only one parent, or their grandparents. Many have neither. Read case study

Machadodorp doctor

Machadodorp Works sponsors GP for Machadodorp

Until recently there were no private doctors that residents of Machadodorp and Waterval Boven could consult. Read case study

Machadodorp artisans

Facilitating the development of artisan skills at Simunye factory

Driving towards the Machadodorp Works in Mpumalanga you notice first a bakery and then, next to it, a nondescript factory building. Read case study

Supporting the Badplaas Community Centre

Supporting the Badplaas Community Centre

The centre, which has a staff of nine, is a public-private partnership between the municipality and Nkomati Mine and is a key element in the mine’s Social and Labour Plan. Read case study

Nkomati rose geranium

Rose Geranium

The department helped the co-operative by planting four hectares of rose geraniums in 2007. Later another 6 hectares were planted. Meanwhile the co-operative formed a joint venture with the Siyaphambili Trust, a trust associated with the Mpumalanga Department of Rural Development. Read case study

Providing water reticulation and bulk supply

Providing water reticulation and bulk supply

Kuruman is a deeply rural municipality where the people are poor, a few of them finding work on the mines and others trekking as far as Cape Town to work as seasonal farm labourers. Read case study

Mathumba Farms

Mathumba Farms

The 200 children at the SA Vrouefederasie Belfast orphanage come from all over Mpumalanga. Many of them come with heartbreaking tales; of abandonment and molestation. Read case study

Black Rock classrooms

Providing classrooms for rural schools

The village of Suurdig is a deeply rural, isolated little community in the Northern Cape. Read case study

 


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