Bela-Bela Communal Property Association

Bela-Bela Communal Property
Association (Limpopo)
The best Land Restitution
& Development Model in
South Africa
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Community Enterprises:
Bonwa Phala Lodge
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Game & Hunting
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Crop farming
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Cattle farming
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Poultry farming
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Recapitalization & development
funding for Egg project
In 2013 CPA applied for 23m for six layer
houses
 Only 12m was approved for three layer
houses
 Strategic partner funded the fourth house
as well as production capital
 By June 2014 all layer houses were
completed & enterprise was in full
production.
 Equipment sourced from Netherlands
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Production
Each house with a capacity of 15000
birds
 Each house is 110m (length) x
6m(width)
 Buy chicks at 16wks & start production
at 18wks until 60wks
 At the end of 60wks we sell them as
they are part of our projected income
 Selling of chicken manure
 Feed consumption of 1.75tons per
house
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Production
Production rate of 90% & mortality rate
of 2%
 System is environmentally controlled
 Eggs sold through off-take agreement
with an established egg producer &
distributor called “Eggspert eggs”
 EIA for 18 houses has been registered
 Plans are now underway to built another
four houses
 Approximately 1.7m eggs supplied per
month
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Job Creation & Empowerment
Out of the four enterprises up to 80
people are permanently employed &
200 are seasonal workers.
 CPA collaborates with Agriseta for
learnership programmes.
 CPA exco trained on issues of
governance & management
 Plans are underway to plug in
distressed CPA’s in the area to our
project.
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Impact of Land Restitution &
improvement of livelihoods
True dignity restoration & reversal of
the legacy of apartheid…over 6000h
of prime land restored.
 Community food programme launched
in 2010
 Financial compensation for land not
feasible to restore / land claims court
 Training & empowerment
 Launch of CPA book
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Benefits & food security
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Thank you !!!
 By: Lefa Barrington Mabuela
 CPA Chairperson
 Cell: 0826779164
 Lbmabuela@vodamail.co.za
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