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Support to rural struggles, policy & advocacy – Service Delivery
The BankSeta awarded BRC a one-year contract to support young small-scale farmers with enterprise development. The focus of the enterprise development was on technical mentoring in the production techniques, agricultural business operations and the training of the entities involved in business skills training. The main thrust of the intervention is to offer business management training and crop production in order to strengthen the entities and cooperatives’ ability to have profitable businesses and access to start capital. The second aspect of the project focuses on mentoring the business in the areas of production namely planting, land preparation, fertilizing and development of business plans including dealing with markets. The mentoring is always conducted through practical work in the fields, advice on weeding and planting. The third aspect pertained to the identification of the input(s) support and procurement of the inputs. The inputs were procured by BRC as per the needs of each entity.
Small scale farmers & household food production – Land for Food
Supported by the National Lotteries Commission (NLC) and the Open Society (OSF), this project established and supports (i)15 small scale farmers, (ii)10 communal gardens, (iii)50 household gardens, and improve production, generate income and boost their rural economy.
Part of this project is the revolving credit support program to farmers with whom we work. The model is such that (i)farmers are supported with inputs. (ii)are required to pay back a portion of the cost of the support with no interest after selling their crops, and (iii)the pool of funds that revolves amongst a new cohort of farmers to be supported.
Keiskammahoek (KKH) Development Trust
The Keiskammahoek Development Project is one of BRC’s special projects and is succinctly aligned to the organisation’s Land Rights and Restitution Programme. This project commenced in 2021 when BRC was appointed to be a project manager the development project(s) of the nine KKH villages. One of biggest development aspects of the project was the re-gravelling of the roads in all the 9 villages. Other development aspects include fencing of graveyards and playgrounds as well a skills development program which benefited 142 community members with skills ranging from plumbing, security, livestock farming, computer literacy, brick laying, fencing and roofin
Land Restitution Realised Project
This project is funded by the Constitutionalism Fund and has a main focus on working with communities who have benefitted from the land restitution in the Eastern Cape – specifically those who have already signed land restitution agreements. Specifically, we work with the following communities, (i)Keiskammahoek – 9 villages (ii)Prudoe Community in Ngqushwa (iii)Dwesa Cwebe
Vulamasango Singene
BRC launched the campaign that has come to be known as ‘Vulamasango Singene’ on 16 June 2002. To date the campaign has taken on a single issue, namely to fight for justice for communities unfairly excluded from the restitution programme, specifically those dispossessed by betterment in the former Ciskei and Transkei.
Land transfer for cata
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A message from brcs managing director
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Keiskammahoek villagers march on the offices of amathole district municipality
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It was with shock that the staff of the border rural committee learnt of the death of a community activist in keiskammahoek, during a protest for better living conditions.
Thembekile Fana was a member of the Keiskammahoek Development Steering Committee and worked closely with BRC for many...
The following is a statement by mr phumeza grootboom, managing director of the border rural committee:
The Minster of Rural Development and Land Reform’s contestation of the land claims court judgment in the Prudhoe case...
As part of the relaunch of the brc brand, we have launched our new website and logo
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Ikhwelo malunga nentsholongwane icovid 19 (okanye icorona)
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Sustainable Livelihoods
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Environment
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Land & Human Rights
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Women Empowerment
The women empowerment programme seeks to ensure that rural women are empowered to be civic agents who are able to...
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