The Makuleke story

The Makuleke Story by Mashangu Livingstone Maluleke

The Makuleke storyThe Makuleke story

Presented by Mashangu

Livingstone Maluleke


BackgroundBackground Lived well in the Makuleke Region 22000 hectares at northern most part of Kruger

National Park (KNP) between Limpopo and Levhuvu Rivers

Rich abundance of Natural resources Removed by force in 1969 “Dumped” in area outside the KNP about 70 km’s

from the Makuleke Region Developed our 3 new villages

In 1996 we got our land back


The Makuleke Region

Makuleke Villages

Zimbabwe

Moza


Our Win-Win AgreementOur Win-Win AgreementAfter negotiating with SANParks we agreed

to keep our land within Kruger NP as a contractual park

We established a Joint Management Board - 50/50 with SANParks

Share day-to-day managementCommunity have commercial rights to the

area– Sustainable harvesting including hunting– Tourism development with Private operators


The Joint Management BoardThe Joint Management Board

The JMB is a interim arrangement to build skills – One day we will manage our land ourselves.

Work according to a Management and Development Plan– Same standard as rest of Kruger– Zoned areas for tourism use

The JMB has not been without conflict and problems


The Makuleke Joint Management

Board


Organised for benefit sharing Organised for benefit sharing Communal Property Association – CPA

– +/- 15 000 community members– CPA is title holder of the Makuleke Region

CPA Executive – 8 elected members– Represents CPA in all business and land issues

Implementation office– Our full time workers and link to outsiders

Development Forum– A forum of community leadership to advise Exco on village

level development and benefit sharing Development Trust

– Administers the money we make and spend on projects and running costs


Explaining the private sector contract


Generating the benefitsGenerating the benefits

Conservation choice excluded mining and agriculture.

See tourism as main source of revenue in long term.

Used hunting to generate initial money.


Our tourism partnershipsOur tourism partnerships

Process was an open tender to private sectorConcession agreements give us

– A Build-Operate-Transfer arrangement– 10% of turnover as lease fee

projected at US$350 000 per year

– Wage income for employees Expect 120 = US$600 000 per year

– Money to cover poaching and land management


The Pafuri Lodge – Our 2nd lodge


Benefit sharing challengeBenefit sharing challenge

Benefit sharing can cause conflict– Hopefully our structures and commitment to good

governance will overcome this.

Investment in community development must be done with support of local government – We need to link into the Local Government’s

Integrated Development Plan, not do it alone.


Training our team of anti-poaching rangers


Looking forwardLooking forwardWe believe that conservation is changing in

South Africa to be more community friendly and attempting to adress poverty.

We are learning from our Private Sector partners and depend on them to do good business on our land.

The Makuleke Region will never give us all we need, but what we have done so far makes us proud.


FinallyFinally

Thanks to all our supporters,– including GZT and the German Government,– The Ford Foundation,– as well as countless individuals.

““Our success is your success”Our success is your success”


THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION

The Makuleke story

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