Part 2
Level 3
# Soccer & netball are played regularly, but facilities and equipment are
lacking. Two soccer clubs exist in Mautse: Solos and Sundowns.
# A tennis club exists
in Rosedale.
# A professional tennis trainer moved into the community in the beginning
of the year.
# There are no trained teachers and volunteers to assist the recreational
activities in the community.
# The community is concerned about the lack of sporting
facilities, such as volleyball, athletics, cricket, etc.
# Leaders to take responsibility
to assist the sports clubs to generate funds, to train and to function are not available.
# The only available source of entertainment is taverns. Shebeens are erected without
proper planning. Pool facilities are available at these 'taverns'. There is much
alcohol and drug abuse.
# Recreational activities for the elderly: Itsosen, a group
for the elderly comes together on a weekly basis. They exercise together for 30 minutes
per week.
# The community is willing to be trained and to look after themselves,
but feel that they are not given the necessary assistance in trying to provide for
themselves.
The following institutions are needed:
# Leadership training is of the
utmost importance.
# Professional training of trainers is needed for various sports,
eg. soccer, basketball, athletics, netball, adult exercises.
# Recreational facilities
are needed.
Level 4
# Rosedale falls under the Ficksburg magistrate district, but is part of the Dihlabeng
Municipality (towns of Bethlehem, Rosedale, Fouriesburg, Clarens & Paul Roux). Rosedale
is 45 km from Ficksburg and 65 km from Bethlehem.
# The law and order system functions,
but the community is worried about crime taking place. There are not always enough
police to do visible policing.
# A lot of effort is put into establishing a Community
Policing Forum. It is not being supported from the ground, as a result of various
parties in the community who work against it.
# Security guards can be used to assist
the SAPS in their task. Four security guards in the community have been trained and
have certificates to act as security guards. They can also be used to safeguard the
houses of the week-end and holiday home-owners who are experiencing a great problem
with crime while they are away at their workplaces in the cities.
# The adults and
elderly are very concerned about the lack of discipline amongst the youth and children.
They feel that they are disrespectful and would rather listen to their peers than
to their parents.
# The teachers are complaining about discipline in the schools.
They think that the learners lack positive leaders.
# The churches motivate their
congregations to have high morals, but in practice there is a lot of alcohol and
drug abuse, sex out of wedlock, etc. The lack of knowledge concerning HIV and Aids
is shocking.
# Seventeen (17) different religious groups are functioning in this small
community. There are also a number of individuals who declare that they do not belong
to any religious group. Only one full time minister is working in the community.
The other groups visit churches in nearby towns, or ministers from other towns visit
their groups when possible.
# There are not sufficient industries and many in the
community have no way in which to earn an income.
# The authority and power in the
community are not held by a single group. To work together as a community is of the
utmost importance.
# The community has a strong need to discover their purpose in
life. A programme to help the community with life skills and leadership skills will
be recommended.
# A limited number of organizations and forums are functioning in
the community:
Rosedale & Mautse as a community:
- Mariandal Development Forum (founded May 2002)
-
Mariandal Environmental Forum
- Policing Forum (not functioning)
Only
Rosedale residents:
- Agricultural Society (Landbouvereniging)
-
Die Dameskring
- Afrikanerbond
-
Klub Rose - group for elderly
Only Mautse residents:
- ANC Youth League
- Rise
and Shine Youth Group
- Health Forum
-
Itsoseng - Group for the elderly
- Victim Support Group
(not functioning)
The following institutions are needed:
# A well structured and active
Policing Forum
# The forums existing in the community must share their expertise
with those in need.
# Workshops/courses must be given to address moral & cultural
issues as well as the problem of disintegrated families. Funding is essential.
#
Security Guards must become fully operational, but need to start functioning.
Level 5
# Only a few industries exist in the community, where a limited number of
people are employed: Co-operation; cheese factory, Yogurt factory (on a nearby farm)
and a number of very small businesses (only the owner(s) and one or two workers are
employed). These businesses cannot be called 'wealth creators'. An asparagus factory
exists in the district, but is not operational.
# A Community Development Forum has
been established to co-ordinate all community development projects and community
forums/forums. This Forum will function in a transparent way and therefore self-interested
manipulators can be controlled in a way.
# The Mariandal Cultural Village has been
built and the stalls and tourist shop can be used to attract tourists to the area
and provide a work place for the project which is craft-related.
# The following projects
exist at the Mariandal Cultural Village:
- Mautse Candle Project
- Pale Crafts
-
Mariandal Paper Project
- Mautse Leather project
- Rearabetswe Clothing Factory
-
Sasol Filling station - The owner has a cash flow problem. Therefore the filling
station regularly runs out of gas. This problem has a negative effect on all the
business at the Mariandal Cultural Village.
# Three commonage farms (Libertas 113
ha, Elim 154 ha, Rustoord 106 ha) have been bought by the government. Most of the
houses, dairies etc were in working order with the purchase of the farms, but most
of the structures have been pulled down. These farms belong to the Dihlabeng Municipality,
but must be used for community development projects. A number of projects have been
registered, but none are really functioning at present eg. Ratanang Agricultural
Project, Tsoha o iketsetse poultry project, Ikaheng Cattle Project, Center of Hope
Pre-project.
The following institutions are needed:
# A well structured and active
Policing Forum
# Funding of projects in the community will assist the community in
the upliftment of their vision to function as a happy community who work together
to achieve their goals.
# The teachers at the secondary school and the primary school,
as well as the sisters at the clinics and a few professional individuals are the
only people in the community with tertiary education. Respondents have the opinion
that these people must give from their expertise to support the rest of the community
in achieving skills.
# Projects can be "mentored" by people with skills, if the necessary
funding is available, so that the poorest of the poor who lack skills to earn money
can provide food and shelter for themselves.
# A strong feeling exists in the community
that the community must be assisted to create jobs so that more people can lead a
decent living.
Level 6
# The district of Rosedale provides tourist attractions such as 4 X 4-routes, hiking
trails, horse riding trails, rock climbing, camping facilities and lodge facilities
to attract tourists from all over the world.
# Tourists from all over South Africa
visit the traditional place of prayer, Nkukumoi, on a regular basis. The sangomas
use indigenous medicinal plants that grow in the area. This practice sometimes endangers
protected plants growing in the surrounding conservancies.
# The Highland Route does
not include Rosedale at this point in time. This must be rectified.
# Two conservancies
have been established during 2001: Swartkrans Conservancy (next to Nkukumoi) in the
district of Rosedale and Mariandal Conservancy in Rosedale & Mautse. Two groups of
rangers have been trained. Another conservancy is already well established: Moolmanshoek.
#
The town and surrounding district boast a great number of indigenous trees and plants.
On the other hand, a great number of invader plants and trees are also growing in
the area. These plants and trees pose a threat to the natural environment. These
plants use almost twice as much water as the indigenous plants and therefore a well
planned programme to weed out these plants must be put into place. The wood from
these trees can be put into use to help the needy to warm their stoves and provide
warmth and energy (level 1). Farmers whose farms are in the conservancies are willing
to assist a wood project where invader trees such as Acacia (Wattle/Wattel), Eucalyptus
(Gum/Bloekom) and Pinus (Pine/Denne) can be cut down and used as wood for heating
and cooking.
# Although a small number of individuals are willing to work together,
the majority are still distrustful of the motives of the other. This is not only
true of people of different races, but also of people of the same race. Workshops
to assist the community to understand one another are essential.
# It is important
to build on the successes of the individuals who are working together, to show the
rest of the community that positive results can be achieved if people work together.
The
following institutions are needed:
# Inclusion of Rosedale tourist attractions in
the Highlands Tourist Route - a circular route, starting at Bethlehem, to Clarens
(and Golden Gate), to Fouriesburg, to Ficksburg, to Rosedale, to Paul Roux and back
to Bethlehem must become a reality. # Assistance in the form of training, workshops,
environmental projects are of the utmost importance. Funding is essential:
- Community
development workshops conducted by OLEA Leadership Support Center must be implemented
in the
community to improve understanding between the different cultures in the community.
- A project to plant medicinal plants that can be bought by the sangomas at a minimal
price must be encouraged to protect
indigenous plants.
- A 'Work for Water Project'
to help the poor to use wood from invader trees for heating and cooking must start,
to protect
indigenous trees and extinguish invader trees. This project can include
a charcoal factory.
LIST
OF PROJECTS APPROVED BY COMMUNITY
(Community
meeting 3 July 2002)
1. Home based care facilities [level 1]
2. Greenhouses for (Aids)
orphans [level 1]
3. Soup kitchens [level 1]
4. Life skills programms -- workshops
(Aids + moral values) [level 2]
5. Pale Crafts (traditional stories of Basotho) [
level 2 & 5]
6. Traditional dances [level 2]
7. Leadership training [level 3]
8. Training
of trainers for recreation [level 3]
9. Recreational facilities [level 3]
10. Youth
Center (involve community on a larger scale) [level 3]
11. Fishing project [level
3]
12. Workshops (disintegrated families) [level 4]
13. Security guards [level 4]
14.
Mautse Candle Project [level 5]
15. Mariandal Paper project [level 5]
16. Mautse Leather
project [level 5]
17. Carpentry project [level 5]
18. Bakery [level 5]
19. Asparagus
+ vegetable factory [level 5]
20. Community Development workshops (understanding between
different cultures) [level 6]
21. Planting of medicinal plants [level 6]
22. Work for
Water Project (felling of invader trees & using the wood for poverty alleviation
- heat) [levels 6 + 1]
- The Department of Sports & Recreation is funding project
9: Recreational facilities with R837,000.00. Building of these facilities will start
within a month. The members present are very happy that recreation facilities shall
be erected in Mautse. It will have a positive affect on the community.
WORK IN PROGRESS:
DONE: Structuring of needs according to 6 levels of development.
DONE: Audit of the resources available in the Community, and a survey of organizations
and institutions that must be aligned to co-operate and participate.
DONE: Identification
of ways and means (i.e. projects) by the Community, to drive the development program.
IN PROCESS: The auditing of skills required to run and sustain the projects and the
utilization of existing technology available at each level.
# The Mariandal Enrute
Development Forum is in place.
# The Dihlabeng Municipality is supporting the projects.
# Business Plans for the projects in process.
