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R. Pretorius and M. Nicolau
3 Case Study: Application of CAMP in Koffiekraal
and Brakkuil
3.1 Study Area, Community Involved and Contextual
Background
The case study considered in this chapter, namely Koffiekraal and Brakkuil, are two
rural villages located in the Moses Kotane Municipality within the Bojanala Platinum
District of North-West Province, South Africa. Both these villages link historically
to the Bahurutshe (a chiefdom in the North West Province), with a timeline dating
back to the 1850s (Mpotokwane 1974). The two villages are traditionally led by the
Bahurutshe-Boo-Mokgatala traditional authority that has jurisdiction over an area of
40,000 ha of communal land and about 50,000 people, largely relying on subsistence
farming for their livelihood.
Koffiekraal covers an area of 5.42 km
2 , has an estimated population of 4282
people and 1088 households, while Brakkuil covers an area of 3.46 km
2 , and has an
estimated population of 2329 people and 623 households (Big 5 Community Tourism
Forum n.d.). The two villages are geographical neighbours and there is a high degree
of synergy between them. Setswana is the common home language. Females and
female-headed households are dominant and this reflects in the female population
demographic of 52.3%. An estimated 14.2% of the population in the villages have
completed their formal schooling, while 29.3% of the population have no formal
schooling. Less than 2% of the households have flush toilets or piped water, while
the majority of households have electricity for lighting, but most households still
use wood as fuel for cooking. Internet usage is low, as 92.7% of the population
have no access to the internet. Over 50% of the population in the two villages are
unemployed and rely on social grants as their major source of income (Statistics
South Africa 2018). The spatial infrastructure linking the communities to the nearest
town (Zeerust) is poor and public transportation is limited and costly. Access to the
villages is via a tarred road, but within the villages, the road network is predominantly
dirt roads.
3.2 The Application of CAMP
The four-day CAMP workshop (Fig. 1) in the village of Koffiekraal was attended by
76 community members from Koffiekraal and the neighbouring village of Brakkuil in
August 2012. The attendees were representative of the community in terms of gender
and across all age groups over the age of 18 years. The Bahurutshe-Boo-Mokgatala
Traditional Authority provided the authors with the relevant permission to work in
the community for the period 2012 to present.
R. Pretorius and M. Nicolau
3 Case Study: Application of CAMP in Koffiekraal
and Brakkuil
3.1 Study Area, Community Involved and Contextual
Background
The case study considered in this chapter, namely Koffiekraal and Brakkuil, are two
rural villages located in the Moses Kotane Municipality within the Bojanala Platinum
District of North-West Province, South Africa. Both these villages link historically
to the Bahurutshe (a chiefdom in the North West Province), with a timeline dating
back to the 1850s (Mpotokwane 1974). The two villages are traditionally led by the
Bahurutshe-Boo-Mokgatala traditional authority that has jurisdiction over an area of
40,000 ha of communal land and about 50,000 people, largely relying on subsistence
farming for their livelihood.
Koffiekraal covers an area of 5.42 km
2 , has an estimated population of 4282
people and 1088 households, while Brakkuil covers an area of 3.46 km
2 , and has an
estimated population of 2329 people and 623 households (Big 5 Community Tourism
Forum n.d.). The two villages are geographical neighbours and there is a high degree
of synergy between them. Setswana is the common home language. Females and
female-headed households are dominant and this reflects in the female population
demographic of 52.3%. An estimated 14.2% of the population in the villages have
completed their formal schooling, while 29.3% of the population have no formal
schooling. Less than 2% of the households have flush toilets or piped water, while
the majority of households have electricity for lighting, but most households still
use wood as fuel for cooking. Internet usage is low, as 92.7% of the population
have no access to the internet. Over 50% of the population in the two villages are
unemployed and rely on social grants as their major source of income (Statistics
South Africa 2018). The spatial infrastructure linking the communities to the nearest
town (Zeerust) is poor and public transportation is limited and costly. Access to the
villages is via a tarred road, but within the villages, the road network is predominantly
dirt roads.
3.2 The Application of CAMP
The four-day CAMP workshop (Fig. 1) in the village of Koffiekraal was attended by
76 community members from Koffiekraal and the neighbouring village of Brakkuil in
August 2012. The attendees were representative of the community in terms of gender
and across all age groups over the age of 18 years. The Bahurutshe-Boo-Mokgatala
Traditional Authority provided the authors with the relevant permission to work in
the community for the period 2012 to present.