by Bulungula Incubator | Oct 25, 2019 | All projects, Education, Sustainable Livelihoods (Rural Skills Centre)
“iiTablet Tshomiz creates local job opportunities while developing our youth” – Lihle Mbikwana (Melibuwa iiTablet Tshomiz Site Manager) After 3 years of successful implementation of our online learning project, iiTablet Tshomiz, we reflect on the impact it has...
by Bulungula Incubator | Aug 13, 2019 | All projects, Education, Sustainable Livelihoods (Rural Skills Centre)
We live in one of the most beautiful and fertile parts of the country where we have an opportunity to farm for food security and income generation. Therefore, one of the subjects offered at the Bulungula College is Agricultural Sciences. In addition to the theoretical...
by Bulungula Incubator | Mar 5, 2018 | All projects, banner, Sustainable Livelihoods (Rural Skills Centre)
Our Sustainable Livelihoods Programme and Masilime Ngqo! project (Let’s Farm Well!) have researched options for a water pump that is cost-effective and appropriate for our hilly terrain. Farmers in regions with hilly typography have few accessible options other...
by Bulungula Incubator | Sep 23, 2017 | All projects, Sustainable Livelihoods (Rural Skills Centre)
Our Healthy Livestock Project makes much needed anti-parasite and vitamin dosing available for the livestock in the area. The project is self-sustaining as community members pay for the medicines themselves. Anecdotally, farmers claim that breeding rates have...
by Bulungula Incubator | Aug 15, 2017 | All projects, banner, Sustainable Livelihoods (Rural Skills Centre)
Masilime Ngqo! means :”Let us Farm Well!” And they are certainly doing so! Seedling and input sales continue to be good. Excess seedlings are sold at the Tafalehashi pension point and Tafalehashi Store sold 1000 seedlings within minutes. The Centre had...
by AdminWRBI | Apr 6, 2017 | Sustainable Livelihoods (Rural Skills Centre)
The heritage of our region and people is closely tied to the farming of livestock. In South Africa as a whole, the poorest communal areas are home to half the cattle in the country worth almost R50 billion. Yet low birth rates and high death rates mean that...
