ACTIVITY
REPORT FOR THE YEAR 2002
Introduction
This report covers the period
from January 2002 until the end of December 2002. The report
aims to give an overview of the work and development of
Nkuzi during this period. In September 2001 Nkuzi undertook
an annual planning exercise that resulted in the identification
of four main programme areas that Nkuzi implemented in the
year 2002. These are Community Support, Research and Policy,
Community Organising and Training, and Legal Services. The
programmes are all supported by Administration and Management
which forms a fifth area of work.
Nkuzi has continued to grow
having started the year with 22 staff members and ending
with 26 as well as 5 volunteers. Nkuzi provides services
throughout Limpopo and Gauteng Provinces and in the northern
parts of Mpumalanga.
A large part of the programme
work focused on dealing with land claims. This included
gathering baseline information for the validation of the
claims, verify claimants for each claim, setting up legal
entities, keeping in constant contact with the Regional
Land Claims Commission (RLCC), and assisting claimants during
negotiations for the settlement of claims. Good progress
has been made as illustrated by six communities signing
settlement agreements that return their land and a further
three community claims being gazetted. The Land Rights Legal
Unit continued to provide essential legal services to people
who would have otherwise received no service at all. The
cases that were entertained by the Legal Unit included evictions,
unfair labour practices, human rights abuses - shootings,
sexual abuse and assaults - and some land claimants were
also represented. Various reports have been produced by
the Research and Policy Unit and inputs were made during
public consultations on the Communal Land Rights Bill. A
lot of organising has been done with the Landless People
Movement in the Limpopo and Gauteng Provinces including
local conferences, workshops, provincial events and participation
in national events such as the Week of the Landless and
the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD). The
summit also presented a good opportunity for Nkuzi to Network
with organizations from other countries involved in similar
kind of work. With communities gaining access to land it
became imperative to provide post-settlement, or what Nkuzi
refers to as Livelihood, support.
More information is provided
in this report on the various programmes and other organizational
developments.
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