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FIGURE 1.8: Comparison of Understanding of Park and Committee Issues
Muvamba Committee Area, Villages of Tlhavene and Chimangue, Locality of Tlhavene, District
of Mabalane
Will a fence
be built?
Issue of
resettlement
Prevalence of
hunting
Comments about
park committee
Park
Committee
Members,
General
Discussions
No – and now
we are afraid
wildlife will
kill livestock
and people
here. Earlier
we were told
the fence
won’t be near
the village.
People from the
park say we won’t
be moved and they
will give us jobs
but we are worried
if we will have
enough land for
grazing.
No comments
We had to be
approved by the
induna to be chosen.
Being on the
committee will help us
get jobs in the park,
and to hire other
people in the
community to work
for the park as well.
But we weren’t given
responsibilities.
Head of Park
Committee,
Muvamba
(Tlhavene and
Chimangue)
No – we had
a meeting
earlier this
month and
they said for
now it will be
open; they
want to see
where the
animals will
go before
they make a
fence.
We haven’t been
told to move but
people in Massingir
were told they have
to move.
No comment
The induna chose us
and I was appointed
head. The park
promised to pay the
committee but they
only come to tell us
what they are
planning; we are doing
their work.
Committee goes
between park and
community.
Representative
of Traditional
Authority,
Tlhavene
Yes – the
committee
says the fence
will be 5
kilometers
from the
river.
If we can stay here
it’s ok to have a
park – there are no
fields across the
river.
Before the
committee was
elected, people
hunted but then
we were taught
to respect
animals.
The people didn’t
vote, I chose people
[for the committee]
who would do well for
the village. Committee
says we can’t light
fires in the fields or
kill animals or chop
wood without
permission.
Chefe do Posto,
Tlhavene (head
of locality,
under District
Administrator)
Yes – Park
says no
animals will
be here until
they make a
fence.
Committee told
people they won’t
be moved.
People are still
hunting in the
area.
Committee told people
in 2001 that the park
would be here; could
identify only the head
of the committee, no
other members.
District
Administrator,
Mabalane
Yes, but still
negotiating if
it will be 5 or
15 kilometers
from the
river.
Park committee is
supposed to ask
people if they want
to move or not.
The committees
have collected all
the firearms in
the area, people
no longer have
them.
Committee is
supposed to teach
people about the park
and not to poach
animals. They are
between the govt. and
the community.
Convention