Case Studies
How do commercial partnerships work in practice?
Read about the Business Trust and the Maruleng and Bushbuckridge Economic Development Initiative (MABEDI) case study and a tourism development with the potential to transform a poor community
Between 2006 and 2011 the Business Trust ran a pilot project in Maruleng and Bushbuckridge where 500 000 people live on the border of the Kruger National Park.
Click here to read about the Business Trust Mabedi Programme.
Mkhambathi Nature Reserve Tourism Development
In 2012, Vumelana was approached by the Eastern Cape Parks and Tourism Agency to assist the Mkhambathi Land Trust to develop their land in the northern part of the Mkhambathi Nature Reserve.
Click here to read about the potential of this tourism development to transform a poor community.