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FOOD seCUrity
KGATELOPELE
SocIal Development FoRum (KSDF)
The Danielskuil settlement is 142km north-west of Kimberley and 72km north-east of Postmasburg in the arid northern Cape.1 The name comes from a cone-shaped depression six metres deep in the limestone with a domed covering. It is derived from the Biblical story about Daniel in the lions’ den’ (Afrikaans: kuil, ‘hole’, ‘pit’).2 The Griqua leader Adam Kok is said to have used this depression as a prison, and to also have kept snakes in it. The Tswana name of Danielskuil is Tlaka le Tlou or Tlaka-lo-Tlou, ‘elephant reed’. The area is known for rich asbestos deposits and for diamonds, while marble is also mined.3 According to the last census in 2011, Danielskuil had a population of 13,597, the majority (62%) of whom are Afrikaans speaking followed by Tswana speakers at 31%.4
The Kgatelopele Social Development Forum (KSDF) is an established Local Development Association located in Danielskuil. The strength of the organisation is drawn from a board that is made up of community leaders, business leaders and officials from the local mining industry. The KSDF has a communal food garden project that supports over 130 households in the community. The produce from the garden is packaged and sold to the local supermarket and also distributed to those in need in their community as part of their Home-based care programme. Members of the community can also buy seeds and seedlings from the project. The communal food garden also serves as a place where community members interested in starting their own food gardens could get training and support.
1. Danielskuil. (n.d.). retrieved October 9, 2019, from https://www.places.co.za/html/danielskuil.html
2. Raper, P. (1987). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Vol. 46). https://doi.org/10.1080/10228195.2015.1113434
3. Danielskuil. (n.d.). retrieved October 9, 2019, from https://www.places.co.za/html/danielskuil.html
4. Frith, A. (2019). Census 2011: Main Place: Danielskuil. retrieved October 9, 2019, from https://census2011.adrianfrith.com/
place/382001
FAst FACTS
NaMe: Kgatelopele Social Development Forum (KSDF)
LeD By: Jeanette Mqomo
MaiN CHaLLeNGes faCeD By tHe CoMMUNity: Poverty, unemployment MaiN aCtiVities: Paralegal support; home-based care; food security aDDress: 208 Park road, Danielskuil
CoNtaCt: Tel: 053 384 1759 / Cell: 071 568 6655
jeanette.ksdf@gmail.com
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