​​​​Rural Development

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Section Rural Development

Overview

The Municipality’s Rural Development division is responsible for facilitating a sustainable rural economy through partnership and innovation in order to give effect to the municipality’s vision of creating “A city of excellence”.

The rural wards of the Municipality are identified as follows:

Ward No.Ward name
1Simondium
3Windmeul, Bergriver farms and slot van die Paarl farms
17Northern Paarl, Nieuwedrift, Drommedaris, Darlweide
18Soetendal, Wellington North farms, New Rest farms
25Lantana farms
28Ronwe, Salem, Sonop and surrounding farms
29Perdeskoen farms, Uitsig, Voor Street area
30Saron
31Gouda, Hermon Bovlei, Groenberg

 

Rural Development works closely with organs of state, the business community, rural communities and non-government organisations to implement programmes informed by empirical evidence and research data from the IDP.

The programmes are geared towards the development of initiatives that focus on the following identified priorities:

• Infrastructure (Community halls, emergency services etc)

• Social development (Food security, youth development etc)

• Economic development (Business plan development, job creation opportunities etc)

• Social cohesion (Land reform, farm worker and farm owner relationships)

Contact details


Ms. Inge Frolicks

Senior Clerk

Tel:  021 807 6492

Ms. Thembisile Mnisi

Project Coordinator

Tel: 021 807 7790

Mr. Timótheüs Cloete

Manager Rural Development

Tel: 021 807 4590

 

Special Projects: Rural Unemployed Drivers Licence Project

 

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