About TEBA Development

In 2001, TEBA Limited re-launched as an organization and made a commitment to apply its facilities and infrastructure to improving the lives of rural people. As part of this rural development initiative, TEBA Development was established as a not-for-profit (Section 21 Company) Non-Governmental Organization (NGO). The purpose of TEBA Development is to play a leading role in a collective endeavour to improve living conditions and livelihoods of communities that have provided labour to the mining industry for decades.

TEBA Development has mapped the areas from which the employees of the various mining houses in South Africa originate. The Eastern Cape and Northern Kwazulu-Natal Provinces in South Africa, Lesotho, the Gaza Province in Mozambique and Swaziland have been identified as the highest density areas and targeted as priority areas for development intervention.

During the 1998-2001 period, TEBA Development conducted a Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) in the Eastern Cape and North West Provinces of South Africa and in Lesotho, in order to determine the priority needs of these communities. Based on the PRA findings, it was decided that development assistance should consist of a combination of initiatives: to improve rural health, alleviate poverty and create improved employment and livelihood opportunities.

TEBA Development sought to identify development opportunities that relied on existing community initiatives or that built on the strengths of existing entrepreneurs. It is only through this approach that lasting capacity building can be achieved, especially when limited resources are available.

Based on the abovementioned research and methodology, the focus areas for implementation were identified.

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