30th October 2008 Schmidtsdrift CPA Scoping and status quo report 0 Status quo 30th October 2008 INTRODUCTIONU ...............................................................................................................................U ................... 9 REPORTU STRUCTURE U........................................................................................................................................... 9 REFLECTIONSU ON THE CONTEXT U......................................................................................................................... 10 CHAPTERU 1: A HISTORY OF THE CLAIM AND ITS SETTLEMENT U ............................................................................. 11 THEU CHAPTER AT A GLANCE U ............................................................................................................................... 11 LOCATIONU U ......................................................................................................................................................... 11 HISTORICALU BACKGROUND TO THE LAND CLAIM U ............................................................................................... 12 RECLAIMINGU THE LAND U ..................................................................................................................................... 14 CU OMPETING CLAIMS LODGEDU .......................................................................................................................................... 14 KleinU Fonteintjie U ................................................................................................................................................... 14 UnitedU Griquas of Griqualand West and the House of Griquas of Griqualand West U ........................................... 15 FU INDING A NEGOTIATED SOLUTIONU ................................................................................................................................... 15 KU EY FEATURES OF THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTU ................................................................................................................. 16 SignatoriesU U ........................................................................................................................................................... 18 CONCLUSIONU U .................................................................................................................................................... 18 CHAPTERU 2: SCHMIDTSDRIFT SOCIO ECONOMIC PROFILE U .................................................................................. 21 THEU CHAPTER AT A GLANCE U ............................................................................................................................... 21 HISTORYU AND SOCIO‐ECONOMIC PROFILE U ......................................................................................................... 21 TU HE BIGEN/ EMENDO SURVEY (MAY 2000) U ...................................................................................................................... 22 SettlementU patterns and period of stay: U .............................................................................................................. 22 DemographicU structure U ........................................................................................................................................ 22 EconomicU trends U .................................................................................................................................................. 23 ExistingU infrastructure U .......................................................................................................................................... 23 LivingU conditions and ownership U .......................................................................................................................... 23 SettlementU options U ............................................................................................................................................... 23 AgriculturalU aspirations: U ...................................................................................................................................... 23 HealthU U .................................................................................................................................................................. 24 HIV/AidsU U ............................................................................................................................................................... 24 RU EFLECTION ON SURVEY DATA ANALYSIS U ............................................................................................................................ 24 SOCIOU ‐ECONOMIC INDICATORS DRAWN FROM CENSUS 2001, INCLUDED IN THE SIYANCUMA MUNICIPALITY DRAFT IDP FOR 2006/7 U ...................................................................................................................................... 24 EU MPLOYMENT AND ACTIVITY RATES IN SIYANCUMA U.............................................................................................................. 25 PU ERCENTAGE OF EMPLOYMENT OF MEN AND WOMEN (CENSUS 2001) U ................................................................................... 26 EU MPLOYMENT PER SECTOR AND TOWN (CENSUS 2001) U ....................................................................................................... 26 EU NERGY SOURCE FOR LIGHTING (CENSUS 2001) U ................................................................................................................. 27 1 TU ELEPHONE FACILITIES PER HOUSEHOLD (CENSUS 2001) U ...................................................................................................... 27 Page Status quo 30th October 2008 StatusU of water connections in Siyancuma (Census 2001) U ................................................................................... 28 SU TATUS OF SANITATION IN SIYANCUMA (CENSUS 2001) U....................................................................................................... 28 SKILLSU AND CAPACITY PROFILE U .......................................................................................................................... 29 LU EVEL OF EDUCATION IN SIYANCUMA MUNICIPALITY (CENSUS 2001) U ...................................................................................... 29 CONCLUSIONU U .................................................................................................................................................... 29 CHAPTERU 3: GOVERNANCE, MEMBERSHIP AND RIGHTS U ..................................................................................... 31 THEU CHAPTER AT A GLANCE U ............................................................................................................................... 31 CPAU ADMINISTRATION U ...................................................................................................................................... 31 IU NTERIM COMMITTEE U .................................................................................................................................................... 31 AdditionalU members: Batlhaping U ......................................................................................................................... 31 AdditionalU members: Fonteintjie U ......................................................................................................................... 31 AU TTEMPTS TO SECURE 50/50 REPRESENTATIONU ................................................................................................................. 32 FU IRST COMMITTEE ELECTED MARCH 2002 U ........................................................................................................................ 32 AppointingU the first directors to Schmidtsdrift Mining Enterprises U ..................................................................... 33 ConflictU in the community U .................................................................................................................................... 33 SU ECOND COMMITTEE ELECTED MAY 2004 U ........................................................................................................................ 33 AdditionalU members: U ........................................................................................................................................... 33 ProposedU amendments to the Constitution – May 2004 U ..................................................................................... 33 TU HIRD COMMITTEE ELECTED FEBRUARY 2007 U .................................................................................................................... 34 AdditionalU members: U ........................................................................................................................................... 34 SubcommitteesU U .................................................................................................................................................... 34 OU THER STRUCTURES U ...................................................................................................................................................... 35 MEMBERSHIP,U SUBSTANTIVE RIGHTS AND THE CPA CONSTITUTION U .................................................................. 35 MU EMBERSHIP RECORDSU.................................................................................................................................................