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CDWP CASE STUDIES

A CDW crossing over the Mankele/Olifants River onto Ga-Mankele village

A CDW showcasing an example of how the rickety cable car Officials listening to community members of Ga-Mankele giving
(Segwaigwai) was used during rainy days testimonies of the Segwaigwai case study

Education is power:

from a drug addict to a law graduate

Profile and Cederberg is strategically located on household size in Cederberg is 3,5
the Cape-Namibia Corridor, and the
people, with just over 30% of households
demographics N7 national road links it to the Northern profiled as female-headed households
(StatsSA).
Cape. The municipality has its focus
on developing the rural poor and, in
The Cederberg Local Municipality particular, investing in the youth and Afrikaans is Cederberg’s main language,
is a category B municipality located school-goers in their final year to secure with 85% of inhabitants considering
in the West Coast District along the their future. Due to its scenic natural Afrikaans as their home language.
upper west coast of the Western Cape. beauty, ecotourism is considered a English and African languages shared
The municipality is approximately major future economic growth sector. in the remaining 15%. The Cederberg
200km from the city of Cape Town. Municipal area includes the towns of
The municipal area is bordered by the Cederberg has a population of about Citrusdal, Clanwilliam, Elandsbaai,
spectacular Cederberg Mountains in 49 768 (StatsSA), with an estimated 13 Graafwater and Lamberts Bay. It
the east and the Atlantic Ocean in the 513 households. Of these households, includes smaller hamlets such as
west. It is one of five municipalities in the approximately 2 031 are classified as Wupperthal, Elandskloof, Algeria and
district. agricultural households. An average Paleisheuwel.

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