Jwalang Development

Jwalang Development aims to build rural economies that will bring about sustainability and growth in the local economic hub. Our organisation looks at  reigniting the cycle of economic activity through the value chain of key role players within the community of Robega Village in Rustenburg, a village surrounded by mining operations and an opportune tourism sector that we can tap into through the sale of goods manufactured or produced . We exist to guide individuals build the capacity and capability to manufacture their own products and render services that can in turn be utilised for entrepreneurial initiatives within the village and surrounding areas.

We are committed to economic, environmental and social transformation and look forward to witnessing households turnround their fortunes and earning a living from their own innovations.

We are fundamentally young professionals who have had to relocate to Cape Town but haven't forgotten about our grassroots where it all began. We look to reinvest and revitalise the economy in rural Robega to emancipate and empower the locals to establish themselves without having to be dependent on the social grant systems if they have skills and can work for themselves. 

We believe firmly in using social entrepreneurship to eradicate and alleviate as much poverty and hunger as we can so that people can start doing things for themselves again and gain some pride in their own self established entities in business.  

We are going into a community where job scarcity is a reality. We look to create work in the following sectors having completed our social impact feasibility study: Brick-making, Bricklaying, Sewing, Cement crafts, Artisans, ICT, Horticulture, Upholstery and establishing local bakeries to lower the bread price through skills training in Baking. 

We look to scale up nationally and eventually help communities in the SADC Region and consult right across Africa how this can be done using resources locally in ones community and utilising local professionals and experts. 

When research meets passion and skills it becomes ten times easier to accomplish a task or challenge. We been in communications for more than 10 years now and have encountered multi-faceted sectors and acquired knowledge to be able to make a difference. 

We want to use our knowledge and skills to help communities grow. 

We look to up-skill and train the people that will for part of Jwalang's volunteer programme so that skills acquired can help with finding employment or starting own businesses locally that can support the corporate mining companies surrounding the town with services. 

We are era-marking our social impact feasibility report to guide us in terms of best practice so that we don't just go into a community blind folded we really want to see great change in the short term but also in the ling term period which is our vision 2030 for Robega.