REGISTRATION OF COMMUNAL PROPERTY ASSOCIATION
Based on the Presidents Act No. 849. NO. 28 OF 1996 they registered a Communal Property Association representing the Manavhela beneficiaries. This enabled them to acquire, hold and manage property on a basis agreed to by members of a community in terms of a written Constitution. A Title Deed was signed and the Farm Vygeboomspruit 286LS transferred from the Wildlife Society of South Africa to the Manavhela Communal Property Association on 25 June 2002. The Nature Reserve was transferred as an established ‘viable’ entity, and could in principle provide employment and opportunities for self-help enterprises. The Manavhela land is communal, hence ownership is not individualized and unequivocal.

