Projects

(Mafehleng Vision 2036)

(“the bicentennial celebrations”)

Makgolokwe-a-Mafehleng Community Law Clinic (MAMNA CLC)

Situated at 41 High Street, Lekoa (Deneysville), The Community Law Clinic is involved in projects concerning free legal services, community outreach and capacity building programmes as well as advisory.Access to legal advice and representation is one of the most fundamental aspects that guarantees dignity to all. Many in communities around the country especially those in rural communities have no access to legal representation or advice due to the lack of funds and accessibility. Makgolokwe-a-Mafehleng Royal Council led by Kgosikgolo Lehasa II has formed a partnership with a legal Firm Malahlela & Co. Attorneys to setup a community law clinic dedicated to assisting those in need of legal advice within the community to access legal services for free to very low rates. The services offered include.

• General legal advice
• Consultations (Family, Criminal and Civil Law)
• Wills
• Personal Injury
• Contracts
• Customary law

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Lekoa AgroTech Accelerator Hub (LATAH)

The area of Fezile Dabi District Municipality and Sedibeng District Municipality which both form part of Mafehleng Greater Area are rich in minerals including coal, it is rich in Agriculture, the area is also the main supplier of water to provinces including Gauteng and it has been an industrial hub for many years. Due to the opportunities presented in the area Makgolokwe-a-Mafehleng have identified skills development in this various sectors as a critical need to ensure the community of this area benefit from the economical activities in the region. LATAH was setup to provide training and business incubation services to SMMEs in the area. The incubator provides the startup businesses with training opportunities, working facilities, mentorship, financial sourcing and market linkages. The centre is an accredited training and development centre with various SETAs, providing the trainees with accredited and recognised qualifications.

For those small businesses that have graduated from the centre, funding opportunities are also sourced through investor networks that the centre has established partnerships with. 

Kgatleng Cultural Village

Mafehleng Nature Reserve, previously known as Gawie De Beer Nature Reserve is an ancient Sotho-Tswana settlement complex dating back to around 1400 CE. For many year the Bafokeng lived in the area and in 1836 after Sebobane married Nkadimeng a Bafokeng Princess and daughter of Morena Mare, Sebobane was given land with his Makgolokwe people. This was a place were rivers met to form a basin, the Klip, Wilge, Vaal, Vet and Riet rivers. Due the the activity of the water pouring and forming like a whirlpool / steering effect the place was named Mafehleng (Steering place) and the Makgolokwe of Sebobane were the called  Makgolokwe-a-Mafehleng. Their ancient stone age ruins are still sen in good formation in the nature reserve and also graves discovered including one of the great King Sebobane. Makgolokwe-a-Mafehleng have applied for the recognition of the Mafehleng Nature Reserve as a National Heritage Side, which will bring the National Heritage sites in Fezile Dabi to two (Both in Metsimaholo), one World Heritage Site and many others to still investigate further. Here you will find the stone age ruins which have been erroneously attributed to the Khoi people in the past by the European settlers who arrived in the area after the 1890s.

Makgolokwe-a-Mafehleng have identified the tourism opportunity in building a cultural village to display the various cultures that are found in the area, the development of the cultural village with a lodge that offers conference facilities will boost the once booming tourism sector in the area and contribute to job creation.