Context
Inequality, Exclusion and Poverty
- Dramatically changing family and household dynamics plus absent parents:: approximately 45% of families in South Africa are headed by single parents, some families are child-headed and the community has been burdened by the effects of the migrant labour system.
- Parents as role models: a high rate of parents in the community are illiterate, meaning there are very few who act as role models to the young people.
- Food Insecurity: Stats SA has reported that 26.3% of households in Eastern Cape (19.9% national average) have run out of money to buy food or skipped a meal.
- Spatial Underdevelopment: rural areas also bear the brunt of underdevelopment because of lack of proximity to urban centres where development is concentrated.
Unemployment
- The community is riddled with a high rate of unemployment because the youth are not equipped to enter the job market, a high prevalence of crime and moral decay.
Education
- Teachers: the community has an insufficient number of quality teachers.
- Learners: learners are accomplishing very low pass rates, which can be attributed to little to no morale, lack of exposure, inadequate guidance and lack of information.
- Dilapidated Infrastructure and Toilets: schools are poorly equipped and are not conducive to higher levels of teaching and learning.
Cala is situated in the former Transkei “Bantustan’ within the Sakhisizwe Local Municipality and Chris Hani District Municipality in rural Eastern Cape. The area like most rural areas has challenges and these are the challenges that iKamvelihle has identified and aims to address.
Cala (GPS Coordinates 31.523°S 27.698°E) is next to the black dot on this map of the Eastern Cape (EC) Province and in the context of various provinces in South Africa.