Bergnek Demographic Survey Summary Report - English/Sepedi
by Sid Organe on Dec 20 2016, last modified on Dec 20 2016.
Bergnek Demographics Report – December 2016 Bergnek, Polokwane, Capricorn District, Limpopo Province South Africa (GPS 24,1843s 29,3340e)
This report is produced by Universal Alliance in collaboration with Bergnek Community Projects Cooperative who requested the survey, community development partner…
This report is produced by Universal Alliance in collaboration with Bergnek Community Projects Cooperative who requested the survey, community development partner MyArmsWideOpen and communications to crowd funding platform The Citizens Media.
This Demographic Survey is not a solution; it is a study of conditions affecting our lives and the environment that will allow the people of Bergnek to make better decisions and participate in creating an environment in which everyone’s needs may be met. In the greater scheme of things “People Matter First”, while many might disagree and say the environment comes first. The environment is equally important, but the greatest factor influencing the environment is the people. Therefore it will take the combined efforts of the people through a process of acquiring knowledge, actively participate and take ownership of the problem in order to resolve it. This will only happen if people have something to gain by solving it and not through a process of exclusion and mounting poverty, to the point where people have nothing further to lose but their dignity.
The following observations were made from the survey:
Some Key Statistics and Changes from 2011-2016
Population  30% Young (0-14) Up 1 8% - Working Age (15-65) Up  36% - Elderly (65+) Up 39% - Matric Down  0.5% - Higher Education  Up 146% - Houses from 351- 455 - Computers Up 5% - Motor Vehicles Up 55% - Refrigeration Up 25% - Unemployment Up 57.5% - No Toilets 3.7% - Home Lang. Speed Down 11% - Live & Work in Cities Up 3.4% - Not Working  Up 400%
The uncontrolled property expansion of the community without adequate analysis and planning of available natural resources like water, can lead to greater stress on the people as well as the eventual collapse of the community or large scale migration to the cities.
For this planning to take place, further analysis into the communities needs and skills need to be done, to ensure natural and financial resources can be obtained to meet their needs. Then the skills and participation of the people within the community should be used to create jobs during development to reduce unemployment. While outside skills should only be brought in where necessary to assist in the transfer of knowledge and experience to those seeking it, so that people in the community directly benefit from work done.
There is an immediate and urgent need to resolve the water supply issue, so that economic development and job/wealth creation can take place within the community. This should be done in a supported manner ensuring the people in the community are the shareholders of enterprises they work in for profit share, long-term wealth creation and the direct beneficiaries of economic development for future sustainability.
Facilities for higher education needs to be addressed and made available within the community. Many students do not have the resources to attend or pay outside institutions after matriculating, resulting in them not having the incentive to complete their secondary education and attain a higher education.
More than 1 in 4 homes are tin shacks or empty stands, resulting in many people in some families having to share and live in one home. To resolve these living conditions, brick and cement homes need to be built for the people by the people.
It appears the main challenges in the community are water, job creation, infrastructure development, brick and mortar homes, access to higher education and from having spent time in the community primary health care. More will be identified during the needs analysis and skills surveys to follow.
In conclusion it has become clear that governments worldwide no longer have the funds and resources to resolve the challenge of poverty on their own, as a result of the huge global debt of $152 Trillion to the bankers as reported by the Vatican. Together with the loss of over 76 Million jobs worldwide since 2007 and corporate downsizing, this problem will only get worse with the increase in prices of essential products and services. It has therefore become necessary for people to participate in developing their communities for all to benefit through the creation of jobs and businesses at community level using innovative models of wealth creation.
Pego ye etšweletšwa keba lekgotla la Universal Alliance ka tshebedisano le lekgotla la Bergnek Community Projects Cooperative bago kgopetseng survey, community development partner My Arms Wide Open le communications to crowd funding platform The Citizens Media.
Survey ye ya dipalo tsa merafe hase tharollo; ho ke ke ho ithuta maemo amang bophelo ba rōna le tikoloho hore tla lumella batho ba Bergnek ho etsa liqeto tse molemo le ho ba le seabo ho bōpa tikoloho eo ho eona everyone'sneeds ka ba ile ba kopana. Ka leqheka lena e khōloanyane ea lintho "Batho Tsotelleha Hore Pele”, ha batho ba bangata ba ka 'na sa lumellaneng 'me ba re tikoloho tla pele. tikoloho e boetse ke habohlokoa, empa ntlha eo moholo ka ho fetisisa susumetsa tikoloho ke sechaba. Ka hona ho tla nka boiteko ikopantseng a batho ka thulaganyo ya fumana tsebo, ka mafolofolo participate and nka beng oa bothata e le hore a rarolle. Sena se tla feela etsahala'ng haeba batho ba le ho hong ho fumana ke rarolla le ho e ke ke ka thulaganyo ya kwalla le ntseng bo eketseha bofutsana, ho isa moo batho ba na letho ka ho eketsehileng le lahleheloa ke empa seriti.
E latelang hlokometsoeng ne entseng ho tloha ea lekola:
tše dingwe tsa Lipalo-palo li le Liphetoho go tloga 2011-2016
Palo ya baagi  30% ba bafsa(0-14)  18% Megwa yabatho basumang (15-65)  36% Batšofe (65+)  39% Materiki  0.5% Thuto ephahameng  146% ntlo ho tloha 351  455 Khomphuta  5% Senamelwa  55% Setšidifatši  25% tlhokego ya mošomo 57.5% ho se ntloana 3.7% Home Lang. Sepedi  11% & Work in Cities 3.4% basa sebetseng 400%
Laoleheng thepa katoloso ea sechaba ntle Analysis e lekaneng le mererong ea mehlodi e teng linthong tsa tlhaho feela joaloka metsi, le ka etsa hore khatello ea kelello e khōlō batho hammoho le ho putlama ha ba qetelle ba sa sechabeng kapa ka tekanyo e kholo ho falla ho metseng.
Ka thero ea sena ho etsahala, Analysis ka ho eketsehileng metseng hloka le bokgoni lokela ho etsoa, ho etsa bonnete ba lirafshoa le licheleteng ho ka fumanoa ho khotsofatsa litlhoko tsa bona. Ka mor'a moo, bokgoni le ho nka karolo ea batho ka hare ho sechaba sa lokela ho sebelisoa ho bōpa sa jobs nakong ntshetsopele ho fokotsa mosebetsi. Ha a ntse a fumants'a litsebo tsa ka ntle lokela feela ho tlisa moo ho hlokehang ho thusa ho fetiswa ha le tsebo kapa phihlelo ho ba batlang ho lona, e le hore batho ba motse ho toba ka rua molemo mosebetsing entseng.
Ho na le bonahala hang-hang 'me tlhokahalo e potlakileng ho rarolla phepelo ea metsi tseko eo, e le hore tsoelo-pele ea moruo le mosebetsi oo oo etsang / pōpo leruo ka etsahala matsatsing a sechabeng. Sena se lokela ho etsoa ka tsela e tšehetsoa netefatsa batho sechabeng ba diabo tsa likhoebo li sebetsa bakeng sa etseng phaello kabelo, nako e telele pōpo leruo le majalefa e tobileng ea ntshetsopele ya moruo bakeng sa ka moso ea moshoelella.
Facilities bakeng sa thuto e phahameng e lokela ho lebisitsoe 'me a etsa e fumanehang ka hare ho motse. studentsdo ba bangata ha ba na matlotlo a hore ba be teng kapa lefa ditheo tsa ka ntle ka mor'a matriculating, ho fellang ka hore ba se ke ba le susumelletsa motho hore a phethe thuto ea bona ea bobeli le fihle thuto e phahameng.
Ho feta 1- 4 malapeng a ke thini shacks kapa liluloana se nang letho, ho fellang ka batho ba bangata ba malapeng a mang ho ba le ho kopanela le lula lehaeng le leng. Ho rarolla maemo ana phelang, litene le samente malapeng a lokela ho hahoa bakeng sa batho ke batho. Ho bonahala liphephetso tseo ka sehloohong sechabeng ke metsi, pōpo ke mosebetsi, ntshetsopele dibopeho tsa motheo, e hahiloeng ka litene le mahae seretse, ho fihlella thuto e phahameng le ho ba le nako ile a qeta ka tlhokomelo ea bophelo sechabeng 'moho ka sehloohong. More tla khetholloa nakong litlhoko Analysis le bokgoni dipatlisiso ho latela
Qetellong e fetohile hlakisa hore mebuso lefatšeng ka bophara ha e sa ba matlotlo a fundsand ho rarolla le bothata ba ho bofutsana ba le bang, ka lebaka la le leholo la ikentse likolotong ea lefatše lohle ea $ 152 libilione tse ho bo-ralibanka e tlaleha ke Vatican. Hammoho le ho lahleheloa ke ba fetang limilione tse 76 lefatšeng ka bophara ho tloha ka sa jobs 2007 le ho fokotsa basebetsi e kopanetsoeng, bothata bona e tla feela mpefala le keketseho ea ditheko tsa dihlahiswa habohlokoa ho rera le ditirelo tsa rena. E ka hona ba hlokahalang bakeng sa batho ba ho ba le seabo ho ntshetsa pele metseng ea bona bakeng sa bohle hore ba rue molemo ho pholletsa ho thehwa ha mesebetsi le likhoebo boemong motsana oa heso dikai usinginnovative ea pōpo leruo.
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Caroline Smalley | Wednesday, December 21, 2016, 12:17
Thanks so much for sharing, @SidOrgane . The surveys and analysis being undertaken – and funded – by Universal Alliance is so critical. When the community is able to see what's available to them, they can begin to dream into what's possible and begin to take action: confident in the knowing that their contributions are part of a sustainable strategy – developed and owned by them – which will bring themselves, their families and peers a sense of pride and prosperity. The process will enable the people of Bergnek to help others to understand what it is underserved communities need, want and can do.
To change the world is to listen, to express, to be patient yet determined, willing to give and open to receive.
I'm so looking forward to the needs and skills analysis, which will be partnered with community workshops, where information you've gathered will be discussed by the people of Bergnek, who will pave the way forward. For readers who don't know, the intention is for the community to share what's going on through participation on the Bergnek Microsite (thecitizensmedia.com/pub/group/bergnek ?id=140),,) from where people will be able to pledge much needed funds.
I'd also like to thank @KeabetsweKeithMosumane and @WarrenTeBrugge for helping me to see how I can better contribute to the world I long to see.