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Limpopo Basin

In the Limpopo basin work is being carried out in both South Africa and Zimbabwe. The work in South Africa started with a focus on a community-based planning approach to multiple uses of water. In Zimbabwe the initial focus has been on the review of policies and strategies of national government entities and NGOs.
For more information, contact Stef Smits at IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre (smits@irc.nl).

Basin brief and work

The MUS project in the Limpopo basin is being carried out in South Africa and Zimbabwe. In South Africa, the focus has been on the further development of a community-based planning approach for multiple uses in the Bushbuckridge area. At national level, the MUS project aims to bring together various initiatives of other sector stakeholders on multiple uses of water, and enhance sharing of information between them. In Zimbabwe, the focus has been on recompiling existing experiences in Zimbabwe, and making those available in a concise form for sector stakeholders, with a view to scaling up the experiences.

Learning Alliances in the Limpopo Basin

On a regular basis, learning alliance members in South Africa and Zimbabwe meet to discuss progress and lessons learnt. Reports of those meetings are shared here. This folder also includes an analysis and reflection on the Learning Alliances process in both countries.

Limpopo Basin Outputs

The MUS work in Limpopo Basinis spread across two countries- South Africa and Zimbabwe. This section describes the outputs (reports, studies, articles and other products from the MUS project activities) emerging from these countries

Limpopo links

This folder contains links to organisations working on multiple uses in the Limpopo basin

Using water to fight poverty

Marna de Lange (Water for Food Movement) and Tessa Cousins (Association for Water and Rural Development) wrote an article on using water to fight poverty for the The Mvula Trust 2006 Local Government Water and Sanitation Diary. They highlight amongst other the case study from Ma Tshepo and her successes in increasing food security and income, showing that backyard farming is not backward farming.

Mvula diary article.pdf (1.79 MB)