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100
Con icts
80
60
Yes
No
40
20
0
Lash
Magwiji
Tsaba
Village
Figure 10.9. Distribution of conflicts in Magwii, Tsaba and Lashington.
from Magwiji complained about distant water points for their livestock. The communities
also complained about insufficient water for the animals during dry seasons since they only
rely on dams and rivers.
10.9.7 Sources of income
Communities obtain their income from either farm or off-farm activities. Farm income is
generated from activities such as selling farm produce, livestock and livestock products while
off-farm income is obtained from social welfare grants such as disability grants, pensions
and child support grants. Other off-farm income can be obtained from remittances. In the
three communities there are no contract markets as a result farmers sell their produce in the
nearby towns or to neighbours.
Figure 10.10 illustrates off-farm incomes in the three study areas. According to the figure,
about 90% of the community members obtain most of their off-farm income from social
grants, mainly pension grants and about 10% of their income comes from remittances. For
example, in all the three communities, the income obtained from pension grants per year
per person is R9,840.
Apart from off-farm income, average income generated from agricultural activities such
as selling of crops and animals per year differs in the three communities (Figure 10.11).
For example, Lashington obtain most of its farm income from selling of crops (R469.47)
while Magwiji get about R744.90 from selling livestock and Tsaba get R473.91 from
selling animals mainly goats. This shows that most of the income generated in these three
communities comes from off-farm sources mainly pensions.
 
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