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Table 12.2 Madikwe - commercial lodge statistics

Madikwe - Commercial Lodges Total Additions Total

Dec 2003 June 2007

Investment private sector $29,325,122 $19,512,000 $48,837,122

Total beds 266 146 412

Total employees 356 215 571

Investment/employee (averages) $82,374 $85,529

Investment per bed (averages) $110,245 $118,537

Bed:employee ratio 1.34 1.39

Total cash salaries and wages (annualized) $2,020,948 $3,901,784

Average, annual, cash salary/person $5677 $6833

Female employees
No. female employees 171 285

Total earnings female employees $827,105 $1,631,193

Percentage of total employed 48.0% 49.9%

Percentage of total cash remuneration 40.9% 41.8%

Average, annual, cash salary $4837 $5723

Local employees
No. local employees 249 424

Total earnings local employees $829,892 $1,802,241

Percentage of total numbers 69.9% 74.3%

Percentage of total cash remuneration 41.1% 46.2%

Average, annual, cash salary $3333 $4251

Previously disadvantaged employees
No. PDI employees

264 443

Total earnings PDI employees $911,972 $1,932,802

Percentage of total numbers 74.2% 77.6%

Percentage of total cash remuneration 45.1% 49.5%

Average, annual, cash salary $3454 $4363

Source: 2003 Relly (2004b), 2007 - Author Survey

Apart from SMMEs engaged directly in the reserve, the study does not account
for the various financial and non-financial benefits arising in the villages outside
of the game reserve, nor does it assess non-cash benefits included in the remuner-
ation of employed staff members (more relevant to higher paid staff members
who, depending on seniority, receive more than a basic unemployment benefit
contribution, i.e. private medical aid, private pension contributions, free meals,
motor vehicle allowances and accommodation for family are the principal
benefits). If it were possible to research and quantify guidelines (for a broader
variety of benefits and multipliers) suggested in the SNV/ODI Toolkit (Ashley,
2006), it is likely that a monetized figure for value added to local community
could be in excess of $4.3million per annum.