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The Land Claimant Communities in Protected Areas of South Africa (LACOMPSA) is the SMME Incubation Project targeted at benefiting six (6) land claimant communities in Mpumalanga and Limpopo Provinces of South Africa within areas close to the Kruger National Park (KNP). The project is supported by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) though the Global Environment Facility Project under the theme improving management effectiveness of the protected Area Network. The KNP is the site of several land claims by communities living adjacent to the park. Through this project, SANParks desired to meet the requirements of its mandate and mission whilst also having to respond to the pressing need of achieving redress by satisfying its obligation to land claimants – whose land claims cover a considerable area of the KNP.

The project has to date, reached over 120 aspiring entrepreneurs with interest to start their own sustainable tourism and social enterprises, has trained over 54 starter enterprises and 10 growth phase or catalyser enterprises.  All the entrepreneurs who participated on the programme are from land claimants and non-land claimants communities neigbouring the Kruger National Park.

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