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  Lubombo Transfrontier Conservation Area - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lubombo Transfrontier Conservation Area born out of the peace park’s vision to establish a network of transfrontier conservation areas in Africa.
Locally known as Reserva Especial, this 1040 km² reserve is situated in the southernmost part of Mozambique, 79 km south of Maputo, in the province of Maputo on the Inhaca Peninsula.
Situated in the north eastern part of Swaziland in the Lubombo Region.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lubombo_Transfrontier_Conservation_Area   (380 words)

  
 Swaziland National Trust Commission - Annotated Checklist of the Amphibians and Reptiles of Swaziland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Occurs in the lowveld and Lubombo regions, absent from the middleveld and highveld.
Occurs in the highveld, lowveld and Lubombo regions, uncommon in the lowveld.
Occurs in the lowveld and Lubombo regions, absent from the highveld and middleveld regions.
www.kbraunweb.com /sntc/checklst/sdreptam.html   (4587 words)

  
 Mndebele, N E
Head teachers from the 42 schools were brought together on 21 January 1995 for briefing and to solicit their support for the study.
Lubombo and Shiselweni regions were lower with 70.6% and 65.4%.
Lubombo region had the highest number of correct answers with 67.3%.
boleswa97.tripod.com /mndebele1.htm   (2570 words)

  
 Print news - IPS Inter Press Service
The Lubombo Mountain Range, shared by Mozambique, Swaziland and South Africa, is being made accessible to tourism development through a treaty signed by the three countries.
Lubombo police say the perpetrators are too poor to pay fines, and jail terms would only worsen a problem of overcrowded prisons.
Lubombo Spatial Development Initiative projects underway in the KwaZulu/Natal Province of South Africa, with its own Indian Ocean coast connected to Mozambique, have been oriented more toward eco-tourism oriented than conventional tourism operations like spas and sporting facilities.
www.ipsnews.org /print.asp?idnews=20337   (983 words)

  
 Africa Fighting Malaria   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The project is called the Lubombo Spatial Development Initiative, after the mountains that define the region.
The Lubombo initiative is probably the best antimalaria program in the world, an example for other countries that rolling back malaria is possible and cost-effective.
The Lubombo initiative hires and trains local workers, who spray houses with insecticide once or twice a year, covering their communities on foot.
www.fightingmalaria.org /news.php?ID=401&month=March   (462 words)

  
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Lubombo Community Radio, the first venture, is expected to serve the country's poorest region, where developmental programmes are converging to bring much needed poverty alleviation.
Bordering Mozambique and isolated from the rest of the country by the Lubombo plateau, the region has been hard hit by a food shortage brought on mainly by drought.
Lubombo Community Radio is being financed by the Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa, an international donor agency dedicated to the promotion of democratic institutions in region, and the use of media to enhance development and good governance.
www.irinnews.org /report.asp?ReportID=35111&SelectRegion=Southern_Africa   (947 words)

  
 Swaziland's biggest conservation project opened by King Mswati - Lubombo conservancy, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Lubombo SDI, which spearheaded the project, is designed to draw lucrative international tourism to the desperately poor regions of northern KwaZulu-Natal, southern Swaziland and southern Maputo province in Mozambique.
Lubombo spokesman Kim Roques said on Thursday that the project had taken years to hammer out and would concentrate on the long-term conservation of plant and animal species in the Lubombo region.
Lubombo was only possible because of co-operation between the private nature reserves, government game reserves, and the Department of Agriculture.
www.wildcare.org.za /bushcraft/dailynews/1999archive_4/archive_19990429_swaziconservationproject.html   (399 words)

  
 06/22/00 -- Africa Entices Tourists with New Tri-Nation Conservation Area   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Lubombo Transfrontier Conservation Area was created in Durban at the World Economic Summit by the ministers responsible for the environment in the three countries.
The Lubombo conservation area is an outgrowth of the Spatial Development Initiative in the region first agreed in 1998.
Through the Lubombo SDI and the establishment of the greater St. Lucia Wetland Park Authority in this newly listed World Heritage Site, the three governments plan to improve the economy of the region over the next 10 years.
forests.org /archive/africa/afenttou.htm   (906 words)

  
 Untitled Document   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Their task was not easy and involved mediating between conservation and wildlife bodies, farmers and local communities, as well as facilitating the participation of the Shewula community, where a large number of Tambankulu staff are based.
After the main benefits of setting up the Lubombo Conservancy were identified, a working group was set up, with Peter Hughes as convenor, which was tasked with preparing a formal constitution and strategy.
The official ceremony was brought to a close as a vulture was released into the new Lubombo Conservancy, symbolising a new found freedom for wildlife, and offering a sense of hope for the success of the initiative in the future.
www.huletts.co.za /press_6.htm   (503 words)

  
 SPEECH AT LAUNCH OF LUBOMBO SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT
The potential of the Lubombo development initiative for tourism and agriculture is truly amazing.
Tourism is expected to grow significantly faster in Africa than in the rest of the world in years to come.
The Lubombo initiative provides investors with a foothold in one of the most important tourism development initiatives on the continent.
www.anc.org.za /ancdocs/history/mandela/1998/sp980506.html   (761 words)

  
 Special Report: SWAZILAND - 29 May 2002   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Conditions for early planting of the maize crop were excellent in all regions, but as always planting dates varied and the resultant crops were affected to a greater or lesser extent by the dry conditions in December and January.
This yield decline was particularly serious in the dry Middleveld, Lowveld and Lubombo Plateau where the December-February dry spell affected the late planted crops at the critical flowering/tasselling stage The early-planted crops escaped the effects of the dry spell and generally produced good yields.
Based on the mission's investigation and assessments, the national average yield of maize on SNL for 2001/02 is estimated at 1.08 tonnes/ha.
www.fao.org /docrep/005/y6815e/y6815e00.htm   (4601 words)

  
 Malaria in Southern Africa
The Lubombo programme is run by the Regional Malaria Control Commission (RMCC), comprising of the malaria control programme managers from the three countries, public health specialists and scientists, all of whom have exceptional experience in communicable disease control in Africa.
The LSDI is an exemplary model that demonstrates the commitment of the private sector – not only to the health and welfare of their employees but also to the need for promoting economic growth and development in general.
In conclusion, it should be noted that the implementation of appropriate interventions, based on scientific research and monitoring as well as regional collaboration, have effectively controlled malaria and reduced the burden of disease in the populations of all three countries involved in this tri-lateral programme with obvious advantages to tourism and development in the region.
www.malaria.org.za /Malaria_Risk/Update/updateNew.html   (1068 words)

  
 press releases   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
This has largely been due to the efforts of the malaria component of the Lubombo Spatial Development Initiative in the region and represents a huge improvement in the quality of life for local residents.
The Lubombo Spatial Development Initiative (LSDI) is a programme by the governments of Mozambique, Swaziland and South Africa to develop the Lubombo region into a globally competitive economic zone.
The malaria control programme is part of a major drive by the LSDI programme to improve the livelihoods of residents in some of the poorest areas of southern Africa through economic revival and tourism-led growth.
www.mrc.ac.za /pressreleases/2004/18pres2004.htm   (612 words)

  
 www.btrust.org.za | newsroom Malaria Menace   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
He is part of a crack team led by Dr Brian Sharpe at the Medical Research Council ‘s Lubombo Spatial Development Initiative (LSDI) that is saving countless lives and changing the face of three countries.
Hidden in a shiny lab outside Durban is the control centre of a five-year-old mission that has almost totally eradicated the malaria infection rate in its control areas in three countries; South Africa, Mozambique and Swaziland.
Provided with R18.5 million worth of seed funding in 1999 by the Business Trust, the LSDI is a programme by the three governments to develop the Lubombo region into a globally competitive economic zone.
www.btrust.org.za /newsroom/343351.htm   (455 words)

  
 FAO GLOBAL INFORMATION AND EARLY WARNING SYSTEM ON FOOD AND AGRICULTURE - WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
There was also a sharp drop in rainfall in January, particularly in the Lowveld and Lubombo Plateau (52 % and 54 % respectively), coupled with a heat wave in the middle of the month.
This yield decline was particularly serious in the dry Middleveld, Lowveld and Lubombo Plateau where the December-February dry spell affected the late planted crops at the critical flowering /tasselling stage The early-planted crops escaped the effects of the dry spell and generally produced good yields.
Based on the mission's investigation and assessments, the national average yield for maize on SNL for 2002/03 is estimated at 0.97 tonnes/ha.
www.fao.org /docrep/005/y9665e/y9665e00.htm   (9445 words)

  
 News Archive - Swaziland
Ntandweni, in the Lubombo region, has been hit hard by the persistent drought in the country.
In March, 12 627 beneficiaries received food in the Lubombo region, with 32 352 to receive Irish food Aid in the Lubombo and Shiselweni region.
Pauline Zwane (61), who was left with the burden of taking care of her six grandchildren after their parents died from undisclosed illnesses five years ago was overcome with gratitude to World Vision for providing her with food.
www.wvi.org /wvi/archives/africa/swaziland.htm   (2428 words)

  
 Welcome to South Africa
It goes without saying that the Lubombo Spatial Development Initiative Road (as it is officially known) is rich in human landscape and opportunity - but things weren't always this way.
However, when the Lubombo highway was officially opened at the end of November 2000, lifestyles were changed forever.
We moved gently along the Lubombo road until we reached Kosi Bay, a remote and abundantly beautiful part of the country.
www.southafrica.net /index.cfm?sitepageID=14056   (673 words)

  
 LUBOMBO INFRASTRUCTURE STEERING COMMITTEE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The tender and selection was done by the Lubombo infrastructure steering committee, chaired by Tourism KwaZulu-Natal, and consisting of key members of Tourism Kwazulu-Natal, KwaZulu-Natal Nature Conservation Service, the Uthungulu Regional Council and the Department of Environment Affairs and Tourism.
The GSWLP is the anchor project of the SDI aimed at kick starting the park and economic development in one of the country's most poverty stricken areas.
As such, a more than half of the project value is aimed at small businesses in the construction sector, which will work on the project, and on the job training aimed at ensuring that the investment becomes sustainable.
www.polity.org.za /html/govdocs/pr/2000/pr0712.html   (814 words)

  
 MINISTER MOHAMMED VALLI MOOSA's SPEECH AT THE SIGNING OF THE LUBOMBO PROTOCOL   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The protocol we are signing today is another important milestone on the course we have charted for the Lubombo region.
It establishes the framework within which we will co-operate to conserve a region that is already recognised by the international community as a place of outstanding universal value as well as consolidate conditions for the development of Lubombo's considerable tourism potential that underpins the promise of a revitalised regional economy.
This first phase in the tendering of concessions is intended to consolidate investor confidence and create the critical mass for further sustained tourism growth in the area.
www.polity.org.za /govdocs/speeches/2000/sp0622a.html   (634 words)

  
 ADDRESS BY DEPUTY PRESIDENT ZUMA AT THE LAUNCH OF THE FIRST AND FOURTH PHASES OF THE LUBOMBO SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT ...
The Lubombo SDI has become a leading example of government's commitment to changing that paradox using an integrated rural development strategy that is committed to rapid delivery.
Together with relevant provincial and national agencies, the LSDI is implementing a systematic programme that is removing the major factors that are blocking the emergence of the region as a world-class tourism destination.
The total value of the Lubombo road is R234 million, which marks the most significant investment in this region by government in the last 20 years.
www.anc.org.za /ancdocs/history/zuma/2000/jz1111.htm   (1650 words)

  
 Investing in KwaZulu-Natal - SouthAfrica.info
The Lubombo region is currently enjoying the biggest and most prolonged tourism boom in its history.
A major new tourist road and secondary roads are being constructed as part of the Lubombo SDI.
The new infrastructure is opening up the Lubombo region thus creating opportunities for developing tourism facilities on a meaningful scale in prime location within an approved development plan.
www.safrica.info /doing_business/investment/oppurtunities/kzn.htm   (744 words)

  
 Association of Swaziland Theatre Group
To share light the milk is still flowing but has been channeled to flow to another direction, so surely the Lubombo region is the poorest of the four in the country.
Everyone in this region of Lubombo who is walking with foot will agree with me that there is drought, which is affecting the region drought, has cause the region to be poor in a way that development is not well done such as plough in of sugar cane, which is done in the other regions.
Drought also affects the people of Lubombo in a way that they are not able to make a living like making gardens which they can sell the vegetable because of no water they are unable to do that, they have to go away and fish to some other region.
simacom.org /astg1.htm   (782 words)

  
 Information about health risks in St Lucia. St Lucia health risk Information Provider and Service Deliver for TOURISTS, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
To take cognizance of this, a malaria control component was added to the Lubombo Spatial Development Initiative (LSDI) which is a trilateral initiative between the governments of Mozambique, Swaziland and South Africa.
The LSDI aims to develop the Lubombo region into a globally competitive economic zone while creating sustainable employment and equity in access to economic opportunity.
The reductions in the 2001/2002-malaria season indicate the positive effect of the regional approach to malaria control in the Lubombo corridor.
www.stluciainfo.co.za /info_healthrisks.stm   (985 words)

  
 THE LUBOMBO SPACIAL DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE ROLL BACK MALARIA PROGRAMME. FOR MOZAMBIQUE, SOUTH AFRICA AND SWAZILAND. ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
As one drives down along this mighty Lubombo mountain range, one realises the potential there is for investment and tourism that can be encouraged when malaria is controlled.
We are grateful to WHO for the contribution made to strengthen the programmes of malaria control that exist in our countries We are also grateful for the technical assistance that is given to our countries by other organisations.
Apart from its plan to inject a massive level of investment into the Lubombo area, the SDI has already begun to positively impact on its residents’ livelihood.
www.caa.gov.za /doh/docs/sp/2001/sp1109c.html   (902 words)

  
 Tri-lateral Malaria Control Programme
The Lubombo Protocol that was signed in 1999 was a piece of paper that laid the basis for practical action.
The Lubombo area under discussion for accelerated agro-tourism development falls within an endemic malaria area.
Malaria control measures are in place in South Africa and Swaziland in the development area, but it still encompasses the highest risk areas for malaria in the two countries.
www.doh.gov.za /docs/sp/2001/sp1109a.html   (817 words)

  
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According to official records, the Dlaminis are the first known tribe who fought a party of Dutch officials that left the Cape to explore the Lubombo range near Delgoa Bay in 1723.
Official records indicates that Dlamini I is the first known King of Swaziland who was able to increase his followers by conquering many clans along the Lubombo.
Thus, he is known as "Lowacedza Lubombo ngekuhlehletela etfwele umfunti".
www.gov.sz /tools/Printbody.asp?pid=900   (485 words)

  
 European Hotel Giants Eye Investment in Lubombo SDI. (4 May, 1998) - WildNet Africa - News File   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
DURBAN — At least ten large hotel groups from six foreign countries have already expressed "serious" interest in a number of proposed tourism lead projects scheduled to be show-cased at the launch of the Lubombo spatial development initiative (SDI) this week.
Development in all three development nodes are on State or tribal land and were previously prohibited because of exclusive conservation legislation.
Lubombo SDI project manager, Andrew Zaloumis, told African Eye News Service that the anchor projects would be used to kick-start "massive" support services and infrastructure development in KwaZulu-Natal’s impoverished north coast region.
www.wildcare.org.za /bushcraft/dailynews/1998archive_2/archive_19980504_hotel.html   (520 words)

  
 press releases   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Lubombo Spatial Development Initiative (LSDI) is a programme by the governments of Mozambique, Swaziland and South Africa to develop the Lubombo region into a globally competitive economic zone by creating sustainable employment and equity in access to economic opportunity.
As a result of this, in October 1999, the Lubombo malaria protocol and tri-national malaria programme was launched.
The malaria control component of the LSDI aims to extend malaria control from the KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga provinces of South Africa, and Swaziland to southern Mozambique, thereby reducing malaria transmission and encouraging development and tourism in the area.
www.mrc.ac.za /pressreleases/2003/24pres2003.htm   (484 words)

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