In February 2014 Mbumba Development Services was contracted to conduct a close-out project evaluation of the Upper Mjika Tribal Authority Comprehensive Development Programme as implemented by the Izimvo Rural Development Institute.

The project was motivated by and designed around Izimvo’s core business i.e. rural development through the effective use of all arable land. The Izimvo approach includes agrarian reform, business development appropriate to rural settings and associated strategies to ensure institutional capacitation and development.

Prior to the Izimvo intervention, the 5 villages that form the target community, had their own development plan, facilitated by the Department of Rural Development and Agrarian Reform (DRDAR) This programmatic intervention was apparently linked to a Ward Based Planning Information System, instituted by the O R Tambo District Municipality.