THE BORDER RURAL COMMITTEE - East London

The organisation’s work is premised on the understanding that the rights enshrined in South Africa’s Constitution apply to all it’s citizens, including the poor and marginalised, and that realising these rights is fundamental to development. Therefore, BRC works in support of the poor acting to improve their living standards through rights-based development. The organisation understands rights-based development to be characterised by the fact that: resources are brokered and leveraged in such a way that they are secured at local level, planning and implementation is integrated (amongst other things, infrastructure and economic interventions must be complimentary), local institutions take charge of planning and implementation processes. BRC’s focus on rights-based development  

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reflects a commitment to social justice and equality that has characterised BRC’s work since its inception. Formerly known as the Grahamstown Rural Committee, the organisation was set up in 1982 as a voluntary association to assist rural communities in the Border-Kei region in their struggle against forced removals and forced incorporation into former homelands