Frankfort
The main meeting point for the Fund and the Mafube Investment & Jobs Summit.
Conversation focusLocal enterprise, agricultural value chains and business services.
Places / people / potential
Mafube at a glance.
A practical fact sheet about the place we serve, the people who make it work and the four towns that shape its shared future.
The place
Mafube Local Municipality
Mafube is a local municipality in the northern Free State of South Africa. Its municipal life connects four towns — Frankfort, Villiers, Cornelia and Tweeling — with surrounding farming communities, local businesses, civic organisations and public institutions.
The Fund’s work is about making those connections useful: listening to local priorities, bringing the right partners together and supporting programmes that create opportunity, dignity and a stronger future for residents.
RegionNorthern Free State, South Africa
PeopleResidents, families, enterprises and institutions
Shared focusOpportunity, services, skills and local development
The people
Everyone has a role in Mafube’s future.
Residents and families
The people who live, learn, work and build their lives across Mafube’s towns and communities.
Businesses and farmers
The enterprises, producers and local suppliers that keep the everyday economy moving and create jobs.
Young people and learners
The next generation who need access to education, skills, technology, sport and pathways into work.
Community organisations
Local groups, leaders and civil-society partners who understand needs on the ground and help turn ideas into action.
Public institutions
Municipal, provincial and national partners whose services, infrastructure and approvals affect local opportunity.
Partners and funders
People and organisations who can bring capital, expertise, equipment, networks or delivery capacity to a clear local need.
The four towns
One municipality, different local strengths.
Villiers
A Mafube town whose businesses, residents and project owners form part of the wider local economy.
Conversation focusExisting business needs, agriculture and projects ready for preparation.
Cornelia
A community within the municipality with grounded local priorities and enterprise potential.
Conversation focusLocal enterprise, skills, employment and infrastructure needs.
Tweeling
Part of the same connected municipal economy and an important voice in Mafube’s future.
Conversation focusBusiness retention, practical services and project preparation.
The opportunity
From local potential to practical progress.
Mafube’s future depends on the basics working together: dependable services, prepared projects, capable local businesses, access to markets and finance, useful skills and partnerships that stay accountable after the first conversation.
That is why the Mafube Investment & Jobs Summit brings people together around four working tracks: Retain, Expand, Develop and Fund.
Contact
Let’s build a new dawn for Mafube.
For partnerships, programme enquiries and community coordination, contact the Fund directly.
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