• Single tyre width : Can negotiate foot paths
• Handlebar option : Can be pushed or pulled
• 25 kg loads : Manageable by young/old
• Recycled material : Affordable
• Foam-filled tyre : Non-deflatable
• ‘Knock-down’ kit : Easy shipping

1. DIRECT BENEFICIARIES & BENEFITS


Women


• Empowerment, improved status and independence
• Time for more productive activities
• Better personal and family health
• Improved family and social structures
• Greater availability of essential resources

The Elderly


• Greater mobility and independence
• Better health and status within the community
• Can contribute more and longer to the community

The Disabled


• Greater mobility and independence
• Better health and status within the community
• Can contribute more and longer to the community

Children


• Better health, more time and energy
• All-weather school transport
• Improved education and quality of life
• Can contribute more to the community

Farmers


• Improved crops – can transport water and manure
• Better returns – timeous delivery to markets
• Increased off-set – can travel further a field

Vendors


• Improved returns – can carry more and travel further

Existing Enterprise


• Can improve, expand and diversify with transport

New Enterprise


• Many transport and animal related opportunities



2. INDIRECT BENEFICIARIES & BENEFITS


Business Incubator


• Tutors and managers: Income potential
• Learners: Multiple manufacturing skills-training
• Future franchisees: Multiple manufacturing and managerial skills-training

Animal Training Centres


• Tutors and managers: Income potential
• Learners: Acquiring of animal care and training skills
• Future franchisees: Acquiring of animal care and training management skills

Factory & Animal Training Centre Owners


• Empowerment and independence
• Increased income potential
• Improved family life and community status

Existing Enterprise


• Improved reach and distribution of FMCG, commodities, life essentials, medical and general services
• Increased demand for local manufacturing materials
• Increased demand for local tyres
• Opportunities in the creation of relevant infrastructure
• Increased demand for – and value of traction animals
• Increased demand for veterinary products
• Increased demand for feeding – and traction material

Financial Institutions


• Micro business loans
• Animal and ‘wheels’ financing



3. GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT RELATED BENEFITS


Agriculture


• Improved yields and more diversified crops – transport for water and manure
• Better returns – timeous market delivery
• Greater produce off-set – further reach
• Increased value of traction animals
• New breeding, training and animal trading opportunities

Correctional services


• Manufacturing skills and animal training facilities could be established within correctional institutions
• HAPV franchises could be established (outside) for the re-integration of offenders into communities

Education


• Improved learner reach, health, energy and concentration
• Removable HAPV canopies could double-up as outdoor classrooms and/or shade areas
• Courses in animal care and training for learners

Environment & Tourism


• Multiple ‘micro’ tourism empowerment opportunities in terms of city, nature reserve and beachfront sight-seeing tours
• Other transport empowerment opportunities in rural resorts
• Availability of HAPV’s could make it possible to banish the travois or sledge throughout South Africa, thus eliminating a (suspected) contributor to soil erosion
• Increased value of traction animals (e.g. donkeys) and animal training could result in better animal and pasture management and lessen the pressure on rural habitat

Health


• Increased water and fresh produce supplies
• Improved hygiene and general health
• Improved reach of medical services and health promotion
• Greater mobility for the disabled, ailing, frail and the aged

Labour (SETAS)


• Multiple (ongoing) manufacturing, management and animal skills-training opportunities at the ‘Business Incubator’ and animal training facility
• Job creation and additional training opportunities at factory franchises
• Possible model for other businesses in the ‘franchising’ of manufacturing – which may give impetus to the creation of a ‘second-tier’ industry

Social Development


• HAPV’s as intermediate means of transport would have a lasting impact at every socio economical and self-reliant level of rural communities i.e.
• Empowerment, liberation and independence of women
• Improvement of general family health and structures
• Independence and mobility of the disabled, frail and aged
• Wellbeing of infants, children and school-going learners

Trade and Industry


• Rural HAPV manufacturing franchises could be extended to include manufacturing of other essentials i.e. school and church furniture; space-saving home furniture; farming and gardening tools; building equipment and hand tools
• All the aforementioned could be exported to other Sub-Saharan African countries, particularly where animal traction is on the increase, but related manufacturing has remained rudimentary
• Serious consideration must be given to the development of the ultimate Afro-centric HAPV wheel i.e. a light-weight wheel of at least one meter in diameter, fitted with a non-deflatable (foam-filled) pneumatic tyre

Transport


• HAPV’s as intermediate means of transport, offer a feasible solution for the transport predicament of rural Africa i.e. it can increase transport capacity and reduce human drudgery, without the high costs associated with large motor vehicles; it can negotiate almost any terrain; requires little or no infrastructure; have high return on investment ratios and low maintenance; can be produced by local artisans for diverse applications; can serve as primary transport or easily integrated as ‘feeder’ transport into greater transport networks
• It constitutes one of the five major components (RTTP) of the Sub-Saharan Africa Transport Program (SSATP), managed by the World Bank and supported by at least 14 SSA states (See below)
• The development of HAPV’s should be co-sponsored by the Department – and ultimately subsidized as an integral part of the national transport network.

Water and Forestry


• HAPV’s could make a major contribution to the provision, distribution and application of water in rural areas
• Diverse designs could make sizable water containers easily manageable by the young, old, frail and the ailing
• HAPV’s could provide cost effective transport solutions for mass forestry labour and increase the viability of co-owned plantations



4. SOUTH AFRICA AS BENEFICIARY


A major benefit for South Africa is that we don’t have to reinvent the wheel. HAPV’s have been in use as intermediate means of transport for hundreds of years worldwide – and its use and feasibility for Sub-Saharan Africa well researched and documented. All we have to do is learn from International and Sub-Saharan experience (See websites below).

IFRTD
International Forum for Rural Transport Development

SSATP (World Bank)
Sub-Saharan African Transport Policy Program

RTTP (World Bank)
Road Travel and Transport Program

ATNESA
The Animal Traction Network for Eastern and Southern Africa

New Agriculturist On-line
Reporting on agriculture for the 21st Century

Publications
www.worldbank.org/afr/ssatp/pubs.htm
www.atnesa.org/atnesapublications.htm

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