Komati is shifting from its coal-mining past toward a resilient, diversified future. Through the SEF initiative, the Seriti Institute is strengthening food security, restoring community confidence, and laying the groundwork for a technology-enabled local economy.
Since March 2025, Seriti Institute has been implementing the Social Employment Fund (SEF) in Komati – a catalytic public employment programme designed to stabilise communities, build skills and advance inclusive local development in an area deeply affected by economic decline.
Komati, Mpumalanga, a place long shaped by a single economic identity, is gradually beginning to cultivate new forms of work and community wellbeing.
