An illustration of the most significant findings from the Royal Bafokeng Nations full-scale Population and Use of Land Audit and household survey.

PULA 2016 was a mammoth project, involving hundreds of organisers, fieldworkers and planners, thousands of interviews and discussions, and almost a hundred thousand community members.

We extend our thanks to the Baagi ba Bafokeng, for allowing the PULA teams to enter their stands and homes, and for sharing their details and dreams with our enumerators.

We thank the fieldworkers, management and experts from SADC Research (led by Mr Darryn Durno), who did the heavy lifting in almost all aspects of this project – including part of survey design and programming, the bulk of planning and logistics, mapping, fieldworker recruiting and training, fieldwork management, data analysis and the reporting of findings. Without their tireless dedication and inspiration, PULA 2016 would never have succeeded. We’d also love to thank the photographer, T.R Publications and Events.

We express our gratitude to the leadership and executives of the RBN. Their guidance around departmental needs and interests shared this project, and especially the shaping of the various questionnaires.

Finally thank you to the PULA Steering Committee, whose wise words in uncertain times encouraged us to keep our focus on the task at hand.

This project was funded by the Royal Bafokeng Administration, with generous supplementary funding from the National Research Fund via the University of Johannesburg.

Martin Bekker and Lebogang Kgongwana - September 2017