The Minister of Forestry and the Environment, Barbara Creecy says local San and Khoi communities will see immense benefits from the Rooibos Access and Benefit-sharing agreement.

The agreement, signed between the SA Rooibos Council and the National Khoi and San Council, and the South African San Council, recently saw its first benefit payment of more than R12 million paid to these communities.

Creecy says it’s important that these communities also benefit from the intellectual knowledge of local resources.

The Minister says members of these communities would now also be able to obtain funding to start their own businesses.

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The payment of just over R12 million to the San and Khoi communities shows the government’s commitment to having indigenous communities benefit from the country’s rich, natural resources.

Environment Minister, Barbara Creecy, says the millions of Rand were generated through the Access and Benefit-sharing agreement, spearheaded by the SA Rooibos Council.

The agreement was signed into effect in November 2019.

Creecy says the deal will see 1.5% of the farm-gate price of Rooibos sales paid to these communities on a yearly basis.

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