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The SECOND ECONOMY

Proposal for the Generation of CAPITAL for Community Based Co-operative Projects


Projected Cash Flow Per Member per month

JOINING FEE
SMARTCARD =
Membership

R 50.00
[Once off]

10% Founders
10% Agents
80% Capital

Fund =

R 40.00 CBDF

STOKVEL

CONTRIBUTIONS


R 10 - R100
Monthly

Average Contribution
R 30.00
10% CBDF
90% Stokvel
SMARTCARD TRANSACTIONS
Monthly
1. Average Shopping R 500.00

  Stokvel CBDF
Deposit [1%]   R 5.00
Discount [5%, 30/70] R 7.50 R 17.50
[50% of 10% discount= 100%]

2. Stokvel Contributions.
Average [R30.00] R 27.00 R 3.00



TOTAL: R 34.50 R 25.50

TARGETED MEMBERSHIP [Accumulated]

First Year 6 000
Second year 6 000 + 18 000
Third year 24 000 + 30 000
Fourth year 54 000 + 46 000 = 100 000


Community Based Development Fund [CBDF]
Ideal position in Fifth Year with 100 000 members

[Accumulated Funds + Interest + Transactions excluded]


  • Capital Available for Macro Co-operative Projects + Central Admin

Joining Fees @ R 40.00 R 4 000 000.00
Income in fifth year R 25.50 X 12 X 100 000 R 30 600 000.00

Total: R 34 600 000 + 50/50 Partner + BEE Government = R 103 800 000.00


  • Loans Available for Projects where Property for Co-operative Enterprise is involved. [R 5 000 becomes a share in the enterprise]

Soft loan from Stokvel Fund or Security for loan on Property e.g. RDP House worth R 5 000.00 per share involving 25% of total membership.


Total R 125 000 000.00 + 50/50 partner + BEE Government = R 375 000 000.00

  • Total available for Macro Development = R 478 800 000.00


Stokvel Fund.
Ideal position in Fifth Year with 100 000 members

[Accumulated Funds + Interest + Transactions excluded]


Income in fifth year R 34.50 X 12 X 100 000 R 41 400 000.00

Available for soft loans via StokveL Groups or eventual shares in Co-ops



To make the full document more accessable the full index of Poor Man's Capital is repeated below:


CONTENTS: [Revised January 2006]


  1. For the Executive: a brief Paraphrase
  2. THE POOR MAN’S CAPITAL - The Bridging of the Gap - A Proposal -
  3. Second Economy: Proposal for the Generation of CAPITAL for Community Based Co-operative Projects
  4. An Agenda for Discussion