about us
Providing ongoing support to ensure cooperatives thrive and achieve long-term success.
We help new cooperatives get off the ground with expert advice and essential donate.
Empowering cooperative members with the skills and knowledge to lead effectively.
Establishing community-run stores that offer affordable goods and create local jobs.
Founded in 2006, the Dora Tamana Cooperative Agency (DTCA) is a not-for-profit cooperative support agency dedicated to improving the lives and livelihoods of workers, communities, and cooperative enterprises. Our mission is to develop sustainable cooperative enterprises through the strong participation of trade unions and community members, fostering a cooperative and solidarity economy.
DTCA plays a crucial role in today's socio-economic landscape, especially as communities face increasing social and economic crises. By promoting cooperative models, we aim to reduce poverty, create jobs, and ensure wealth is distributed more evenly, all while protecting the environment for future generations. We provide support through various donate, including co-op banking, community-owned stores, housing cooperatives, worker co-ops, and agricultural cooperatives.
Midvaal Consumer Co-op thanks DTCA for their transformative workshops, which turned us from hesitant individuals into a proactive group ready to embrace change and promote business ownership. We are excited about our future success..
Rebotlhe Consumer Co-operative from Hammanskraal thanks DTCA for training in business development and food safety, which enabled us to open a successful community-owned store without bank loans.
"I am very happy about the convenience of buying food from our consumer co-op in OR Tambo. I don't have to travel 80km from my village in Mthatha to the city in order to buy food. "
Campoal is great for people to bring changes to what they believe in, it’s nice to see some good morals and common sense being acknowledge where modern governments etc fail.
Campoal is great for people to bring changes to what they believe in, it’s nice to see some good morals and common sense being acknowledge where modern governments etc fail.
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