The organization emerged from the rural parts of Siyancuma Municipality after the community realized the lack of services from the state and private sector even from the discovery of Diamonds on the banks of the Orange River. The community was trapped in poverty and have become dependent on social grants. Farm workers and farm dwellers were violated and we deemed it fit to defend the rights of our people.
Salt Lake Residents Action Group ( SARAG Development Agency )was established on the 29th December 2004 as an advocacy group for Human Rights of the rural communities where where they operated. The organization was officially registered as an NPO on the 2nd May 2006. The idea of the organization is to address the Human Rights Violations of the community as well as to provide the necessary services for the upliftment of the communities they are working in. The organization will form partnership with relevant stakeholders in uplifting the community