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19112 Delivering municipal services in rural areas Introduction According to Global Insight s 2009 estimates, million South Africans live in poverty; and of these, 11 million people, representing 69 per cent of all South Africans that live in poverty, live in rural areas. Poor households in rural areas depend on a combination of subsistence agriculture, social grants and remittances from family members working in the cities or mines. Household assets are often tied to traditional forms of land tenure, making it difficult for households to leverage their assets to generate wealth. The challenges of poverty and unemployment are compounded by limited access to basic municipal services such as water, sanitation and electricity, as well as a lack of good quality social services (education, health and ambulances) and transport services (roads and buses).

development framework. They are concentrated in KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape, Northern Cape and Limpopo, as illustrated in figure 12.1. Free State, North West, Mpumalanga, and Western Cape also host some rural (mostly B3) municipalities. Figure 12.1 Number of rural local municipalities per province 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 Number of ...

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