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1 BASIC SERVICES PUBLICATION COMPARATIVE INFORMATION ON BASIC SERVICES 2009 Disclaimer This PUBLICATION does not replace or underscore the need for official and national statistics on BASIC SERVICES published by Statistics South Africa, and as such is intended to support the information needed for planning. 2 Published by department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs 87 Hamilton Street, Arcadia Pretoria Private Bag X804, Pretoria, 001, South Africa Telephone: +27 (0) 12 334 0600 Facsimile: +27 (0) 12 334 0904 ISBN: 978-0-620-45326-4 Website: 3 Table of Contents Foreword by the Minister .. 5 Acknowledgement .. 6 Executive Summary .. 8 1. Purpose of the Report 10 2.

2 Scope of the Report 10 3. Finding Common Ground Reporting on BASIC SERVICES 10 4. National Perspective 11 5. Provincial Perspective 12 Water: Access to BASIC and Higher Levels of Service 12 Household Water Backlog 14 Free BASIC Water 16 Sanitation: Access to BASIC and Higher Levels of Service 18 Sanitation Backlog 20 Free BASIC Sanitation 22 Electricity.

3 Access to Electricity 24 Electricity Backlog 26 Free BASIC Energy 28 Refuse Removal: Access to Refuse Removal 30 Refuse Removal Backlog 32 Free BASIC Refuse Removal 34 6.

4 Application and Use of Report 36 4 7. Annexures: Annexure A: Data Collection Methodology 37 Annexure B: Data Quality Improvement Programme 42 Annexure C: uHABS index 43 Annexure D: Access to Water 44 Annexure E: Free BASIC Water 49 Annexure F: Access to Sanitation 54 Annexure G.

5 Access to Electricity 59 Annexure H: Free BASIC Energy 67 Annexure I: Refuse Removal 74 Annexure J: District and Municipality Name Reference 81 Annexure K: RSA Municipalities and District Management Areas 88 Annexure L: Spatial Distribution of Water Backlogs (CS 2007) 90 Annexure M: Spatial Distribution of Water Backlogs (DWEA 2008) 92 Annexure N: Spatial Distribution of Water Backlogs (Municipal Source 2008) 94 Annexure O: Average National Share of Water Backlogs 96 Annexure P: Spatial Distribution of Sanitation Backlogs (CS 2007) 98 Annexure Q: Spatial Distribution of Sanitation Backlogs (DWEA 2008) 100 Annexure R: Spatial Distribution of Sanitation Backlogs (Municipal Source 2008) 102 Annexure S: Average National Share of Sanitation Backlogs 104 Annexure T: Spatial Distribution of Electricity Backlogs (DME 2008) 106 Annexure U: Municipal Share of National Backlogs (DME 2008) 108 Annexure V: Spatial Distribution of Refuse Removal Backlogs (CS 2007) 110 Annexure W.

6 Municipal Share of the National Refuse Backlogs (CS 2007) 112 Annexure X: Spatial Distribution of Households Served with Free BASIC Energy (Municipal Source 2008) 114 Annexure Y: Spatial Distribution of Households Served with Free BASIC Water (Municipal Source 2008) 116 5 Foreword by the Minister As government strives to achieve universal access to BASIC SERVICES for all households by 2014, understanding our current status in the delivery of BASIC SERVICES is critical both in terms of reporting accurately to the nation and in developing appropriate strategies and interventions.

7 The diverse nature of our municipalities, notably their financial and human capacity, requires a differentiated and targeted set of interventions and strategies to reduce service delivery backlogs and to cope with the demand for new SERVICES . At the same time, municipalities must be able to maintain existing SERVICES and infrastructure. Ideally, our reporting systems should be seamless across the three spheres of government, and horizontally across sector departments. Unfortunately, in the absence of this ideal, and the fact that the census is ten years apart, our planning agencies and government have to rely on other measures. The processes and consultations that have culminated in this PUBLICATION are one such measure to assist decision-makers and planners with a platform for consistent reporting on BASIC SERVICES in a consultative manner.

8 I have no doubt that this PUBLICATION will grow annually both in its acceptance by key stakeholders and the content that it will publish. It is also my understanding that this reference document will give us the confidence to collate the information from different sources with greater understanding and to also work from the same page when reporting on the status and progress with regard to service delivery in our country. This PUBLICATION should take government s efforts to deliver a better quality of life for all South Africans a number of steps forward. This PUBLICATION embodies the ethos of the new department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs to achieve a coherent, cohesive and integrated government for improved service delivery.

9 The PUBLICATION will go some way to improving the credibility of baseline information and will make an important contribution in determining what resources are required to facilitate service delivery. In its current form, the PUBLICATION focuses on BASIC SERVICES initially and will be extended over time to include other sectors not currently covered as well other information sources deemed necessary by other institutions and the COGTA. Minister for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs 6 Acknowledgement The department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs would also like to express its gratitude to the following organisations: o Statistics SA for their guidance and support with the data analysis; o Municipalities; o department of Water and Environmental Affairs (DWEA); o department of Energy (DE); o department of Sport and Recreation South Africa (SRSA); o National Treasury (NT); o South Africa Local Government Association (SALGA); o department of Human Settlements (DHS); and o Participating members of the Data Quality Improvement Programme.

10 7 Abbreviations : Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs : Comprehensive Infrastructure Planning : Comprehensive Planning Process : Community Survey : department of Energy : department Environmental Affairs and Tourism : department of Human Settlements DMA : District Management Areas : department of Minerals and Energy : District Units : department of Water Affairs and Forestry : department of Water and Environmental Affairs : Enumeration areas : Free BASIC Energy : Free BASIC Removal (Refuse Removal) : Free BASIC SERVICES : Free BASIC Sanitation : Free BASIC Water : General Household Survey : Integrated Development Plan : Management Infrastructure Grant : Master Sample : Non-Financial Census of Municipalities : Non-Financial Census : National Security Systems : National Treasury : Primary Sampling Units RDP.