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Northern Cape PSDF
Volume 2
December 2011
Public transport which includes travelling by bus, taxi and train is the third most popular mode of
transport at approximately 13% of the total. The African (7%) and Coloured (6.5%) population are
the largest users of public transport.
The lack of effective transportation systems is one of the major problems that hinders the full
development of rural areas. It restricts the mobility of communities and thereby decreases the
opportunity to participate in activities necessary for socio‐economic development. This lack of
opportunity in turn maintains, if not actually produces, many of the social and economic problems
characteristic of rural areas (PGDS).
E.3.6 SERVICE STANDARDS: REFUSE REMOVAL
Refuse removal and management are of the most critical issues in municipal service delivery and
can have seriously adverse implications for the environment if refuse is not collected and disposed
of properly. It entails the collection of household and industrial refuse and the management
thereof to such a standard that no negative environmental influences occur. Legislation, defining
refuse types, e.g. hazardous and non‐hazardous, and their management, the selection criteria for
establishing waste disposal erven, site registration, etc., needs to be strictly adhered to. Strictly
speaking, the establishment of cemeteries also resort under waste disposal erven, with basically
the same legislation applicable. Refuse not disposed of at a recognised (registered) waste disposal
site is considered illegal dumping (John Taolo Gaetsewe SDF, 2007). .
There are 130 waste disposal sites in the Northern Cape Province, of these 130 sites, 84 are
municipal sites, 46 are mine or privately owned; 85 are permitted, while 45 are not permitted 38 .
According to the PGDS, 23.1% of households in the Northern Cape are without access to adequate
refuse collection services.
According to the LED Strategy approximately 62.2% of households in the province have refuse
removed by a local authority (refer to Table E32 below). In 2007, the Northern Cape Province
refuse removal average was 7.8% higher than the South African average of 54.8%. Gauteng at
80.9% and the Western Cape at 87.6% were first and second respectively with the Northern Cape
sitting at third regarding refuse removal in the country (LED Strategy). Furthermore, John Taolo
Gaetsewe has the lowest refuse removal in the province with Frances Baard the best at 77.4%.
Table E.36: Household refuse removal by local authority, 2007 (Source: Community Survey, 2007
as cited in the PGDS).
AREA REFUSE REMOVAL BY
LOCAL AUTHORITY
South Africa 54.8%
Northern Cape 62.6%
John Taolo Gaetsewe 22.0%
Namaqua 70.9%
Pixley ka Seme 67.7%
Siyanda 63.7%
Frances Baard 77.4%
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http://www.jgi.co.za/news_detail.php?recordID=2008050101 – accessed on 15 September 2011.
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