{"id":231835,"date":"2022-07-20T09:46:13","date_gmt":"2022-07-20T07:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/more-south-africans-receiving-municipal-services-says-stats-sa\/"},"modified":"2022-07-20T09:46:13","modified_gmt":"2022-07-20T07:46:13","slug":"more-south-africans-receiving-municipal-services-says-stats-sa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/more-south-africans-receiving-municipal-services-says-stats-sa\/","title":{"rendered":"More South Africans receiving municipal services, says Stats SA"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sanews.gov.za\/sites\/default\/files\/2012\/images\/newsstorytemplate\/202207\/statssa.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>The number of consumer units receiving services from municipalities increased between 2019 and 2020, says Statistics South Africa (Stats SA).<\/p>\n<p>Releasing the 2020 Non-Financial Census of Municipalities on Tuesday, Stats SA said for the period under review, sewerage and sanitation showed the highest percentage increase (4.3%), followed by water (3.9%), then electricity and solid waste management (both with 2.3%).<\/p>\n<p>It said: \u201cWith the exception of electricity services, the free basic services (FBS) provided to consumer units decreased in all other services between the 2019 and 2020 financial years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAccording to 2020 estimates, there were 3.6 million indigent households as identified by municipalities, an increase of 6.4% from the 2019 financial year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Of the 3.6 million identified indigents, 2.7 million indigent households benefited from the indigent support system for water, while 2.1 million benefited from free basic electricity provided by municipalities.<\/p>\n<p>Stats SA said: \u201cFurthermore, 2.0 million indigent households benefited from the indigent support system for sewerage and sanitation and 2.4 million indigent households benefited from the indigent support system for solid waste management.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The census revealed that bucket toilets provided by municipalities to households increased by 4&nbsp;696 (11.1%) consumer units from 42&nbsp;434 to 47&nbsp;130 between 2019 and 2020 financial years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe number of people employed by municipalities decreased by 6.6%, from 333&nbsp;412 in 2019 to 311 364 in 2020 (inclusive of funded vacancies),\u201d reads the report. \u2013&nbsp;<strong>SAnews.gov.za<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The number of consumer units receiving services from municipalities increased between 2019 and 2020, says Statistics South Africa (Stats SA). 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