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IndicatorUmhlabuyalinganaB · Kwazulu-Natal
Electricity: served consumer units5 954As at 30 June 20232023 preliminaryTable 3!F191Municipal consumer/billing units; not population-household access, service reliability or safety.Source reports a false municipal provider flag alongside positive served consumer units. These fields are reported separately; the tables do not identify an alternative provider.Source
Solid waste management: served consumer units489As at 30 June 20232023 preliminaryTable 3!J191Municipal consumer/billing units; not population-household access, service reliability or safety.Source
Sewerage and sanitation: served consumer units0As at 30 June 20232023 preliminaryTable 3!H191Municipal consumer/billing units; not population-household access, service reliability or safety.Source
Water: served consumer units0As at 30 June 20232023 preliminaryTable 3!D191Municipal consumer/billing units; not population-household access, service reliability or safety.Source
Electricity: free basic domestic units284As at 30 June 20232023 preliminaryTable 9!F191Municipal consumer/billing units; not population-household access, service reliability or safety.Source
Solid waste management: free basic domestic units284As at 30 June 20232023 preliminaryTable 9!J191Municipal consumer/billing units; not population-household access, service reliability or safety.Source
Sewerage and sanitation: free basic domestic units0As at 30 June 20232023 preliminaryTable 9!H191Municipal consumer/billing units; not population-household access, service reliability or safety.Source
Water: free basic domestic units0As at 30 June 20232023 preliminaryTable 9!D191Municipal consumer/billing units; not population-household access, service reliability or safety.Source
Electricity: municipal providerNot provided by this municipalityAs at 30 June 20232023 preliminaryTable 2!H195Provider responsibility: false means this municipality does not provide the service, not that residents lack access.Source
Solid waste management: municipal providerProvides serviceAs at 30 June 20232023 preliminaryTable 2!L195Provider responsibility: false means this municipality does not provide the service, not that residents lack access.Source
Sewerage and sanitation: municipal providerNot provided by this municipalityAs at 30 June 20232023 preliminaryTable 2!J195Provider responsibility: false means this municipality does not provide the service, not that residents lack access.Source
Water: municipal providerNot provided by this municipalityAs at 30 June 20232023 preliminaryTable 2!F195Provider responsibility: false means this municipality does not provide the service, not that residents lack access.Source

1 municipalities shown. Missing observations remain unavailable. Consumer-unit size and consultant spending reflect scale, not efficiency. Explicit SCM findings include non-material findings; missing flags do not establish compliance.