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IndicatorUmzimkhuluB · Kwazulu-Natal
Electricity: served consumer units14 256As at 30 June 20232023 preliminaryTable 3!F168Municipal consumer/billing units; not population-household access, service reliability or safety.Source
Solid waste management: served consumer units1 446As at 30 June 20232023 preliminaryTable 3!J168Municipal consumer/billing units; not population-household access, service reliability or safety.Source
Sewerage and sanitation: served consumer units0As at 30 June 20232023 preliminaryTable 3!H168Municipal consumer/billing units; not population-household access, service reliability or safety.Source
Water: served consumer units0As at 30 June 20232023 preliminaryTable 3!D168Municipal consumer/billing units; not population-household access, service reliability or safety.Source
Electricity: free basic domestic units1 864As at 30 June 20232023 preliminaryTable 9!F168Municipal consumer/billing units; not population-household access, service reliability or safety.Source
Solid waste management: free basic domestic units255As at 30 June 20232023 preliminaryTable 9!J168Municipal 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!H168Municipal consumer/billing units; not population-household access, service reliability or safety.Source
Water: free basic domestic units0As at 30 June 20232023 preliminaryTable 9!D168Municipal consumer/billing units; not population-household access, service reliability or safety.Source
Electricity: municipal providerProvides serviceAs at 30 June 20232023 preliminaryTable 2!H161Provider 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!L161Provider 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!J161Provider 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!F161Provider 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.