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services · 2023

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IndicatorHessequaB · Western Cape
Electricity: served consumer units16 943As at 30 June 20232023 preliminaryTable 3!F23Municipal consumer/billing units; not population-household access, service reliability or safety.Source
Solid waste management: served consumer units16 945As at 30 June 20232023 preliminaryTable 3!J23Municipal consumer/billing units; not population-household access, service reliability or safety.Source
Sewerage and sanitation: served consumer units17 394As at 30 June 20232023 preliminaryTable 3!H23Municipal consumer/billing units; not population-household access, service reliability or safety.Source
Water: served consumer units17 583As at 30 June 20232023 preliminaryTable 3!D23Municipal consumer/billing units; not population-household access, service reliability or safety.Source
Electricity: free basic domestic units5 348As at 30 June 20232023 preliminaryTable 9!F23Municipal consumer/billing units; not population-household access, service reliability or safety.Source
Solid waste management: free basic domestic units5 046As at 30 June 20232023 preliminaryTable 9!J23Municipal consumer/billing units; not population-household access, service reliability or safety.Source
Sewerage and sanitation: free basic domestic units4 995As at 30 June 20232023 preliminaryTable 9!H23Municipal consumer/billing units; not population-household access, service reliability or safety.Source
Water: free basic domestic units4 994As at 30 June 20232023 preliminaryTable 9!D23Municipal consumer/billing units; not population-household access, service reliability or safety.Source
Electricity: municipal providerProvides serviceAs at 30 June 20232023 preliminaryTable 2!H20Provider 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!L20Provider responsibility: false means this municipality does not provide the service, not that residents lack access.Source
Sewerage and sanitation: municipal providerProvides serviceAs at 30 June 20232023 preliminaryTable 2!J20Provider responsibility: false means this municipality does not provide the service, not that residents lack access.Source
Water: municipal providerProvides serviceAs at 30 June 20232023 preliminaryTable 2!F20Provider 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.