Erasibo

We have been appointed by the Department of Provincial and Local Government (dplg) to develop the criteria for means testing on Free Basic Services (FBS).

We are excited about being able to help the dplg with this important set of criteria because it will go a long ways to assisting municipalities in clearly defining who should be targeted for FBS. In addition this will assist municipalities in being able to better finance their FBS obligations.

According to the latest government release on Free Basic Services:

A total number of 17,4 million people benefited from improved water supply up to April 2007 whilst 6,9 million people still need to be served. Free Basic Electricity is being provided to 3,6 million households, translating to 67% of the households with electricity. A total of 2,6 million households were served with basic sanitation since 1994 whilst 3,5 million still lack access to basic sanitation services at April 2007