'Free Basic Water' and cost recovery : impact on low-income households in Grabouw

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dc.contributor.advisorOldfield, Sophieen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorPeters, Karenen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-05-13T14:10:47Z
dc.date.available2015-05-13T14:10:47Z
dc.date.issued2005en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (leaves 83-88).en_ZA
dc.description.abstractOn democratisation, the South African government faced the enormous challenge of providing services to those disadvantaged by apartheid. In the area of water provision, the Department of Water Affairs and Forestry implemented a policy of cost recovery to enable local government to become financially sustainable. However, as this policy allowed municipalities to cut off the water supply of consumers who defaulted in their municipal payments, government's stance on non-payment - that it was a residual culture of the rates' boycotts of the apartheid era - drew fire, with critics arguing that the real issue was about the affordability of services, particular in terms of such a basic service as water provision. This dissertation examines the reasons for non-payment for municipal services and the implications of the policy of cost recovery for impoverished households in the small town of Grabouw in the Western Cape. A detailed household analysis demonstrates that non-payment for services is related to unemployment and the consequent inability to afford services.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationPeters, K. (2005). <i>'Free Basic Water' and cost recovery : impact on low-income households in Grabouw</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Political Studies. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12778en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationPeters, Karen. <i>"'Free Basic Water' and cost recovery : impact on low-income households in Grabouw."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Political Studies, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12778en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationPeters, K. 2005. 'Free Basic Water' and cost recovery : impact on low-income households in Grabouw. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Peters, Karen AB - On democratisation, the South African government faced the enormous challenge of providing services to those disadvantaged by apartheid. In the area of water provision, the Department of Water Affairs and Forestry implemented a policy of cost recovery to enable local government to become financially sustainable. However, as this policy allowed municipalities to cut off the water supply of consumers who defaulted in their municipal payments, government's stance on non-payment - that it was a residual culture of the rates' boycotts of the apartheid era - drew fire, with critics arguing that the real issue was about the affordability of services, particular in terms of such a basic service as water provision. This dissertation examines the reasons for non-payment for municipal services and the implications of the policy of cost recovery for impoverished households in the small town of Grabouw in the Western Cape. A detailed household analysis demonstrates that non-payment for services is related to unemployment and the consequent inability to afford services. DA - 2005 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2005 T1 - 'Free Basic Water' and cost recovery : impact on low-income households in Grabouw TI - 'Free Basic Water' and cost recovery : impact on low-income households in Grabouw UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12778 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/12778
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationPeters K. 'Free Basic Water' and cost recovery : impact on low-income households in Grabouw. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Political Studies, 2005 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12778en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Political Studiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherPolitical Studiesen_ZA
dc.title'Free Basic Water' and cost recovery : impact on low-income households in Grabouwen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMSocScen_ZA
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