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Estimates of Provincial Revenue and Expenditure (EPRE) -2023/24 Financial Year
clean, healthy and hygienic environment, which is conducive for healthy living. Once more the two metros within the
Province fared better with highest scores for improved sanitation across all metros in the country i.e. BCM and NMB
at 99.2% and 98.4% respectively above the national average of 91.0%. Furthermore the implementation of the SAFE
(Sanitation Appropriate for Education) initiative has delivered some improvements in terms of eradicating basic pit
latrines in schools, however, the pace of roll out has been slow.

Figure 1.2 Improvements in sanitation

Source: Stats SA GHS 2021

Refuse removal
Regular refuse removal allows people to live in a clean and disease free environment. Based on Stats SA GHS 2021
reports for BCM and NMB 65.9 % and 90.3 % of households respectively had their refuse removed by municipal
workers at least once a week. Both of these provincial metros recorded service figures that were much higher than the
national average of 62.9% for SA.

Electricity
The EC Province recorded an increase from 87.4 % to 92.5 % from 2018 to 2021 in the percentage of households

connected to mains electricity supply that is provided by the municipality or ESKOM. In terms of electrical connection
used, the EC boasts a high connectivity of approximately 97.1% of households that have access to electricity (using
either in-house prepaid meters or in-house conventional meters).

The Province is in the process of rolling out off-grid connections to households working with Eskom and the Department
of Minerals, Resources and Energy (DMRE). For further details see Chapter 2.

Food Security
The EC Province recorded 76.3 % of households that have adequate access to food. The two metros BCM and NMB,
have also reported positively in that quite a significant majority i.e. 81.1% and 88.8% of households respectively have
access to food and do not suffer from food hunger or malnutrition caused by an insufficient level of basic food intake.
Highlights of the provincial food security programmes are provided in Chapter 2, the Medium-term Budget Strategy
and Expenditure Plans.

Education Outcomes

The pace of improving access to early childhood development education is noteworthy, as more than 25.4 % of young
people aged 0-4 years old, utilize some form of early childhood development (ECD) facility in the Province. In 2021.

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