South Africa - Infrastructure Delivery in South Africa 1998

In November 1998, the Development Chamber of National Economic Development and Labour Council (NEDLAC) contracted the Community Agency for Social Enquiry (CASE) and the Norwegian Institute for Applied Social Science (FAFO) to undertake a project on infrastructure delivery. The project had 3 phases: The first phase identified the extent of government's infrastructure expenditure. The second phase of the project focused on the organisation of infrastructure delivery. This analysis identified strengths and weaknesses within processes of infrastructure delivery. The third phase of the project was a 2 600 household survey in the provinces of Gauteng, KwaZulu- Natal and the Northern Province. The survey, conducted by CASE, assessed the extent of delivery as well as recipients' perceptions of the quality of infrastructure delivery. Questions in the survey were concerned with the employment status and income of households, electricity supply, telephones, sanitation and refuse removal, education, housing, health services, social security and community developments. Background data was collected on age, gender, educational level, employment status, race, province, marital status, area and type of dwelling.