Indigent Register
What is an Indigent Policy
Due to the level of unemployment and poverty within municipal areas, there are both households and citizens who are unable to access or pay for basic services; this grouping is referred to as the “indigent”. A municipality therefore needs to develop and adopt an indigent policy to ensure that the indigent can have access to the package of services included in the FBS programme. An indigent policy will do the following:
Allow municipalities to target the deliver y of essential services to citizens who experience a lower quality of life.
The indigent policy defines:
- The municipality's approach to dealing with poverty (plan)
- The municipality's approach to accessing the indigent
- Who will benefit from FBS
- Which services will be delivered
- How much of a particular service will be provided to beneficiaries
- What level of service will be offered to indigents
- The indigent policy details (emphasise) the linkages between the various poverty alleviation programmes that will result in the indigent moving away from the poverty trap Resources allocated by a municipality to enable their indigent policy Process for tracking and assessing the service received by the indigent, as well as the real benefit that has resulted from the subsidies Projected implementation targets (milestones) for the rollout of FBS to the entire indigent population within the municipal area.
- Allows a municipality to map out their own progress against the national implementation target dates. The indigent policy is a critical planning document that is crafted within a municipality's IDP's and financial planning instruments. Indigent policies allow municipalities to plan the scale and scope of their FBS delivery.
Report Electricity Faults
To report:-
▪︎ Electricity outages
▪︎ Non-functional streetlights
▪︎ Non-collection of refuse
▪︎ Vehicle accidents
▪︎ Disaster caused by floods, fires, snow or fallen trees
To report:-
▪︎ If electricity in your area is the responsibility of Eskom. Please contact them on 0860 0037 566.
▪︎ If electricity in your area is the responsibility of the Msunduzi Municipality. Please contact them on 033 392 5029 / 080 000 1868.
▪︎ Water and sanitation are the responsibility of uMgungundlovu District Municipality. Please contact them on 0800 864 911 or 033 897 6766.
Report Electricity Faults
Electrical faults in uMngeni Local Municipality are handled by uMgungundlovu District Municipality.
Cnr Dicks & Somme Streets, Howick, Kwa-Zulu Natal.