APPROVED IDP DOC 2011-16.BA PHALABORWA.pdf

Key Issues with regard to Waste Management
• Ageing infrastructure.
• Inadequate staffing.
• Land claims in the Phalaborwa dumping site.
• Licensing of new landfill site.
• Rehabilitation and closing of Namakgale, Lulekani and Phalaborwa landfill sites.
Waste Management Recycling
The Municipality is able to recycle 20% of its waste in the Phalaborwa dumping site. The percentage as it is
currently is very low. The challenge with recycle is the distance from Phalaborwa to Gauteng where waste
recycle materials are sold and the lack of transport thereof.
Other recycling in the Municipality is done by private companies in the Phalaborwa Industrial area. They
receive most of their recyclables from the local mines and industrial factories. Sorting of recyclables is done
in the yard as well as outside the yard.
B5.5 Housing
Ba-Phalaborwa Municipality is not a housing authority. The table below presents an overview of the
housing situation in the municipal area over the years.
Table B.42: Housing delivery, 2002/03 to 2007/08
Year Allocation Delivery % Delivered
2002/03 800 486 60.75
2003/04 720 682 94.72
2004/05 561 161 28.7
2005/06 385 385 100