APPROVED IDP DOC 2011-16.BA PHALABORWA.pdf

The increase in the number of households, particularly in the rural areas where there are minimal
services has increased backlogs in electricity provision, housing needs, roads, access to water,
sanitation needs, etc.
There are arbitrary differences in figures with regard to racial groups’ representations for the two
accounting years in question. Although racial integration is gradually being achieved through a few
blacks moving from the traditional black towns and rural areas to settle in Phalaborwa, there is a
widening gap between the rich and the poor. Racial segregation is replaced by socio-economic
segregation. There is therefore a need to speed up integrated human settlement in order to
proactively address resultant social ills (such as crime, and skewed unsustainable development).
The following table presents the number of households and estimated population in the population
concentration points of the municipality.
Table B.11: Number of consumer units (or service delivery points) and population size per
municipal population concentration point.
Population Concentration
Point
Number of
consumer units
66
Average per
Consumer
Unit
Population % of
Municipal
Population
Phalaborwa Town 4 152 3.9 16 192 12.7%
Namakgale Town 9 348 4 37 392 29.4%
Lulekani Town 3 909 4 15 636 12.3%
Gravelotte Town 690 3.8 2 622 2.1%
Selwane Village 2 700 5.5 14 850 11.7%
Total 20 799 4.2 86 692 68.1%
Source: Ba-Phalaborwa Municipality – Strategic Planning and Information Management
The following table presents population concentration points in the municipal area.
Table B.12: Population concentration points in the municipal area
Concentration/Growth Point Surrounding areas % of Municipal Population
Lulekani Matiko-Xikaya