Lekwa Local Municipality 2013/14 - Co-operative Governance and ...

“To be the leading, people centered municipality excelling in economic growth, development and governance”3.4 COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURESocial facilities were identified through data received from the Lekwa Spatial Development Framework, 2005and the Lekwa LM IDP as well as analysis of other databases such as the demarcation board. Due to time andbudget constraints detailed site visits could not be donein order to confirm the data received. The only areas where site visits were performed were Standerton,Morgenzon, Thuthukani and Holmdene. Therefore the accuracy and quality of these facilities are subjected todetailed assessments.Access to social facilities is critical in order to address the high level of poverty within the municipality.Catchment circles were placed around each facility (5km for primary schools and 10km for secondary andcombined schools) in order to distinguish between areas that have high accessibility to social facilities andthose with no social facilities and hence limited access to facilities.Education FacilitiesThere are 72 primary schools, 1 secondary school and 3 combined schools outside of Standerton.Primary education facilities are widely distributed through the entire municipal area and there is one primaryschool per approximately 650 people (excluding schools in Standerton). The eastern part of the municipalarea is less well provided but also has a lower population density. Most residents are thus within 5km from aprimary school. The schools are however small ‘farm’ schools with limited facilities.Secondary schools are limited to Standerton and Thuthukani. There are no secondary schools in the ruralareas. There is however a combined school in Morgenzon, one close to Platrand and one at Elmtree. There isonly one secondary school per approximately 11 500 people (including combined schools excluding schools inStanderton).Figure 10: Distribution of Educational FacilitiesOther Social FacilitiesThe following social facilities are located in the LLM (excluding Standerton):58 | P a g e - D r a f t i n t e g r a t e d D e v e l o p m e n t P l a n 2 0 1 3 / 2 0 1 4