2013_14 IDP Review.pdf - KZN Development Planning

8.4.1 Community ServicesThe following figure summarises the performance of the Community Services sector,which has the largest contribution to the GVA- R in the district, from 1996 to 2009. Ascan be seen, there was a decline in the Community Services sector from 1996 to 1999where after there has been a period of gradual growth with short periods of decline.The Community Services sector, during the period 1996 to 2011, only contributed0.3% to the national total.Figure 47: uMzinyathi DM’s Share of the National Total for Community ServicesSource : Global Insight of SA (1996 – 2011)The figure below indicates the growth rate for the Community sector from 1996 to2011. As can be seen, there was a growth in the sector in 1998 of 1%, followed by asustained period of growth from 2000 onwards which peaked at over 5% in 2005. Theaverage growth rate from 1996 to 2009 for this sector was 2.0% per annum.Draft 2013/14 IDP Review Page 128Prepared by Umzinyathi District Municipality22 March 2013