Examples of Indigent in a sentence
Financial yearTable 42: Free Basic Services to Households Table 43: Free Basic Electricity Services to Indigent Households Table 44: Free Basic Water Services to Indigent Households Table 45: Free Basic Sanitation Services to Indigent Households Table 46: Free Basic Refuse Removal Services to Indigent Households 3 .
POLICY CHANGES • Indigent incentive write-off will be implemented.• No electricity blocking for Indigents; shared electricity will remain for those with arrears.• Cost containment regulation has been implemented.• Inclusion of reserves for disaster management.• Decrease in deposit fee.
The province has assisted municipalities to develop Indigent policies and Indigent Registers that are updated on a regular basis.⮚ Currently there are 190 000 indigent households that are registered in municipalities.
In accordance with the approved Indigent Policy of the Municipality, all households earning less than R4 000 per month receive the allocated free basic services as prescribed by national policy.
Support is also provided on the updating of Indigent Registers to avoid provision to those households that do not qualify.⮚ The Department provided support in the implementation of the Community Work Programme (CWP) and created 24 016 job opportunities in the previous financial year.