Program for Upgrade of Infrastructure for Metropolitan Municipal Services
South Africa
Proposed
Multiple Areas
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South Africa’s eight metropolitan municipalities (Buffalo City, City of Cape Town, City of Ekurhuleni, City of Johannesburg, City of Tshwane, eThekwini, Mangaung and Nelson Mandela Bay) (“Metros”) play a critical role in driving the country’s socio-economic development. However, these urban centers face mounting challenges posed by high levels of non-revenue water, ageing electricity networks prone to outages and non-compliant waste treatment sites. The Program seeks to reverse the declining trend in the delivery of essential urban services of water supply and sanitation, electricity distribution, and solid waste management (collectively also referred to as “trading services”) across the Metros.
The Program will support the Metro Trading Services Grant of the Government of South Africa, a performance-based incentive aimed at addressing critical infrastructure gaps and institutional shortcomings in provision of trading services in the Metros. The Program comprises three components. Component 1 focuses on improving operational performance through targeted investments in physical infrastructure and digital systems across the three trading services. Component 2 aims to enhance the financial performance of trading services, while Component 3 supports institutional strengthening including capacity building.
The Program aims to enhance infrastructure performance, financial sustainability and institutional governance across the three trading services in the eight Metros. By FY2031, the Program is expected to directly and indirectly benefit the 24 million residents of the Metros through improved service delivery, contributing to better living conditions and a stronger urban investment climate in line with the South Africa’s National Development Plan 2030.