gaetane le grange
kwazulu natal -
the facts
| Land area and population |
South Africa's largest provincial population is in KwaZulu-Natal, with just over 10-million people (20.9% of the total population of 47.9-million), according to mid-2007 estimates by Statistics South Africa. However, KZN accounts for only 7.6% of South Africa’s land area. |
| Economic Wellbeing |
- The majority of the communities live with multiple deprivations
- 66% of the population are either not economically active or unemployed
- 5,3 million are classified as living in poverty
- There are high levels of inequality
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| Social Wellbeing |
- There are high levels of reported crime.
- KZN has the highest murder rate and is second only to Gauteng in attempted murder, rape and commercial crime,
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| Administrative Wellbeing |
Overall, there has been a decrease in the number of municipalities performing various functions, with a corresponding decrease in resources allocated to these functions. This is particularly true of priority 2 and 3 functions, where there has been a dramatic drop in resources allocated to functions in many cases.
KZN has the second lowest level of municipality operating expenditure per household in South Africa |
| Physical Wellbeing |
Life expectancy
- 2001 – 2006: Males 45 years / Female 48 years
- 2006 – 2011: Males 42 years / Female 45 years
The lowest of all provinces |
| Provincial DoH |
- The Provincial Nurse Clinical Workload is more than 100% higher than the National average of 33, and considerably higher than the National target of 40 patients per nurse per work day for 2007/08.
- Under-5 mortality rate 95 per 1000 births
- TB cure rate 51%
- Over-expenditure of R1,6 billion and resultant freezes in staff appointment and infrastructure development and maintenance
- KZN has the highest HIV prevalence rate of all provinces – 16.5%
- Three districts have an antenatal prevalence rate of over 40.8%
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figure 1: hiv prevalence of antenatal attendees by province: 1990 – 2005
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