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Poor service delivery in South Africa 




Khayelitsha the Largest township in Cape Town but it is still made up of shacks not even RDP Houses 

It is has been 18 years since South Africa received it's democracy but South Africans are still complaining about poor service delivery.People are still complaining about houses,education,sanitation and also about the health services but i will be focusing on poor housing.

 Many people are promised houses during election times by the different parties but they end up being disappointed because they never get what they were promised.They cause many people to lose hope and they end up not voting because most of them would say that they do not see the point of voting cause they do not see the change that they were promised.The ANC has made a lot of promises which can be seen as unrealistic because most of these promises are not realistic, not measurable,are not time bound and most of all are not achievable. Expectation is created but without commitment and a long term plan all these expectations will fail.Read more...

It is sad that most people in our country still live in these conditions but they are promised better housing all the time.The government provides RDP houses but are they safe enough for people to live in?Some people have to wait for years before they receive their houses and some of them never get the houses due to corruption.Meaning that the officials will sell their house to other desperate people or even to foreign people.  



RDP house that is poorly build for the poor people

 

Causes of poor service delivery

• Corruption
• Lack of good leadership
• Lack of skill in effective planning
• Unwilling to admit the need for help from other parties
• Lack of commitment from our leaders

The media has also reported about poor housing in rural areas or townships like Alex and Diepsloot.The living conditions in these areas are really bad and many people lose their life's because of one persons mistake.If one shack burns by mistake all the shacks might burn because they close to each other.In rainy seasons water get inside some of the shack or RDP house.The media has also reported about the protest in Khayelitsha about service delivery.Read more...