a) (i) Hospitals
All public hospitals have backup generators. Backup generators are only meant to run as backup for 2 to 3 hours for life saving equipment in emergency areas. Service delivery therefore gets negatively affected in areas which are not powered by generators.
(ii) Clinics and Community Health Centres (CHCS)
Backup power in the form of generators is available in 42% of clinics and 86% of CHCs nation-wide.
(b) Provinces that are affected the most:
Clinics: The Table below indicates that only Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal have more than 70% coverage with regard to backup power in clinics.
District |
Total number of clinics |
Facilities have backup electricity |
Average % scored |
ec Eastern Cape Province |
723 |
145 |
20% |
fs Free State Province |
202 |
32 |
16% |
gp Gauteng Province |
326 |
267 |
82% |
kz KwaZulu-Natal Province |
580 |
418 |
72% |
lp Limpopo Province |
452 |
113 |
25% |
mp Mpumalanga Province |
226 |
88 |
39% |
nc Northern Cape Province |
124 |
24 |
19% |
nw North West Province |
259 |
80 |
31% |
wc Western Cape Province |
175 |
88 |
50% |
Average / Total |
3067 |
1288 |
42% |
Community Health Centres: The Table below indicates that only Free State Province (36%) has less than 70% coverage with regard to backup power in community Health Centres.
District |
Total number of CHCs |
Facilities having backup electricity |
Average % scored |
ec Eastern Cape Province |
41 |
34 |
82% |
fs Free State Province |
10 |
4 |
36% |
gp Gauteng Province |
38 |
34 |
90% |
kz KwaZulu-Natal Province |
21 |
20 |
94% |
lp Limpopo Province |
26 |
20 |
77% |
mp Mpumalanga Province |
55 |
48 |
88% |
nc Northern Cape Province |
30 |
26 |
85% |
nw North West Province |
47 |
43 |
92% |
wc Western Cape Province |
48 |
42 |
87% |
Average / Total |
316 |
272 |
86% |
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