The discriminatory policies of the apartheid government created huge backlogs in the provision of services mainly to black communities, particularly in rural areas. To date, traces of these policies can be seen across the country. In an effort to reverse the consequences of these policies the democratically elected government of the Republic of South Africa introduced two conditional grants in the 2007/08 financial year aimed at addressing backlogs in electricity, water and sanitation at schools and clinics. These were the then Department of Minerals and Energy's conditional grant for backlogs in the electrification of clinics and schools as well as the then Department of Water Affairs and Forestry's conditional grant for addressing backlogs in water and sanitation at clinics and schools. The Division of Revenue Act 2007 provided that these conditional grants would come to an end in the 2009/10 financial year. Accordingly these grants were terminated and the 2010/11 Division of Revenue Act made no provision for them.