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Johannesburg - Gauteng has for the first time toppled the Western Cape as South Africa's most productive province for 2011, an independent local government and data intelligence organisation said on Tuesday.
"Service delivery, low poverty levels and high expenditure in the municipalities and metros are some of the factors that put the province on top," Municipal IQ economist Karen Heese said.
Gauteng scored 64.3 to the Western Cape's 63.8. The national average was 53.3. The Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal occupied the 8th and 9th spots respectively.
Johannesburg also took the top spot among the nine biggest cities on economic conditions and continued spending despite tough economic conditions.
However, Heese said there were still several backlogs in Gauteng that needed to be overcome, especially in housing.
Clear gains in the number of indigent households supported meant local government was expanding development, the organisation's managing director Kevin Allan said.
The organisation said the number of major municipal service delivery protests decreased nationally in 2011, as of the end of November, compared to 2009 and 2010. It could not immediately provide figures.
In 2011 Gauteng did not see as many protests as in previous years, with slightly more protests taking place in the Western Cape.
"Service delivery, low poverty levels and high expenditure in the municipalities and metros are some of the factors that put the province on top," Municipal IQ economist Karen Heese said.
Gauteng scored 64.3 to the Western Cape's 63.8. The national average was 53.3. The Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal occupied the 8th and 9th spots respectively.
Johannesburg also took the top spot among the nine biggest cities on economic conditions and continued spending despite tough economic conditions.
However, Heese said there were still several backlogs in Gauteng that needed to be overcome, especially in housing.
Clear gains in the number of indigent households supported meant local government was expanding development, the organisation's managing director Kevin Allan said.
The organisation said the number of major municipal service delivery protests decreased nationally in 2011, as of the end of November, compared to 2009 and 2010. It could not immediately provide figures.
In 2011 Gauteng did not see as many protests as in previous years, with slightly more protests taking place in the Western Cape.
