Cost Recovery and the Crisis of Service Delivery in South Africa

Preface - Dennis Brutus (poet, scholar, activist)
Introduction - David McDonald and John Pape
1. The Theory and Practice of Cost Recovery in South Africa - David McDonald
2. Debt and Disconnection: The Case of Fort Beaufort, Queenstown and Stutterheim - Gregory Ruiters
3. 'Massive Cutoffs':Cost Recovery and Electricity Service in Diepkloof, Soweto - Grace Khunou
4. Cost Recovery and Pre-paid Water Meters and the Cholera Outbreak in KwaZulu Natal: A Case Study in Madlebe - Hameda Deedat and Eddie Cottle
5. 'They are Killing us Alive': A Case Study of the Impact of Cost Recovery on Service Provision in Makhaza Section, Khayelitsha - Mthetho Xali
6. The Struggle Against Encroachment: Constantia and the Defence of White Privilege in the 'New' South Africa - John Pape
7. Viva Prepaids, Viva! Assessing New Technology for Cost Recovery in the Rural Northern Cape - Hameda Deedat
8. The Bell Tolls for Thee: Cost Recovery, Cutoffs and the Affordability of Municipal Services in South Africa - David McDonald
9. Looking for an alternative to cost recovery - John Pape
Index