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Map 4.7: Areas with development potential in the Free State, 2006 Mining SASOLBURG Location PARYS DENEYSVILLE ORANJEVILLE VREDEFORT VILLIERS FREE STATE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT

VILJOENSKROON KOPPIES CORNELIA HEILBRON FRANKFORT

BOTHAVILLE Legend

VREDE Towns

EDENVILLE TWEELING Limited Combined Potential KROONSTAD Int PETRUS STEYN MEMEL

ALLANRIDGE REITZ Below Average Combined Potential

HOOPSTAD WESSELSBRON WARDEN ODENDAALSRUS Agric LINDLEY STEYNSRUST Above Average Combined Potential WELKOM HENNENMAN ARLINGTON

VENTERSBURG HERTZOGVILLE VIRGINIA High Combined Potential

BETHLEHEM Local municipality BULTFONTEIN HARRISMITH THEUNISSEN PAUL ROUX KESTELL SENEKAL PovertyLimited Combined Potential WINBURG ROSENDAL CLARENS PHUTHADITJHABA BOSHOF Below Average Combined Potential

FOURIESBURG

DEALESVILLE BRANDFORT MARQUARD nodeAbove Average Combined Potential SOUTPAN

VERKEERDEVLEI FICKSBURG High Combined Potential CLOCOLAN EXCELSIOR

JACOBSDAL PETRUSBURG BLOEMFONTEIN

THABA NCHU LADYBRAND LOCALITY PLAN TWEESPRUIT Economic BOTSHABELO

THABA PATSHOA

KOFFIEFONTEIN OPPERMANSDORP Power HOBHOUSE

DEWETSDORP

REDDERSBURG

EDENBURG WEPENER LUCKHOFF FAURESMITH houses JAGERSFONTEIN

VAN STADENSRUST

TROMPSBURG

SMITHFIELD DEPARTMENT LOCAL GOVERNMENT & HOUSING PHILIPPOLIS SPRINGFONTEIN Arid SPATIAL PLANNING DIRECTORATE ZASTRON SPATIAL INFORMATION SERVICES

ROUXVILLE

BETHULIE

GARIEP DAM 20 0 20 40 60 80 100 I Kilometers COMPILED BY: SW Slabbert 2 SOURCE: CENTRE FOR DEVELOPMENT STUDIES

DATE: May 2006

1 Gap in pop Population and economic growth growth? Lower economic Decline in growth: mining; -Decline in mining Outmigration -- Decrease in the importance of ; Agriculture

Despite declining population: large-scale rural to urban migration; outmigration from previous apartheid reserves 3

Main economic trends and development

• Two economic power • People living in houses poverty: 55.5 (FS) • Historical importance vs 49.7 (SA) + of mining and • Unemployment: agriculture 30.6% (FS) vs 26.5 • Never had an (SA) (2005) + extensive • HDI: 0.55 (FS) vs manufacturing base 0.59 (SA) - • Move towards • Gini C: 0.64 (FS and tertiary economic SA) + activity

2 Loss? FREE STATE SCHOOLS School count 2008 / Learner count 2007 Primary Secondary Combined Intermediate Special and Headcount Headcount (Grade 1-7) (Grade 8-12) (Grade 1-12) (Grade R-9) Specialised for Primary for Schools Secondary Schools 1 040 255 96 244 20 385 850 265 181

HEIs: 37 000 1) GAP? FREE STATE FET COLLEGES FREE STATE HE2) INSTITUTIONS No real 2008 (Universities) 2008 intermediary Institution HeadcountFET: Student 28 000Institution Headcount Enrolment Student Enrolment3) Declining Motheo 13 000 (3 campuses) Sec: 265 000UFS 26 188trends Goldfields 5 000 Main 4) 23Limited 298 capa- (2 campuses) Primary: 385 Qwaqwa000 2 806 Flavius Mareka 6 700 city Vista (South) 84 (3 campuses) 5) Inability to Maluti 3 000 CUT 10 895 (7 campuses) Main impl8 579 . policy Welkom 2 109 Total 27 700 Kimberley 207

Expectations from the region

• Development of a regional partnership • UFS to use to strategise its regional engagement • How can regions benefit from universities? • Update Free State Provincial Growth and development strategy