A Brief Introduction of SA and BCM
SA is one of the largest multiracial countries of Africa and consists of North West, Northern Cape, Mpumalanga, Limpopo, KwaZulu-Natal, Gauteng, Free State, Eastern, and Western Cape provinces (Statistics SA, 2011). It has a population of approximately 57 million and Gauteng is the most populous province followed by KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape. BCM is located in Amathole District of Eastern Cape Province. It neighbours Ngqushwa, Nkonkobe and Amahlathi local municipalities as shown in Figure 1. The area has a total of 223,568 households and 755,200 people that is 11.5% of Eastern Cape's total population and a population density of 300 people every square kilometre (Statistics SA, 2011). It is the second largest economy in Eastern Cape following Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality (NMBMM) with a gross value of R29.7B (DEDEAT, 2013). Economic sectors include finance, community services, manufacturing, trade, transport, mining and agriculture rated at 29%, 28%, 17%, 13%, 8%, 0.4% and 1%, respectively (BCMM, 2011).
Figure 1. Map of Buffalo city metropolitan (BCMM, 2011)