Regional Challenges

• Lack of moral values
• High unemployment rate esspecially amongst youth (urbanisation - migration from surrounding farms)
• HIV infection rate
• Teenage pregnancies
• Substance abuse esspecially amongst youth is high
• High and illiteracy levels (43% in Swartland Municiple area)
• Urgent need for accredited counciling centres
• Increasing family violence
• Increasing prostitution
• Increase in the number of street children
• Fragmented communities based on race and social class