Intervention Brief

The Alternative Service Delivery Unit (ASDU), implemented by GreenCape, uses an adaptive co-design framework to provide energy services to unserviced communities. In Malawi Camp, Cape Town, a community of over 1,000 people with no formal electricity, residents identified home-level electricity, food storage (fridges), and area lighting for safety as their primary priorities. While residents expressed a willingness to pay between R50 and R100 per month for these services with the goal of eventual ownership, the document notes that the upcoming relocation of the community to a formal housing development on Symphony Way may decrease the business case for off-grid solutions.

• Malawi Camp is an informal settlement in Cape Town with over 1,000 residents and 314 households, characterized by a lack of formal electricity, limited communal water, and an unemployment rate near 55%.
• Community leadership identified three priority energy needs: electricity for individual homes, refrigeration for food storage to save money, and area lighting to reduce criminal activity.
• Residents of Malawi Camp are willing to pay between R50 and R100 per month for safe and affordable services, with the objective of owning the system once the contract ends.
• The planned relocation of the community to a formal housing development on Symphony Way in approximately 2023 may reduce the viability of off-grid alternative service provision.

APA

GreenCape (n.d.). Intervention Brief. https://greencape.co.za/assets/Intervention-brief-Malawi-Camp.pdf

Chicago

GreenCape. Intervention Brief. n.d. https://greencape.co.za/assets/Intervention-brief-Malawi-Camp.pdf.

Wikipedia

{{cite report |author=GreenCape |title=Intervention Brief |url=https://greencape.co.za/assets/Intervention-brief-Malawi-Camp.pdf |access-date=17 August 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@techreport{greencapendintervention, author = {{GreenCape}}, title = {{Intervention Brief}}, institution = {GreenCape}, url = {https://greencape.co.za/assets/Intervention-brief-Malawi-Camp.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }