Community Safety
According to the City of Cape Town’s adjustment budget the Western Cape Safety Plan, as implemented through the City’s LEAP plan, has a “revised business plan” resulting in budget adjustments:
- (a) When was the revised business plan concluded between the City and the Province, (b) can a copy of the revised business plan as referred to in the City’s adjustment budget be made available and (c) in what ways does the revised business plan amend the Western Cape Safety Plan;
- whether the Western Cape Safety Plan has been rewritten; if so, can a copy be made available;
- what is the impact of the budget on the Western Cape provincial government?
3. (1) (a) The revised business plan for the 2021/2022 financial year was concluded between the City of Cape Town and Western Cape provincial government on 3 December 2021.
(b) The revised business plan, referred to in paragraph 1(a) is attached as requested.
(c) The revised business plan does not amend the Western Cape Safety Plan in any way. It supports the deliverables of the Safety Plan as it focusses on increasing policing capacity and effectiveness, whilst ensuring that data guides deployments (the deployment areas have been increased to 13 areas – 10 areas form part of the top 10 murder precincts in the Metropole as indicated by data from SAPS and the Provincial Department of Health.
(2) The safety plan has not been rewritten.
(3) The adjusted budgetary impact for the Western Cape Provincial Government amounts to R165 250 000 for the 2021/2022 financial year.
