Community Safety

13.(1) (a) No decision was taken to stop funding the Community Policing Forums (CPFs).

(b) The Community Police Forum Expanded Partnership Programme (CPF EPP)          came to an end on 31 March 2021. The Department developed an alternative funding model which is in line with the deliverables of the Western Cape Safety Plan to reduce the murder rate over the next 10 years. The Department was specifically responsible for the establishment of area-based teams (ABTs) as a methodology to ensure collaboration and cooperation between all role-players in the identified hotspot areas with high murder rates. The new focus of the Department was conveyed to CPFs at the Department’s engagements with all Clusters, held during February and March 2021.

The new CPF funding model was initiated at the beginning of the financial year. The Department invited all CPFs that had successful annual general meetings (AGMs), that have been certified after vetting of those elected, to apply to participate in the programme.

In terms of this programme, a substantial number of CPFs have been provided with project funding. To date, 91 CPFs have applied for funding; 78 of these applications were approved; and 67 of the payments were made, as all the required documents were submitted to the Department.

 

(2)     As stated above, no decision was taken to stop the funding of CPFs.  They can still apply and receive project funding from the Department, following a successful application process.

 

(3)   It was not necessary to seek any legal and expert advice as no decision was taken to stop the funding of CPFs.

 

(4) (a) The Department has a continued partnership with CPFs in the province and currently focuses on enhancing the capacity and functionality of these Forums. 

 

(b) Over the past two years (prolonged due to Covid-19 pandemic constraints), the Department attended and facilitated 151 successful AGM elections for CPFs. Officials from the Department also met with CPFs to inform them about the new funding programme and to assist them with their applications. In addition, the following 47 CPFs requested and received CPF induction training:

 

Induction training
No	Beaufort West Cluster	AGM Induction Date
1	Laingsburg	2021/05/26
2	Leeu-Gamka	2021/05/26
3	Murraysburg	2021/05/27
4	Prins Albert	2021/05/28
No	Blue Downs Cluster	AGM Induction Date
5	Belhar	2021/06/01
6	Kuilsrivier	2021/05/15
7	Mfuleni	2021/05/17
8	Ravensmead	2021/06/08
No	Cape Town Cluster	AGM Induction Date
9	Langa	2021/02/20
10	Table Bay Harbour	2021/03/29
No	Da Gamaskop Cluster	AGM Induction Date
11	Riversdale	2021/03/27
12	Kwanonqaba	2021/03/28
No	Eden Cluster	AGM Induction Date
13	Uniondale	2021/05/28
14	Conville	2021/05/29
15	Pacaltsdorp	2021/05/29
No	Khayelitsha Cluster	AGM Induction Date
16	Lingelethu West	2021/09/11
No	Milnerton Cluster	AGM Induction Date
17	Atlantis	2021/11/13
No	Nyanga Cluster	AGM Induction Date
18	Nyanga	2021/08/28
19	Samora Machel	2021/09/10
No	Overberg Cluster	AGM Induction Date
20	Gans Bay	2021/04/15
21	Caledon	2021/09/04
22	Riviersonderend	2021/09/04
23	Villiersdorp	2021/09/04
24	Hermanus	2021/09/11
25	Kleinmond	2021/09/11
26	Stanford	2021/09/04
27	Bredasdorp	2020/10/13
No	Tygerberg Cluster	AGM Induction Date
28	Bothasig	2021/06/02
29	Brackenfell	2021/06/10
30	Kraaifontein	2021/04/24
31	Parow	2021/06/08
No	Vredendal Cluster	AGM Induction Date
32	Doringbaai	2021/10/14
No	Winelands Cluster	AGM Induction Date
33	Cloetesville	2021/05/06
34	Franschhoek	2021/05/13
35	Groot Drakenstein	2021/05/05
36	Klapmuts	2021/06/05
37	Paarl	2021/06/09
38	Paarl East	2021/04/05
39	Stellenbosch	2021/05/18
40	Wellington	2021/05/11
No	Worcester Cluster	AGM Induction Date
41	Ceres	2021/05/17
42	Mcgregor	2021/05/22
43	PA Hamlet	2021/05/29
44	Saron	2021/06/03
45	Touws River	2021/06/12
No	Wynberg Cluster	AGM Induction Date
46	Diepriver	2021/05/15
47	Muizenberg	2021/05/15

 

 

      In addition, the Department requested SAPS to facilitate the completion of the Community Police Forum Assessment tool by the 151 CPFs in the Province. This assessment is meant to assess the functionality of the CPFs in line with the SAPS Act, Act 68 of 1995, the interim 2001 CPF Regulations; read with the SAPS assessment tool. To date, the Department has received the completed assessment tools of 108 CPFs.

 

The Department has, during quarter 4, also embarked on presenting skills training workshops for all 151 CPFs in the province. This training was outsourced to a skilled service provider. Training sessions are attended and monitored by the Department. Eleven clusters have received the training up to date, with the five outstanding clusters that will receive the training before 31 March 2022.

The table below reflects the detail of the clusters that received the training, versus the ones that still need to be trained.  

 

Meeting skill training workshops completed	Outcome
Blue Downs Cluster Cape Town Cluster Khayelitsha Cluster Milnerton Cluster Overberg Cluster Worcester Cluster Tygerberg Cluster Vredenburg Cluster Vredendal Cluster Worcester Cluster Wynberg Cluster	11
Meeting skill training workshops still to take place	Outcome
12)  Beaufort West Cluster 13)  Da Gamaskop Cluster 14   Eden Cluster 15)  Mitchells Plain Cluster 16)  Nyanga Cluster	5