Premier

When I launched the Western Cape Safety Plan on 19 September 2019, I did so to halve the murder rate by 2029 through a combination of violence prevention and law enforcement interventions. In doing so, I further tasked each department within the provincial government with a set of targets to achieve.

The Provincial Department of Police Oversight and Community Safety

16.    [1]   [a]  The Department has invested an amount of R 1 488 194 080 during the MTEF period.

                 [b]  The breakdown of the budget per programme is as follows:

 

Allocation	MTEF 2022/23 R	MTEF 2023/24 R	MTEF 2024/25 R	Grand Total R
Western Cape Liquor Authority	45 688 000	47 698 000	49 840 000	143 226 000
Communication -Radio shows: Safety Plan	1 300 000	1 352 000	1 406 080	4 058 080
Total: Programme 1: Administration	46 988 000	49 050 000	51 246 080	147 284 080
Community Policing Forums (CPF)	500 000	500 000	500 000	1 500 000
Safety Plan - Research	922 000	961 000	1 007 000	2 890 000
Safety Plan - WOSA	6 000 000	6 240 000	6 000 000	18 240 000
NHW resourcing	5 710 000	6 025 000	6 295 000	18,030,000
EPWP (Conditional Grant)	3 821 000	0	0	3 821 000
Total: Programme 2: Provincial Secretariat for Police Service	16 953 000	13 726 000	13 802 000	44 481 000
EPWP (Equitable Grant)	22 305 000	19 285 000	17 187 000	58 777 000
Chrysalis	25 271 000	25 239 000	26 372 000	76 882 000
LEAP	400 000 000	350 000 000	350 000 000	1 100 000 000
School Resource Officer (SRO)	2 852 000	2 966 000	3 084 000	8 902 000
Reaction Unit	6 958 000	6 974 000	7 335 000	21 267 000
K9 Unit	8 840 000	9 080 000	9 485 000	27 405 000
Total: Programme 3: Provincial Policing Functions	466 226 000	413 544 000	413 463 000	1 293 233 000
Safety and Security Technology	1 000 000	1 074 000	1 122 000	3 196 000
Total: Programme 4: Security Risk Management	1 000 000	1 074 000	1 122 000	3 196 000
Total	531 167 000	477 394 000	479 633 080	1 488 194 080

 

[2]          With reference to [2][a], 2[c][i] and[ii], and [3][a], [b] and [c]:

 

Ministerial Priority	Tasks and/or actions	Budget over MTEF	Expenditure since inception
LEAP deployment	A total of 1116 members are currently deployed in 13 areas, of which 10 areas form part of the top 10 murder areas in the Western Cape. These include areas such as Delft, Gugulethu, Harare, Khayelitsha [Site B policing precinct), Kraaifontein, Mfuleni, Mitchells Plain, Nyanga, Philippi East, and Samora Machel. The other high crime areas where the members are deployed, are Atlantis, Bishop Lavis and recently Lavender Hill, Steenberg and Grassy Park.	Refer to Q16. [1][a] and [b].	R712 250 000
NHW training, deployment and support	During the 2021/22 financial year, the following tasks/actions were performed:   318 NHWs structures were accredited 100 NHWs structures were funded 70 NHWs structures were trained in Basic NHW Training, First Aid [Level 1], Meeting Skills, Finance for Non-financial Managers and Conflict Management & Mediation.   For the first quarter of the 2022/23 financial year, 69 NHWs structures were accredited.	Refer to Q16. [1][a] and [b].	R 14 731 000
Determination of the policing needs and priorities	The Department concluded the 2020/2021 Policing Needs and Priorities [PNP] report.	The cost of employment budget over the MTEF period is R 25 260 000	R21 186 000
Expansion of Chrysalis Academy	The Chrysalis Academy trained 111 youth. The Academy appointed 11 youth hub ambassadors to expand the Academy’s footprint and support youth in the identified communities.	Refer to Q16 [1] [a] and [b] the budget over the MTEF period is R23 058 000.	R7 336 000
Establishment of Area-based Teams (ABTs)	The Department established ABTs in 16 priority areas.   For the new financial year, the coordination of the ABT approach has been transferred to the Department of Health and Wellness.	The budget for 2021/22 was R8 317 000	R786 883
Western Cape Liquor Amendments to reduce alcohol harms	To decrease the harmful effects of alcohol abuse and drug consumption, the Western Cape Liquor Act is being reviewed to reduce alcohol harms, whilst minimising the impact on the economy. The proposed amendments are informed by local and international research and evidence.	R500 000	R0
CPFs and cluster boards	The Department provided funding to CPFs.	Refer to Q16[1][a] and [b].	R3 496 629
District Municipalities	The Department assists five District Municipalities with the compilation and implementation of safety plans in these districts which form the basis for ongoing support given to municipalities by the Department.	Refer to Q16[1][a] and [b].	R25 492 000

[2]          [a] The Provincial Department of Police Oversight and Community Safety is the lead department in the implementation of the Western Cape Safety Plan.

              [b][i][ii] The following departments further contribute to the effective implementation of the Western Cape Safety Plan.

The Provincial Department of Health and Wellness

The Provincial Department of Health and Wellness has been part of the Provincial Safety Plan, co-chairing the Safety Steering Committee. It has provided evidence and guidance on policy issues such as alcohol harms reduction and policies to reduce firearm-related violence. It has also developed the Forensics Pathology Dashboard and the Safety Dashboard for the province used to ensure data-led violence prevention interventions.

Finally, the Department has invested in the HECTIS system moving from 4 facilities in 2019 to 34 facilities in 2022. The HECTIS is an IT system used in emergency centres across the Department. The Department received R15 million for this project from the Provincial Policy Priority Funds. It can be used to monitor patients who present to our facilities due to trauma and violence. The intention is to roll out this system to all public sector emergency departments in the Western Cape.

As part of a preventative and evidence-led approach towards Safety, The Violence Prevention Unit was conceptualised within the Chief Directorate Emergency & Clinical Support Services in the Department of Health and Wellness in March 2022. Once fully operational, this unit will assist with surveillance and tracking of violence and provide crucial data to monitor incidents as reported within the health system, to enable better trend analysis, planning and response by both government and other agencies. As part of this surveillance, the Directorate Health Intelligence has developed and launched the Safety dashboard, as above, which will  provide real time data to inform risk and response at the local level. This dashboard was designed to draw and integrate data available from the Provincial Health Data Centre, a sophisticated data hub which draws from the existing health data base.

The Provincial Department of Transport and Public Works

The Department of Transport and Public Works will be contributing to addressing the harms caused by alcohol abuse. The department will be increasing drinking and driving law enforcement operations to reduce road trauma incidents caused by drinking and driving. In addition, the Department will be focusing on intercepting people using our road network for criminal purposes which include using the network to move illegal substances and weapons to our communities. 

The Provincial Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport

The Provincial Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport has four main programmes aimed at addressing crime. These include:

1.The Mass participation, Opportunity and access, Development and growth or MOD programme is mainly based in historically disadvantaged and underserved areas and is an after-school, mass participation programme that provides school-going children with access to various fun-filled, play-based, recreation-based, and modified activities daily. This programme is hosted across the province at 181 sites that are based at either a Primary School or a High School. Generally, Primary School-based MOD Centres act as the feeder to their neighbouring High School-based MOD Centres.

2. YearBeyond: a provincial flagship youth service programme. It is offered across the province with existing programmes in Cape Winelands, Overberg, Garden Route and the Metro. The programme currently works in over 100 schools offering academic support and/or scouting.

3. Children at risk: the department focuses on support to grade 3 and 4 learners struggling academically and its hub activities in hotspot areas such as Lavender Hill. There is no separate budget for this as it is linked to the two programmes above.

4. NGOs and federations working with youth: the department provides support for after-school and post-school programmes through its arts funding. It aims to keep young people away from crime and gangsterism by giving them access and opportunities to pursue self-enrichment activities. 

The Provincial Department of Human Settlements

The Department recognises the important role it can play to provide safe human settlements for its beneficiaries. In this regard, the Department has committed to ensuring that its human settlements projects are designed with safety elements in mind. To this end, it has incorporated various safety elements in its human settlements’ designs such as street lighting, lighting in public open spaces, courtyards and/or provision of the urban environment in permeable spaces, and design and construction of houses. The Department cannot quantify its investment at this stage but remains committed to ensuring safe human settlements for its beneficiaries.

The Provincial Department of Social Development

The Social Cluster addresses the care and support of families at risk. This approach is within the life cycle of a family and will include beneficiaries such as children, learners at school, youth at risk, disabled individuals, adults and older persons.

Programmes such as Child protection risk assessments, alternative placement with safety parents, foster care and child and youth care centres, adoptions, prevention and early intervention and family/parenting programmes:

• Youth supported with challenging behaviour.
• Youth development with a focus on job creation and skills development.
• Providing food relief to families at risk.
• Care and support to people with disabilities.
• Care and support to women and children exposed to gender-based violence.
• Care and support for the homeless.
• Care and Support to older persons.

The Provincial Department of Education

WCED is responsible for strengthening learners’ and educators’ resilience to violence through:

• Upgrading the physical security infrastructure of schools to increase school safety – led by the Western Cape Education Department;
• Implementing programmes aimed at reducing violence on school grounds, including the Western Cape Department of Education’s Transform to Perform initiative – led by the Western Cape Education Department with the support of the Western Cape Department of the Premier on the Growth Mindset pillar of the Transform to Perform initiative;
• Support educators who interact with youth at risk or work in environments with high levels of violence – led by the Western Cape Education Department with the support of the Western Cape Department of Community Safety

The department has identified three programmes as follows:

• Fencing project
• Transform to Perform/Growth Mindset
• Support educators who interact with youth at risk or work in environments with high levels of violence

The budget allocation for each programme is:

• To increase school safety through an upgrade of physical infrastructure, a total of  R37 500 000.00 has been allocated towards fencing for 30 schools per year.
• Reducing violence on school grounds and Growth Mindset pillar of the Transform to Perform initiative: there is no specific attached budget as training material and courses are developed internally and conducted by the Directorate of Business Strategy and Stakeholder Management.
• Support educators who interact with youth at risk or work in environments with high levels of violence. The budget allocated for 2022/23 is R3 419 038.00.