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Geographic accessibility study of social facility and government service points for the metropolitan cities of Johannesburg and eThekwini 2011/12 PART C: SECTION 7 DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR 7 DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR: LABOUR OFFICES 7.1 SUMMARY OF FINDINGS .................................................................................................................... 1 7.2 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................... 1 7.3 FACILITIES ANALYSED AND THEIR DEFINITIONS ........................................................................... 2 7.4 STANDARDS ........................................................................................................................................ 3 7.5 SPECIFIC POLICY ISSUES AND DOCUMENTS CONSIDERED AS INPUT TO THE STUDY............ 4 7.6 SPECIFIC ANALYSIS PROCESS AND LOCATION FACTORS ........................................................... 4 7.7 ANALYSIS AND FINDINGS FOR LABOUR OFFICES IN JOHANNESBURG ...................................... 6 7.7.1 Summary of Criteria and Analysis Process ................................................................................... 6 7.7.2 Access to Services........................................................................................................................ 6 7.7.3 Served Regions ............................................................................................................................ 7 7.7.4 Unserved Regions ...................................................................................................................... 10 7.7.5 Intervention Strategy/ Proposed New Facilities .......................................................................... 13 7.7.6 Costing ........................................................................................................................................ 18 7.8 ANALYSIS AND FINDINGS FOR LABOUR OFFICES IN ETHEKWINI .............................................. 18 7.8.1 Summary of Criteria and Analysis Process ................................................................................. 18 7.8.2 Access to Services...................................................................................................................... 20 7.8.3 Served Regions .......................................................................................................................... 20 7.8.4 Unserved Regions ...................................................................................................................... 21 7.8.5 Intervention Strategy/ Proposed New Facilities .......................................................................... 25 7.8.6 Costing ........................................................................................................................................ 30 7.9 KEY FINDINGS FOR LABOUR OFFICES .......................................................................................... 30 7.9.1 General Trends and Common Issues ......................................................................................... 30 7.9.2 Summary Table of Facilities Required ........................................................................................ 31 7.9.3 Concluding Statement................................................................................................................. 31 7.10 ADDENDUM ........................................................................................................................................ 31 7.10.1 Record of Meetings ..................................................................................................................... 31 7.10.2 Contact Persons ......................................................................................................................... 32 CSIR/BE/SPS/ER/2012/0061/B i Geographic accessibility study of social facility and government service points for the metropolitan cities of Johannesburg and eThekwini 2011/12 TABLES Table 7.1: Summary of criteria and analysis process for Labour Offices in Johannesburg. ............................... 6 Table 7.2: Employable persons served in each distance band (constrained capacity) in Johannesburg ......... 10 Table 7.3: Access coverage statistics for proposed future distribution of Labour Offices in Johannesburg ..... 14 Table 7.4: List of current and proposed Labour Offices in Johannesburg showing estimated demand ........... 17 Table 7.5: Summary of criteria and analysis process for Labour Offices in eThekwini .................................... 18 Table 7.6: Employable persons served in each distance band (constrained capacity) in eThekwini ............... 21 Table 7.7: Access coverage statistics for proposed future distribution of Labour Offices in eThekwini ........... 26 Table 7.8: List of current and proposed Labour Offices in eThekwini showing estimated demand .................. 29 Table 7.9: Number of new and retained facilities proposed for Johannesburg and eThekwini ........................ 31 FIGURES Figure 7.1: The demand distribution of employable persons in Johannesburg (number of persons per hexagon) ..................................................................................................................................... 8 Figure 7.2: Travel distance to existing Labour Offices in Johannesburg ............................................................. 9 Figure 7.3: Areas served by existing Labour Offices in Johannesburg (capacity and distance constrained) .... 11 Figure 7.4: Areas unserved by existing Labour Offices in Johannesburg (number of persons per hexagon) – capacity and distance constrained ............................................................................................... 12 Figure 7.5: Areas served by proposed future distribution of 14 Labour Offices in Johannesburg ..................... 15 Figure 7.6: Areas remaining unserved after implementation of new office distribution in Johannesburg (number of persons per hexagon) ................................................................................................... 16 Figure 7.7: The demand distribution of employable persons in eThekwini (number of persons per hexagon) .. 19 Figure 7.8: Travel distance to existing Labour Offices in eThekwini .................................................................. 22 Figure 7.9: Areas served by existing Labour Offices in eThekwini (capacity and distance constrained) ........... 23 Figure 7.10: Areas unserved by existing Labour Offices in eThekwini (number of persons per hexagon) – capacity and distance constrained ........................................................................................... 24 Figure 7.11: Areas served by proposed future distribution of 16 Labour Offices in eThekwini ....................... 27 Figure 7.12: Areas remaining unserved after implementation of new office distribution in eThekwini (number of persons per hexagon) ............................................................................................... 28 CSIR/BE/SPS/ER/2012/0061/B ii Geographic accessibility study of social facility and government service points for the metropolitan cities of Johannesburg and eThekwini 2011/12 PART C: SECTION 7 DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR 7 DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR: LABOUR OFFICES 7.1 SUMMARY OF FINDINGS 7.1.1 The Labour Offices in both cities have good coverage based on the percentage of population served; however, the demand on certain of the offices is very high and additional facilities would reduce the pressure on these offices and spread the supply more equitably. 7.1.2 The mainly sparsely populated rural areas of eThekwini (north-west and south) have no service closer than 20 km. A minimum of two labour offices should be provided at Thusong Centres in the rural areas, namely at Mpumalanga and Umnini. An office at the proposed new urban Thusong Centre at Bridge City would duplicate somewhat the services currently provided at Phoenix but would be key in spreading the supply and in building an integrated government precinct in Bridge City. 7.1.3 In Johannesburg, the residents of Cosmo City and Rabie Ridge and some areas south-east of the CBD are more than 15 km from a Labour office. The development of a Labour Office at the proposed new Thusong Centre at Rabie Ridge/ Ivory Park would be a minimum intervention to take service coverage over 90%. 7.1.4 A further analysis, undertaken at the request of the Department of Labour (DoL), shows how the re- location of certain facilities as their leases expire can achieve a better distribution of services than that provided by the current Labour Offices. 7.1.5 It is acknowledged that facilities such as Labour Offices offer services across municipal boundaries and that this impacts on usage patterns. Particularly because of the high population density of Gauteng it would be beneficial to the DoL if additional studies covered the wider area of Gauteng. This extends beyond the study area of this project commissioned by the DPSA. There would be much benefit in extending the study area to incorporate the entire Province. The results show good coverage in Johannesburg. Before any facilities are planned close to the border of Johannesburg consideration should be given to any spare capacity available in neighbouring municipalities such as Alberton and Krugersdorp. 7.1.6 The study has established suitable access standards that can be used in any future studies of this type in metropolitan