KING SABATA DALINDYEBO LOCAL MUNICIPALITY Community Safety Plan
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KING SABATA DALINDYEBO LOCAL MUNICIPALITY Community Safety Plan 2019–2022 KING SABATA DALINDYEBO LOCAL MUNICIPALITY Community Safety Plan 2019–2022 Published by the King Sabata Dalindyebo Local Municipality, with the support of APCOF, GIZ, South African Local Government Association, Eastern Cape Province Community Safety Department, and the Civilian Secretariat for Police Service. Copyright © King Sabata Dalindyebo Local Municipality, 2019 Cover image: Alamy Designed, typeset and proofread by COMPRESS.dsl | www.compressdsl.com civilian secretariat Province of the EASTERN CAPE SAFETY & LIAISON Contents List of acronyms and abbreviations iv 1. Background 1 2. Profile of King Sabata Dalindyebo Local Municipality 2 2.1 Municipal overview 2 2.2 Delimitation of wards with newly established boundaries 4 2.3 Number of households by population group 5 2.4 Total employment 7 2.5 Education 8 2.6 Sanitation 10 2.7 Households by type of electricity 11 2.8 Roads and transport 12 3. Crime and Safety 13 4. Crime and violence in King Sabata Dalindyebo Local Municipality 14 5. Legislative and Policy Mandates 17 5.1 Local government’s mandate for creating a safe environment 17 5.2 Legislation 17 5.3 Policy 18 5.4 Responsibility for safety in King Sabata Dalindyebo Local Municipality 21 5.5 Oversight 21 6. King Sabata Dalindyebo Local Municipality Community Safety Intervention Plan 22 King Sabata Dalindyebo Local Municipality List of acronyms and abbreviations CPF Community Police Forum CSF Community Safety Forum GIZ Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit FCS Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences IDP Integrated Development Plan ISCPS Integrated Social Crime Prevention Strategy IUDF Integrated Urban Development Framework MA methamphetamine MMC Member of Mayoral Committee NCPS National Crime Prevention Strategy NDP National Development Plan, Vision 2030 NGO National Government Organisations SACENDU South African Community Epidemiology Network on Drug Use SAPS South African Police Services VIP Ventilated Improved Pit Latrine VOCS Victims of Crime Survey — iv — Community Safety Plan 2019–2022 1. Background The King Sabata Dalindyebo Local Municipality community safety plan, developed over a period of 12 months, is the result of an inclusive and consultative process. Based on a prior analysis of crime statistics in the municipality, an analysis of victim data and the Safety Strategy of the Eastern Cape province, participatory community safety audits were designed and conducted to focus on a key priority of the municipality: the safety of identified vulnerable groups, including the elderly, women, children and youth. Community safety planning workshops organised by Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), OR Tambo District Municipality and the Eastern Cape Department of Safety and Liaison were held to develop the safety plan. The workshops were held from 8–10 and 29–31 May 2018, 10–12 July 2018, 10–12 April 2019 and 5–7 June 2019. The resulting community safety plan for the King Sabata Dalindyebo Local Municipality is intended to inform the municipality’s Integrated Development Plan (IDP) for the current administration and identifies a number of interventions. These interventions will be expanded further by the local authority into individual costed business plans to be implemented within agreed timeframes. The King Sabata Dalindyebo Local Municipality acknowledges and appreciates the support of the Inclusive Violence and Crime Prevention Programme, a partnership of the OR Tambo District Municipality, Eastern Cape Department of Community Safety and Liaison, South African Local Government Association, GIZ, Centre for Justice and Crime Prevention and the African Policing Civilian Oversight Forum. — 1 — King Sabata Dalindyebo Local Municipality 2. Profile of King Sabata Dalindyebo Local Municipality Figure 1: King Sabata Dalindyebo Local Municipality 2030 vision The systems represented on the hand in the graphic are the cornerstone of King Sabata Dalindyebo Local Municipality’s masterplan. The 2030 vision is broken down into a five-segment plan, and is reflected in the municipality’s IDP. 2.1 Municipal overview The King Sabata Dalindyebo Local Municipality is situated in the OR Tambo District Municipality, in the inland of the Eastern Cape province in the Republic of South Africa. King Sabata Dalindyebo Local Municipality was established before the 2000 local government elections when the Mthatha and Mqanduli transitional and rural areas were merged. The municipality was named after King Sabata Dalindyebo because he was seen as a unifying figure to the people of both Mthatha and Mqanduli, and as a hero who fought for the freedom of South Africa. The municipality’s main offices are in Mthatha, with satellite offices located at Mqanduli. King Sabata Dalindyebo Local Municipality is the economic hub of the OR Tambo District Municipality, and host to both the local and district municipality’s offices. It comprises two amalgamated entities, the Mthatha and Mqanduli urban and rural magisterial areas. The municipality has both urban and rural characteristics, including a prominent national urban settlement and regional economic hub, as well as dispersed village-type rural settlements. The municipality covers an area of 3 027 km2 and currently has 36 wards as against 35 prior to 2016, with an estimated population of 494 000 people in 117 623 households. This equates to an average annual growth rate of 2.1% in the number of households from 2006 to 2016. However, with an — 2 — Community Safety Plan 2019–2022 average annual population growth rate of 1.23%, the average household size in the municipality is by implication decreasing. This is confirmed by the data, which show that the average household size decreased from approximately 4.6 individuals per household in 2006 to 4.2 persons per household in 2016. Mthatha is a major transport and regional service centre, dissected by the N2 running southwest to northeast through the town. As a gateway to a wide range of tourism offerings, Mthatha is a popular stopover point on the way to tourist attractions like Coffee Bay and Hole-in-the-Wall in the King Sabata Dalindyebo Local Municipality, and Port St Johns and Mbotyi in neighbouring local municipalities. It is linked to East London by the Kei Rail. Major economic activities in the municipality are forestry and agriculture, although agriculture is more of a subsistence nature. It is composed of a range of settlement forms and land uses, namely urban areas, rural settlements, privately owned farms and smallholdings. Neighbouring local municipalities are Nyandeni to the northeast, Mhlontlo to the north, Engcobo to the west and Mbhashe to the south. Figure 2: King Sabata Dalindyebo Local Municipality Flagstaff Qumbu MHLONTLO INGQUZA HILL Tsolo Lusikisiki PORT ST JOHNS Mthatha Libode NYANDENI Port St Johns KING SABATA DALINDYEBO Source: Redrawn and adapted from https://municipalities.co.za/map/1032/king-sabata-dalindyebo-local-municipality — 3 — King Sabata Dalindyebo Local Municipality 2.2 Delimitation of wards with newly established boundaries Figure 3: Delimitation of wards in King Sabata Dalindyebo Local Municipality Source: Demarcation Board 2016 Population statistics are important when analysing the municipality, as the population growth directly and indirectly impacts employment and unemployment, as well as other economic indicators such as economic growth and per capita income. With 494 000 people, the King Sabata Dalindyebo Local Municipality housed 0.9% of South Africa’s total population in 2016. Between 2006 and 2016 the population growth averaged 1.23% per annum, which is slightly lower than the growth rate of South Africa as a whole (1.54%). Compared to OR Tambo’s average annual growth rate (0.94%), the population growth rate in King Sabata Dalindyebo Local Municipality, at 1.23%, was slightly higher than that of the district municipality (Table 1). Females constitute 53% of the King Sabata Dalindyebo Local Municipality’s population and males 47%. Black Africans make up 99% of the population and coloureds 1%. In terms of age groups, those between the ages of 0 and 19 years constitute 48% of the population; 20–29 and 30–59 year olds, respectively, each comprise 23%; 60–79 year olds constitute 5% with those in the 80+ bracket making up the remaining 1%. — 4 — Community Safety Plan 2019–2022 Table 1: Total population: King Sabata Dalindyebo, OR Tambo, Eastern Cape and national total, 2006–2016 King OR Tambo Eastern National King Sabata King King Sabata (’000s) Cape total Dalindyebo Sabata Sabata Dalindyebo (’000s) (’000s) as % of Dalindyebo Dalindyebo district as % of as % of municipality province national 2006 437 000 1 340 000 6 450 000 47 800 000 32.6 6.8 0.91 2007 440 000 1 350 000 6 470 000 48 400 000 32.7 6.8 0.91 2008 445 000 1 350 000 6 500 000 49 100 000 32.8 6.8 0.91 2009 450 000 1 370 000 6 540 000 49 800 000 32.9 6.9 0.90 2010 456 000 1 380 000 6 600 000 50 700 000 33.0 6.9 0.90 2011 462 000 1 390 000 6 650 000 51 500 000 33.1 6.9 0.90 2012 467 000 1 410 000 6 710 000 52 400 000 33.2 7.0 0.89 2013 474 000 1 420 000 6 780 000 53 200 000 33.3 7.0 0.89 2014 480 000 1 440 000 6 850 000 54 100 000 33.4 7.0 0.89 2015 487 000 1 460 000 6 930 000 54 900 000 33.5 7.0 0.89 2016 494 000 1 470 000 7 010 000 55 700 000 33.5 7.0 0.89 Average annual growth 2006– 1.23% 0.94% 0.83% 1.54% 2016 Source: IHS Markit Regional eXplorer version 1181 2.3 Number of households by population group In 2016, the King Sabata Dalindyebo Local Municipality comprised 117 000 households.