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The Illegal Abalone Trade in the Western Cape Khalil Goga
ISS PAPER 261 | AUGUST 2014 The illegal abalone trade in the Western Cape Khalil Goga Summary This case study provides the context in which the abalone trade in South Africa occurs, describes the various stages of the trade and analyses the impact of the illegal trade on governance. The community of Hout Bay was chosen as it appears to typify the trade across the Western Cape. The report concludes that criminal governance in the abalone trade takes various forms. These include the marginalised turning to the informal economy; both abalone wholesalers and gangsters developing a level of power over a region that renders them parallel sources of authority; the corruption and co-opting of state offi cials; and, arguably, the state’s reliance on the seizure of poached abalone. THE ILLEGAL ABALONE TRADE resource management and consists of study can reduce certain conceptual provides an important case study of a numerous complexities that threaten barriers that exist in understanding the criminal network in Cape Town and how sustainable utilisation. First is the poaching trade. Von Lampe argues that it impacts on governance. The supply involvement of a broad spectrum of if one is to defi ne criminal networks as chain, or market processes of this role-players, ranging from those at ’sets of actors that are connected by trade reveal a number of connections the water’s edge to highly organised ties that in some way or other support that warrant further study. Of particular syndicates. Whether involved as the commission of illegal acts’, they importance are the production, divers, assistants, bag carriers, will constitute the ’least common transportation and distribution look-outs, transporters, or buyers, denominator of organised crime and processes, and the networks used. -
Somalinomics
SOMALINOMICS A CASE STUDY ON THE ECONOMICS OF SOMALI INFORMAL TRADE IN THE WESTERN CAPE VANYA GASTROW WITH RONI AMIT 2013 | ACMS RESEARCH REPORT ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This research report was produced by the African Centre for Migration & Society at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, with support from Atlantic Philanthropies. The report was researched and written by Vanya Gastrow, with supervision and contributions from Roni Amit. Mohamed Aden Osman, Sakhiwo ‘Toto’ Gxabela, and Wanda Bici provided research assistance in the field sites. ACMS wishes to acknowledge the research support of various individuals, organisations and government departments. Abdi Ahmed Aden and Mohamed Abshir Fatule of the Somali Retailers Association shared valuable information on the experiences of Somali traders in Cape Town. Abdikadir Khalif and Mohamed Aden Osman of the Somali Association of South Africa, and Abdirizak Mursal Farah of the Somali Refugee Aid Agency assisted in providing advice and arranging venues for interviews in Bellville and Mitchells Plain. Community activist Mohamed Ahmed Afrah Omar also provided advice and support towards the research. The South African Police Service (SAPS) introduced ACMS to relevant station commanders who in turn facilitated interviews with sector managers as well as detectives at their stations. Fundiswa Hoko at the SAPS Western Cape provincial office provided quick and efficient coordination. The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development facilitated interviews with prosecutors, and the National Prosecuting Authority provided ACMS with valuable data on prosecutions relating to ‘xenophobia cases’. ACMS also acknowledges the many Somali traders and South African township residents who spoke openly with ACMS and shared their views and experiences. -
INTEGRATED HUMAN SETTLEMENTS FIVE-YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN July 2012 – June 2017 2013/14 REVIEW
INTEGRATED HUMAN SETTLEMENTS FIVE-YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN July 2012 – June 2017 2013/14 REVIEW THE CITY OF CAPE TOWN’S VISION & MISSION The vision and mission of the City of Cape Town is threefold: • To be an opportunity city that creates an enabling environment for economic growth and job creation • To deliver quality services to all residents • To serve the citizens of Cape Town as a well-governed and corruption-free administration The City of Cape Town pursues a multi-pronged vision to: • be a prosperous city that creates an enabling and inclusive environment for shared economic growth and development; • achieve effective and equitable service delivery; and • serve the citizens of Cape Town as a well-governed and effectively run administration. In striving to achieve this vision, the City’s mission is to: • contribute actively to the development of its environmental, human and social capital; • offer high-quality services to all who live in, do business in, or visit Cape Town as tourists; and • be known for its efficient, effective and caring government. Spearheading this resolve is a focus on infrastructure investment and maintenance to provide a sustainable drive for economic growth and development, greater economic freedom, and increased opportunities for investment and job creation. To achieve its vision, the City of Cape Town will build on the strategic focus areas it has identified as the cornerstones of a successful and thriving city, and which form the foundation of its Five-year Integrated Development Plan. The vision is built on five key pillars: THE OPPORTUNITY CITY Pillar 1: Ensure that Cape Town continues to grow as an opportunity city THE SAFE CITY Pillar 2: Make Cape Town an increasingly safe city THE CARING CITY Pillar 3: Make Cape Town even more of a caring city THE INCLUSIVE CITY Pillar 4: Ensure that Cape Town is an inclusive city THE WELL-RUN CITY Pillar 5: Make sure Cape Town continues to be a well-run city These five focus areas inform all the City’s plans and policies. -
Informal Settlement Upgrading in Cape Town’S Hangberg: Local Government, Urban Governance and the ‘Right to the City’
Informal Settlement Upgrading in Cape Town’s Hangberg: Local Government, Urban Governance and the ‘Right to the City’ by Walter Vincent Patrick Fieuw Thesis presented in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Philosophy in Sustainable Development Planning and Management in the Faculty of Economics and Management Sciences at Stellenbosch University Supervisor: Dr Firoz Khan December 2011 Stellenbosch University http://scholar.sun.ac.za Declaration By submitting this thesis electronically, I declare that the entirety of the work contained therein is my own, original work, that I am the sole author thereof (save to the extent explicitly otherwise stated), that reproduction and publication thereof by Stellenbosch University will not infringe any third party rights and that I have not previously in its entirety or in part submitted it for obtaining any qualification. Signature Walter Fieuw Name in full 22/11/2011 Date Copyright © 2011 Stellenbosch University All rights reserved ii Stellenbosch University http://scholar.sun.ac.za Abstract Integrating the poor into the fibre of the city is an important theme in housing and urban policies in post‐apartheid South Africa. In other words, the need for making place for the ‘black’ majority in urban spaces previously reserved for ‘whites’ is premised on notions of equity and social change in a democratic political dispensation. However, these potentially transformative thrusts have been eclipsed by more conservative, neoliberal developmental trajectories. Failure to transform apartheid spatialities has worsened income distribution, intensified suburban sprawl, and increased the daily livelihood costs of the poor. After a decade of unintended consequences, new policy directives on informal settlements were initiated through Breaking New Ground (DoH 2004b). -
Property, Housing and Neo- Apartheid Segregation in Hout Bay
Chapter Three Selling the Mountain: property, housing and neo- apartheid segregation in Hout Bay Figure 3.1. The global property market comes to the fishing village In July 2009, an article in the Sunday Times, the leading national newspaper, claimed that the Sentinel Mountain in Hout Bay was on the property market by auction, and that enquiries had been made by ‘talk show host Oprah Winfrey, hotel magnate Sol Kerzner, Donald Trump jnr as well as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’. In addition, the article continued, ‘the new owners could, if they wished ... name the peak after themselves as the Sentinel was not a registered trademark. Auctioneers had reportedly turned down two offers, including one for R15 1 million’ (News24 2009). Not surprisingly, alarm spread through Hangberg, the major settlement on the Sentinel Mountain. On 16 July 2009, the morning of the auction, a crowd of 300 protesters from Hangberg gathered outside the site of the sale, the Chapman’s Peak Hotel, led by the Hout Bay Civic. According to Isaac James, a Hout Bay Civic leader, they wanted to ‘sit down with the auctioneers' to convince the owners to halt plans to sell the prized real estate (News24 2009). However, once it was clear that the auction was proceeding, the protest became confrontational. Some protesters began to throw stones, and the police opened fire on the crowd, showering them with rubber bullets and teargas. This confrontation quickly brought the auction to a halt. In the aftermath of this event, it transpired that it was not the whole of the Sentinel Mountain for sale, which would have included Hangberg on its lower reaches. -
Custodians of the Cape Peninsula: a Historical and Contemporary Ethnography of Urban Conservation in Cape Town
Custodians of the Cape Peninsula: A historical and contemporary ethnography of urban conservation in Cape Town by Janie Swanepoel Thesis presented in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Social Anthropology in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Stellenbosch University Supervisor: Prof Steven L. Robins December 2013 Stellenbosch University http://scholar.sun.ac.za Declaration By submitting this thesis electronically, I declare that the entirety of the work contained therein is my own, original work, that I am the sole author thereof (save to the extent explicitly otherwise stated), that reproduction and publication thereof by Stellenbosch University will not infringe any third party rights and that I have not previously in its entirety or in part submitted it for obtaining any qualification. December 2013 Copyright © 2013 Stellenbosch University All rights reserved II Stellenbosch University http://scholar.sun.ac.za ABSTRACT The official custodian of the Cape Peninsula mountain chain, located at the centre of Cape Town, is the Table Mountain National Park (TMNP). This park is South Africa’s only urban open-access park and has been declared a World Heritage Site. This thesis is an anthropological and historical examination of the past and present conservation of the Cape Peninsula . I provide an overview of the relationship between the urban environment and the Cape Peninsula aiming to illustrate the produced character of the mountains and its mediation in power relations. This study of custodianship reveals that protecting and conserving the Cape Peninsula is shaped by the politics of the urban and natural environment as well as by the experience of living in the city. -
PENINSULA MAP Visitor Information Centres Police Station WITSAND
MAMRE PELLA ATLANTIS Cape Town Tourism PENINSULA MAP Visitor Information Centres Police Station WITSAND R27 Transport Information Centre 0800 656 463 CAPE TOWN TOURISM SERVICES GENERAL TRAVEL INFORMATION: Champagne All you need to know about Cape Town P hila W d el Adam Tas e ph and travelling within the City. s i t a C Wellington o R302 a PHILADELPHIA s R304 t k KOEBERG M c RESERVATIONS: e You can do all your bookings via Cape Town Tourism a e l b m e i e R s Visitor Information Centres, online and via our Call Centre. b u an r V y n y a r J u Silwerstroom b SANPARKS BOOKINGS/SERVICES: s R304 Reservations, Activity Cards, Green e Main Beach lm a Cards & Permits at designated Visitor Information Centres. M ld DUYNEFONTEIN O R45 COMPUTICKET BOOKINGS: Book your Theatre, Events or Music Shows R312 at designated Visitor Information Centres. M19 Melkbosstrand N7 MELKBOSSTRAND R44 WEBTICKETS ONLINE BOOKINGS: Langenh Robben Island Trips, Kirstenbosch oven Concerts, Table Mountain Cable Car Trip at all Cape Town Tourism R304 PAARL M14 Visitor Information Centres. Suid Agter Paarl R302 R27 M58 CITY SIGHTSEEING HOP ON HOP OFF BUS TICKETS: Purchase your tickets Main West Coast at designated Visitor Information Centres. Otto Du Plessis l BLAAUWBERG e Lichtenberg w u e h p li Visse Adderley MYCITI BUS ROUTE SERVICE: Purchase and load your MyConnect Card rshok K N1 Big Bay BLOUBERGSTRAND at Cape Town International Airport and City Centre. Big Bay i le v West Coast M48 s on Marine m PARKLANDS Si m ROBBEN ISLAND a Wellington d ts o R302 KLAPMUTS TABLE -
Khayelitsha, Mitchells Plain, Greater Blue Downs District Draft Baseline and Analysis Report 2019 State of the Built Environment
STATE OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT Khayelitsha, Mitchells Plain, Greater Blue Downs District Draft Baseline and Analysis Report 2019 State of the Built Environment DRAFT Version 1.1 8 November 2019 Page 1 of 77 STATE OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT CONTENTS A. STATE OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT .................................................................................. 4 LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT TRENDS .................................................................................... 5 1. Built environment .............................................................................................................. 6 Residential...................................................................................................................... 6 1.2 Industrial ......................................................................................................................... 7 1.3 Retail and Office ........................................................................................................... 8 Mixed Use .................................................................................................................................. 9 Home based enterprises ......................................................................................................... 9 Smallholdings ............................................................................................................................ 9 Agricultural land ..................................................................................................................... -
AC097 FA Cape Town City Map.Indd
MAMRE 0 1 2 3 4 5 10 km PELLA ATLANTIS WITSAND R27 PHILADELPHIA R302 R304 KOEBERG R304 I CAME FOR DUYNEFONTEIN MAP R45 BEAUTIFULR312 M19 N7 MELKBOSSTRAND R44 LANDSCAPES,PAARL M14 R304 R302 R27 M58 AND I FOUND Blaauwberg BEAUTIFULN1 PEOPLE Big Bay BLOUBERGSTRAND M48 B6 ROBBEN ISLAND PARKLANDS R302 KLAPMUTS TABLE VIEW M13 JOOSTENBERG KILLARNEY DURBANVILLE VLAKTE City Centre GARDENS KRAAIFONTEIN N1 R44 Atlantic Seaboard Northern Suburbs SONSTRAAL M5 N7 Table Bay Sunset Beach R304 Peninsula R27 BOTHASIG KENRIDGE R101 M14 PLATTEKLOOF M15 Southern Suburbs M25 EDGEMEAD TYGER VALLEY MILNERTON SCOTTSDENE M16 M23 Cape Flats M8 BRACKENFELL Milnerton Lagoon N1 Mouille Point Granger Bay M5 Helderberg GREEN POINT ACACIA M25 BELLVILLE B6 WATERFRONT PARK GOODWOOD R304 Three Anchor Bay N1 R102 CAPE TOWN M7 PAROW M23 Northern Suburbs STADIUM PAARDEN KAYAMANDI SEA POINT EILAND R102 M12 MAITLAND RAVENSMEAD Blaauwberg Bantry Bay SALT RIVER M16 M16 ELSIESRIVIER CLIFTON OBSERVATORY M17 EPPING M10 City Centre KUILS RIVER STELLENBOSCH Clifton Bay LANGA INDUSTRIA M52 Cape Town Tourism RHODES R102 CAMPS BAY MEMORIAL BONTEHEUWEL MODDERDAM Visitor Information Centres MOWBRAY N2 R300 M62 B6 CABLE WAY ATHLONE BISHOP LAVIS M12 M12 M3 STADIUM CAPE TOWN TABLE MOUNTAIN M5 M22 INTERNATIONAL Police Station TABLE RONDEBOSCH ATHLONE AIRPORT BAKOVEN MOUNTAIN NATIONAL BELGRAVIA Koeël Bay PARK B6 NEWLANDS RYLANDS Hospital M4 CLAREMONT GUGULETU DELFT KIRSTENBOSCH M54 R310 Atlantic Seaboard BLUE DOWNS JAMESTOWN B6 Cape Town’s Big 6 M24 HANOVER NYANGA Oude Kraal KENILWORTH PARK -
Part 1 Linkages to Metropolitan Transport Hubs
PART 1 THE TOWNSHIP LINKAGES TO METROPOLITAN IMIZAMO YETHU TAXI ECONOMY TRANSPORT HUBS CENTRAL UNIT In January 2013 the Sustainable Livelihoods Foundation in partnership with the Department of Political Science at the University of the Western Cape undertook an CAPE AMALGAMATED area-based study of informal micro-enterprise activities in Imizamo Yethu. The research identified and then mapped the spatial distribution of economic activities. TAXI ASSOCIATION An important component of informal business in this township was the transport sector, comprising private vehicles, formal mini-bus taxis, informal taxis, school TAXI ASSOCIATION transport services, freight services and employee transport services. These various activities link the township to the Hout Bay local economy and key transport hubs within the Metro. As public transport is an important and profitable sector for emerging entrepreneurs, there has been considerable conflict between rival organisations and individual operators over market access to the routes serving commuters from Imizamo Yethu. This infographic presents the core findings of our CUTA research on the spatial characteristics and material flows of the township transport sector in a case study context. CATA Greenpoint BEFORE 10am AFTER 10am BEFORE 9am AFTER 9am Seapoint Cape Town Station ! CATA rank CATA rank IY IY IY IY CUTA rank CUTA rank ADULT FARES IY to Sea Point - R6 Spar Checkers Spar Checkers Checkers Checkers Spar Spar CTS to Sea Point - R6 IY to CTS - R10 Wynberg to Houtbay - R8 Wynberg to Victoria Hospital - R5 Wynberg to Southern Cross - R6 CATA rank CATA rank Hout Bay Harbour rank Hout Bay Harbour rank Camps Bay SCHOOL SERVICE THE ROUTE CAN ALTER IN RESPONSE TO THE Sentinel (7am) & Harbour High (7h30am) IMMEDIATE NEEDS OF R150 per month CUTA TAXI ROUTES THE CUSTOMERS CATA TAXI ROUTES The o cial route provides a link between Hout Bay, Imizamo Yethu and the Cape Town Station. -
Name Corporate/Franchise Address Line 1 Address Line 2 Suburb
Name Corporate/Franchise Address Line 1 Address Line 2 Suburb Greater Area/City Province Main Phone GAUTENG Domino's Pizza Alberton Corporate 1 Venter St Shop 7, Jacqueline Mall Alberton Johannesburg Gauteng 011 908 3180 Domino's Pizza Bellairs Corporate Cnr Malibongwe & Bellairs Dr Shop 34, Bel Air Shopping Mall North Riding Johannesburg Gauteng 011 704 0907 Domino's Pizza Benoni Rynfield Corporate 178 Pretoria Rd Shop 2, Rynfield Shopping Centre Rynfield Benoni Gauteng 011 425 2101 Domino's Pizza Boksburg Corporate Cnr Rietfontein Rd & Rigg St Shop 2, The Square Shopping Centre Jansen Park Boksburg Gauteng 011 826 7013 Domino's Pizza Bonaero Park Franchise Cnr Tempelhof South St & Louis Botha Rd Shop 28, Aero Shopping Centre Bonaero Park Kempton Park Gauteng 011 973 1020 Domino's Pizza Brakpan Corporate 757 Voortrekker Rd Video Town, Brakpan Building Brakpan East Rand Gauteng 011 744 4723 Domino's Pizza Bram Fischer Blairgowrie Corporate 117 Bram Fischer Dr Shop 1, Canterbury Crossing Shopping Centre Blairgowrie Randburg Gauteng 011 326 1111 Domino's Pizza Bryan Park Corporate Cnr Grosvenor Rd & Cumberland Ave Shop 19A, Bryan Park Shopping Centre Bryanston Johannesburg Gauteng 011 463 2528 Domiono's Pizza Cherry Lane Corporate Cnr Fehrsen & Middel St Erf 437, Nieuw Muckleneuk Brooklyn Pretoria Gauteng 012 346 3599 Domino's Pizza Comaro Crossing Corporate Cnr Oak Stt Boundary Rd Shop FF21B Oakdene Gauteng 011 759 7269 Domino's Pizza Faerie Glen Corporate Cnr Solomon Mahlangu Dr & Haymeadow Cres Shop 4, Dischem Centre Faerie Glen Pretoria -
City of Cape Town Profile
2 PROFILE: CITY OF CAPETOWN PROFILE: CITY OF CAPETOWN 3 Contents 1. Executive Summary ........................................................................................... 4 2. Introduction: Brief Overview ............................................................................. 8 2.1 Location ................................................................................................................................. 8 2.2 Historical Perspective ............................................................................................................ 9 2.3 Spatial Status ....................................................................................................................... 11 3. Social Development Profile ............................................................................. 12 3.1 Key Social Demographics ..................................................................................................... 12 3.1.1 Population ............................................................................................................................ 12 3.1.2 Gender Age and Race ........................................................................................................... 13 3.1.3 Households ........................................................................................................................... 14 3.2 Health Profile ....................................................................................................................... 15 3.3 COVID-19 ............................................................................................................................