INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2012 – 2017 2014/15 REVIEW VISION & MISSION OF THE CITY OF CAPE TOWN 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, and to provide help to those who need it most • To deliver quality services to all residents • To serve the citizens of Cape Town as a well-governed and corruption-free administration In pursuit of this vision, the City’s mission is as follows: • To contribute actively to the development of its environmental, human and social capital • To offer high-quality services to all who live in, do business in or visit Cape Town as tourists • To 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 is building on the strategic focus areas it has identified as the pillars of a successful and thriving city. These focus areas form the foundation of the City’s five-year Integrated Development Plan and are as follows: 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 of Cape Town’s plans and policies. 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These are the fivekey focus areasa caring city, that an opportunity inform city, an inclusive all city, asafe city, of and awell- the City’s aims to realise its vision for Cape Town by building on the five pillars of represents the overarching strategic framework through which the City The City of Cape Town’s five-year Integrated Development Plan(IDP) About the Integrated Development Plan Development About theIntegrated STRATEGIC FOCU STRATEGIC The 2014/15–2016/17budget The 2013/14 annualreport integrated The June 2017(2014/15review) July 2012– Plan, Strategic Five-Year HumanSettlements Integrated The (2014/15 review) DevelopmentPlan Integrated five-year The AREA 3 AREA S CITY CITY CARING HE T STRATEGIC FOCU STRATEGIC AREA 4AREA S IVE CITY IVE CITY S HE INCLU T STRATEGIC FOCU STRATEGIC AREA 5 AREA S HE WELL-RUN HE CITY WELL-RUN T STRATEGIC FOCU STRATEGIC 1 INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2012 – 2017 | 2014/15 REVIEW MESSAGE FROM THE EXECUTIVE Mayor OF CAPE TOWN The world is changing. As the global economy shifts, the Therefore, while there will always be numerous levers and forces developing world is generating financial forces with greater beyond our control, we can prepare strategies for development. strength and frequency than ever before. This has brought As such, the City of Cape Town will conduct numerous strategic numerous changes and challenges, and greatly accelerated the undertakings over the next few years, which will inform and processes of urbanisation. Now, more people than ever live in influence everything we do. The IDP is a strategic cities in search of a better life. The Integrated Development Plan (IDP) is such a strategy that framework for building a For their part, cities and the regions these cities support will inform our government over the next five years. We are city based on five pillars: the opportunity city, the have become recognised as drivers of economic growth and proud that this IDP has reached over one million people in an safe city, the caring city, development. This is due to a number of factors, including the extensive public participation process. This is proof that the IDP the inclusive city and the volume of people living in these areas, the critical mass of skills is a plan that belongs to all the people of Cape Town; a plan in well-run city. and labour that they represent, and the potential for economies which they all have a say. of scale created by these numbers. It provides the strategic framework for building a city based on These five key focus areas In development terms, over the next 20 years, growth will be five pillars: the opportunity city, the safe city, the caring city, the inform all the City’s plans and policies. driven by a multitude of mid-size cities, which is also the category inclusive city and the well-run city. These five key focus areas of city that best applies to Cape Town. inform all of the City’s plans and policies. They work together to inform the holistic view of development that this government Our regional position renders us well placed as a gateway to pursues. And in pursuing it, we will help to move this city forward. African markets. Our unique strengths, including our smaller size, good infrastructure, excellent service provision and In this way, the IDP helps us build Cape Town into the African city sophisticated higher-education network, make us ideally suited of the future, today. to build a competitive advantage in certain sectors. Such advantages bring with them economic growth, which creates jobs and provides resources – all of which leads to an increasingly inclusive society. To capitalise on its strengths and meet its challenges head-on, Cape Town must position itself ALDERMAN PATRICIA DE LILLE accordingly and unlock its full potential. Executive Mayor of Cape Town 2 INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2012 – 2017 | 2014/15 REVIEW INTRODUction BY THE City Manager A wise man once said: “If you don’t have a road map and you In compiling this IDP, we aimed to interact with as many don’t know where you are going, how will you know when you Capetonians as possible. At several public meetings, we have reached your destination?” discussed our plans and asked communities for their inputs on key deliverables, such as bulk infrastructure and housing The Integrated Development Plan (IDP) for the City of Cape targets, which we know will bring much-needed development Town is more than just a document that we are legally required to many parts of the city. to draft every five years. It provides us with the strategic framework within which we aim to deliver on the City’s five The City asked residents to have their say and we listened pillars – to make Cape Town a caring city, an opportunity city, an carefully to every piece of input we received. The IDP also describes inclusive city, a safe city and a well-run city. Our updated road map for the future is now complete and the the type of Cape Town that we want to leave for Through the five-year IDP, the City is able to: exact route for the next five years is described in this IDP. But this, like all City undertakings, is intended to be done in our children and for their • develop and articulate a clear vision; children’s children. It is partnership with all our communities. The City cannot do it on a city that people will be • identify its key development priorities; its own. True collaboration is the key to our success. proud to call their home; • formulate appropriate strategies; An exciting future lies ahead if we all work together to make a city that works for, and this the incredible city that our children should inherit from us. with, the people. • develop the appropriate organisational structure and systems; and • align resources with development priorities. The IDP also describes the type of Cape Town that we want to leave for our children and for their children’s children. It is a city that people will be proud to call their home; a city that works for, ACHMAT EBRAHIM and with, the people. City Manager INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2012 – 2017 | 2014/15 REVIEW 3 CONTENTS VISION & MISSION OF THE CITY OF CAPE TOWN IFC AbOuT the integrated development Plan 1 MESSAgE FrOM THE EXECuTIVE MAYOr OF CAPE TOWN 2 Introduction bY the City ManagEr 3 intrODuction 5 STRATEGIC FOCUS AREA 1: THE OPPORTUNITY CITY 25 STRATEGIC focus area 2: the safe city 53 STRATEGIC focus area 3: The caring city 61 STRATEGIC focus area 4: the incLusiVE city 77 STRATEGIC focus area 5: the WELL-run city 83 MANAGEMENT AND GOVERNANCE FRAMEWORKS 91 OVERVIEW OF BUDGET ASSUMPTIONS APPLIED TO THE 2012 – 2017 MEDIUM-TERM REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE FRAMEWORK 97 FIVE-YEAR CORPORATE SCORECARD 2012/13 – 2016/17 105 Addendums: Human SettLements proJect scheduLE 118 Annexures: List OF statutory, strategic AND operationaL