PROVINSIE WES-KAAP PROVINCE OF THE WESTERN CAPE IPHONDO LENTSHONA KOLONI Provincial Gazette Extraordinary 6500 Friday, 15 February 2008 Registered at the Post Offıce as a Newspaper WHITE PAPER THE IKAPA GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY (IKAPA GDS) WHICH SERVES AS A WHITE PAPER FOR THE WESTERN CAPE WITSKRIF DIE IKAPA- GROEI- EN ONTWIKKELINGSTRATEGIE (IKAPA-GOS) WAT DIEN AS ’N WITSKRIF VIR DIE WES-KAAP IPHEPHA LENGCACISO ISICWANGCISO-NKQUBO SOKUHLUMA KUNYE NOPHUHLISO (IKAPA GDS) ESISEBENZA NJENGEPHEPHA LENGCACISO KUSENZELWA INTSHONA KOLONI 2 Province of Western Cape: Provincial Gazette Extraordinary 6500 15 February 2008 iKapa Elihlumayo GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY DRAFT WHITE PAPER White Paper 15 February 2008 15 February 2008 Province of Western Cape: Provincial Gazette Extraordinary 6500 3 Published by: Provincial Government of the Western Cape Department of the Premier Directorate Communications, Conceptualisation and Research 7 Wale Street Cape Town Copyright 2007@Provincial Government Western Cape Copyrights subsist in this work. No part of this work may be reproduced in any form or by any means without the written consent of the Provincial Government of the Western Cape. Any unauthorised reproduction of this work will constitute a copyright infringement. 4 Province of Western Cape: Provincial Gazette Extraordinary 6500 15 February 2008 FOREWORD The Western Cape Province is home to unrivalled natural beauty – founded in a rich tapestry of people and events that contributed to its historical heritage – and blessed with human, social and environmental resources that give this region a truly unique sense of place in the world. The Western Cape Province also, however, remains characterised by deep inequalities among its different peoples. This includes unequal access to economic activity as well as social divisions that exclude people on the basis of how they look, how they speak, how they pray, how they sing. And we have only recently started to gain an understanding of the need for policies and strategies that limit our human footprint on the environment. It is for these reasons that the accelerated implementation of the national democratic revolution requires all of us to intensify our efforts to strive towards human relations that are based on political equality and social inclusivity. Simultaneously, we need to ensure that we treat the environment in a manner that will sustain it for future generations. We believe that we can attain these goals in a fair and equitable manner only through a state that is courageous enough to intervene where the economy does not ensure shared growth and the continuous development of people and resources, where the will of the people steer our policies and programmes, where we address challenges such as poverty and underemployment in a holistic manner mindful of the human, social, economic and environmental costs and benefits of our decisions and where we commit ourselves to the principle of good governance. We call this a developmental state. A developmental state puts people at its centre and makes participatory democracy real for them. We gave careful and deep consideration to the realities of the Western Cape. This led us to craft a vision that seeks to make the province ‘A Home for All’, since we recognise that not all the people in the province have a sense of freedom, a sense of belonging, a sense of dignity, of prosperity, of human solidarity, of respect. The iKapa Growth and Development Strategy – which translates into ‘The Growing Cape’ – is the culmination of much thinking, broad consultation and a testing of its relevance as the overarching strategic thrust of that which will bring us closer to ‘A Home for All’. It is founded within the framework of the policies of the African National Congress and is tailored to the social, economic, environmental and political realities of the Western Cape province. Its successful implementation will require a collective effort across civil society, the various structures and spheres of government, business, labour and, in particular, the faith-based sector. This is the map, the guidebook and the tool kit for iKhaya Lethu Sonke –Ń Tuiste vir Almal – A Home for All. Let us use it in our classrooms, offices, clinics, hospitals, boardrooms, places of worship, spaces of recreation – and in our homes – as the plan to mobilise us around the plight of the poor, the vulnerable and those with special needs. 15 February 2008 Province of Western Cape: Provincial Gazette Extraordinary 6500 5 It is with a sense of great excitement, of humility born from a keen understanding of the magnitude of the task ahead, of the responsibility that this places on all of us and with a firm conviction that we are pioneering a new development trajectory for the province that I submit this strategy to the people of the Western Cape. Ebrahim Rasool Premier of the Western Cape 6 Province of Western Cape: Provincial Gazette Extraordinary 6500 15 February 2008 CONTENTS Foreword 4 Acknowledgements 7 Executive Summary 8 Abbreviations and Acronyms 15 Glossary of Terms 18 PART 1: DEVELOPMENTAL PERSPECTIVE 22 1.1 Introduction 22 1.2 Policy context 24 1.3 Problem statement 31 1.4 Approach 33 PART 2: STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK 41 2.1 Vision, goals and objectives 41 2.2 Lead interventions 42 PART 3: IMPLEMENTATION FRAMEWORK 62 3.1 Coordination and alignment 62 3.2 Monitoring and evaluation 76 3.3 Review of the iKapa GDS 78 3.4 Conclusion 80 ANNEXURE A: Situational Analysis 81 ANNEXURE B: Compendium of Indicators 110 List of Tables and Figures 115 References 117 15 February 2008 Province of Western Cape: Provincial Gazette Extraordinary 6500 7 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The Department of the Premier, Provincial Government of the Western Cape, would like to thank the following people for their valuable contribution to this work: Premier Ebrahim Rasool and members of the Provincial Cabinet, Directors-General Dr Gilbert Lawrence and Virginia Petersen, Heads of Departments, Deputy Directors-General Dr Laurine Platzky and Andrew Mphela, Department of the Premier staff, Nthato Gobodo, Jessica Katz, Solange Rosa, Anton Groenewald, Ashia Petersen, Thurston Marinus, Elijah Racoco, Zeenat Ishmail, Waleed Jacobs, Vicki-Lee Erfort and Feroza Seegers. The Department of the Premier would also like to thank and acknowledge the assistance and contribution of the following – our partners in this process and those who took time to comment on and give input into our strategy: Prof. Njabulo Ndebele (University of Cape Town: Vice Chancellor and Principal), Prof. Edgar Pieterse (University of Cape Town), Prof. Sue Parnell (University of Cape Town), Prof. Mark Swilling (Stellenbosch University), Martin de Wit (Stellenbosch University), Dr Jim Leatt (CEO of CHEC), Gavin Anderson (Aktivity Associates), Samantha Ralston (CapeNature), Department of Water Affairs and Forestry officials, Marelize de Wet (SALGA), Emille van Heyningen (City of Cape Town: Strategy and Planning), Herbert Hirsch (PDC Business), Ruan Kruger (DBSA), Eric Stillerman (Natgrowth), Ruth Forbes and Tim Hough (Khaedu Consultants), Raymond Vicani (Khayelitsha Youth Development Council), Liz and David Wheeler and Stephen Davey (Amathemba Environmental Consultants), Prof. Owen Crankshaw, Shirley Robinson and the social partners of the Provincial Development Council. Editing and proofreading x Freda Barwell x Officials of the Directorate: Communications of the Department of the Premier: Charlene du Toit, Clayton Wakeford, Elise Engelbrecht, Susan Lotz, Allison Smith x Derrick Fine Production management and design Hip Hop Media Lounge. 8 Province of Western Cape: Provincial Gazette Extraordinary 6500 15 February 2008 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY iKapa Elihlumayo 2014: A Vision of ‘A Home for All’ By 2014, the Western Cape will have made good progress towards becoming a sustainable ‘Home for All’. Residents will live in safe, spatially integrated communities, whether poor or rich, girl or boy, regardless of mother tongue, race, creed or where each resident currently lives within either urban or rural areas. The Western Cape will be an empowering place to live, with improved opportunities through shared growth and integrated, sustainable development. All residents will enjoy a quality of life based on improved economic and social opportunities, greater equality and better access to assets, resources and healthy living environments that foster well-being for both today’s generations and for generations of the future. This vision will be supported by broader economic participation, which will fuel a higher-than-average growth rate within the carrying capacity of the natural resource base – including our ecosystems of air, water, land and biodiversity – and which will be protected and enhanced by iKapa Elihlumayo. iKapa Elihlumayo is isiXhosa for ‘growing and sharing the Cape’. The Western Cape Growth and Development Strategy (iKapa GDS) deepens the province’s commitment to achieving the vision of the Western Cape (WC) as ‘A Home for All’. The iKapa GDS aims to build this home by shifting the development path of the WC towards a future of shared growth and integrated, sustainable development. The Provincial Government of the Western Cape (PGWC) is leading this process but its success depends on strong partnerships with labour, civil society and business. The iKapa GDS provides the PGWC with a clear strategic framework for accelerated and shared economic growth through thorough developmental intervention in the WC in favour of all its residents, particularly the poor, while