SETTLEMENT PROFILE CATEGORISATION CODE/S De Hoop B2 B2 - NO URGENT RELOCATION REQUIRED Municipality: OUDTSHOORN MUNICIPALITY Closest town: OUDTSHOORN Growth potential: Established: 2006 Medium* Structures: 4 TOWN LEVEL MAP HISTORY AS TOLD BY THE COMMUNITY The residents were evicted from farms and then settled in an open space next to the railway track. Oudtshoorn De Hoop SUMMARY De Hoop is a very low density settlement located on privately long term development potential in its current location, no owned land, outside the urban edge and zoned as authority. The urgent relocation is required. The municipality should ensure settlement is largely isolated from health facilities, secondary that it intervenes by providing a mobile clinic to service the education and socio-economic amenities. The settlement settlement, by providing transport to and from the hospital and is located on a slope, an electrical servitude and next to a that it encourages the community to establish spaza shops. railway line. The community suffers from man-made risks, The municipality should ensure that it implements short term which are all attributed to the lack of basic services such as interventions to improve access to basic services and assess inadequate sanitation and waste management. The settlement alternatives for electrical provision so that the quality of life in has been categorised as B2. Based on the fact that there is no the settlement is improved until relocation can occur. SHORT TERM INTERVENTIONS • Provide concrete storm water drainage channels. • Investigate the possibility of providing electricity to the • Assess the possibility of providing the community with community even though the settlement is located on better sanitation services other than chemical toilets, privately owned land. which are reported to be clogged with filth. • The municipality should regularly engage with the • Provide a communal skip for a more organised waste community and provide support on implementing management system. community priorities. • Regularly distribute black bags and regularly collect waste. *Western Cape Government (2014) Growth Potential Study. [Online] Available at: www.westerncape.gov.za/eadp/sites/ Page 1 default/files/your-resource-library/2014. SETTLEMENT PROFILE: DE HOOP COMMUNITY PRIORITIES COMMUNITY READINESS Short term: Leadership: No leaders • Access to shelter Relocation plan to housing development. Internal community relations: Generally cooperative Relationship with municipality: Good ASSESSMENT The settlement has no leadership structure. Nevertheless community members generally cooperate with each other. However, they never convene a general meeting. The community and the municipality meet once a year and have a good relationship. Both should meet more regularly. The community should appoint one person to liaise with the municipality regarding the implementation of community priorities and support for social related issues in the community. DEMOGRAPHICS COMMUNITY VOICES We want the municipality to share the 4 4 12 relocation plan with us. STRUCTURES HOUSEHOLDS PEOPLE PLANNING RELATED ISSUES 100% Land ownership: Private Servitude: Electricity Zoning: Authority Household density: 4 HH/Ha (HH/Ha - households per hectare) Evaluation of categorisation This very low density settlement of 4 households has existed for 10 years. It is located on privately owned land and is zoned as authority. The settlement has been categorised as B2. Based on the analysis, the settlement should be relocated because in its current location, the settlement has no long term development potential. In addition the settlement is located on privately owned land. This means that the government cannot make financial investments that private landowners could benefit from. There are municipal plans to provide water and sanitation services to the settlement, which should be implemented. The municipality should also assess whether it can implement short term interventions until the settlement can be relocated to a housing project. Comment on past relocation attempts The community reported that the settlement has not been slated for relocation. However, people located under the electrical servitude and railway line were relocated to their relatives. The community reported that the settlement is currently under threat of relocation. Municipal plans for the settlement concern water and sanitation provision. Page 2 SETTLEMENT PROFILE: DE HOOP HAZARDS AND RISKS SETTLEMENT MAP Man-made Natural risks • Inadequate sanitation • Railway track • Inadequate waste • Slope greater than 18 management • Under power lines ! ! • Rock falls Assessment The settlement has locational risks such as being closely located ! to a railway track, on a slope greater than 18 and under power lines. The community experiences no natural disasters but is at risk of man-made hazards such as inadequate sanitation and waste management. The settlement is largely isolated and although the community reports that they have a good Legend relationship with the municipality, access to services is poor. The ! Taps ! municipality needs to ensure that short term interventions are Toilets implemented and that it provides access to health facilities in the form of a mobile clinic. The community reported that crime presents a problem in the settlement. The municipality should facilitate law enforcement to conduct regular patrols in the area and encourage the development of a neighbourhood watch. BASIC SERVICES Service assessment The settlement has poor access to basic services. Bulk service capacity, electrical connections or street lights are not available in the settlement. There is poor provision of sanitation services in the form of clogged up chemical toilets and 1 communal standpipe. There is no waste management system or storm water drainage channels. It generally takes two weeks for the municipality to perform general maintenance in the settlement. The municipality should engage with the community more regularly. As the settlement is low density and consists of 4 households, improvements related to basic services can significantly impact the quality of life in the settlement. SANITATION ELECTRICITY Working ratio 1:2 Shortfall 0 0 Pre-paid 2 chemical toilets are managed by a service provider. The There are 0 electrical connections or street lights. community reports that the water tank of the chemical toilets is clogged with filth. There is no shortfall, however the municipality should assess whether it can provide the community with better sanitation services. WATER WASTE Working ratio 1:4 Shortfall 0 Waste management: Common area outside settlement 1 communal standpipe is located on the edge of the There is no waste management system. The community settlement and maintained by the municipality. burns waste outside the settlement next to the railway line. The municipality should provide a communal skip for a more organised waste management system, regular distribution of black bags and regular waste collection. Page 3 SETTLEMENT PROFILE: DE HOOP SOCIO-ECONOMIC AMENITIES As the settlement has no access to health facilities, the municipality needs to ensure that it provides a mobile clinic to service the settlement and transport residents to and from the closest hospital. The community has good access to a preschool and primary school but no LESS THAN access to a secondary school. Only a few children attend school in the settlement (up to 50%). The N/A N/A 1km N/A preschool and primary school are located less than 1km away, which is a 10 minute walk. No SECONDARY secondary school is located within a 5km radius. CLINIC HOSPITAL PRIMARY SCHOOL SCHOOL The community has no access to socio-economic amenities or community facilities. EMPLOYMENT PROFILE % of employed men and women 2.5% 2.5% 95% 2.5% 2.5% Farm work Gardening Domestic work Community members predominantly work as farm labourers (95%), gardeners and domestic workers. Farm work is considered seasonal and can create vulnerable livelihoods for households that could be without income for months at a time. Gardening and domestic work are low income earning types of employment. The municipality should extend the EPWP programme to the settlement as well as implement skills upgrading and training to improve access to employment for this community. 95% David Alli (Pr Pln) Page 4 Western Cape Government- Department of Human Settlements Tel: 021 483 4145 Email: [email protected] SETTLEMENT PROFILE CATEGORISATION CODE/S Riemvasmaak B1 Bloom Neck B1 - IN SITU UPGRADING Growth potential: Municipality: OUDTSHOORN MUNICIPALITY Medium* Closest town: DE RUST Established: 2011 Structures: 484 TOWN LEVEL MAP HISTORY AS TOLD BY THE COMMUNITY The settlement was formed by people who were chased away by farmers and pensioners. Now young people who want to have their own houses have started to build this informal settlement with the hope of getting decent houses. De Rust Riemvasmaak Bloom Neck SUMMARY Riemvasmaak is a low density settlement located on municipally a leadership structure. Through supporting the community owned land, zoned for public open space and located inside the to implement short term interventions, the municipality will urban edge. No servitudes or encumbrances hinder the future assist with alleviating shortfalls and improve access to basic development potential of the site. The community is well located services. Additionally, transport should be provided to and to a clinic, educational and socio-economic amenities. The from the closest hospital.