Statement by the Executive Mayor of Cape Town,
Alderman Patricia de Lille
City will not be deterred by threats
I have received credible information from security services that there are
plans in place to disrupt an Integrated Development Plan (IDP) report
back session to be held in Khayelitsha tonight. I wish to make it very
clear that the City of Cape Town will not be deterred by such threats and
that we will not allow any part of the City to be turned into a no-go zone.
Therefore the public meeting will continue as scheduled, with the
necessary security provisions made to ensure that rights of law abiding
residents of Khayelitsha are not compromised.
These threats cannot be viewed in isolation from recent calls made by the
ANCYL to make the City and Province ungovernable through disrupting
transport routes and other forms of civil disobedience.
I would like to appeal to the leadership of the ANC as well as all other
community organisations in the area to help ensure that tonight’s meeting
goes ahead free of any form of disruption.
This meeting is the last in a series of public meetings which I and the
Mayoral Committee have successfully held across the City over the last
month. Similar meetings have already been held in Mitchells Plain, Grassy
Park, Strand, Atlantis and Kraaifontein.
The purpose of these meetings is for the political leadership of the City to
report back to communities on how the extensive public input into the IDP
has been carefully considered and used to inform the service delivery
priorities contained in the five-year development plan for the City.
The report back sessions are also used to explain to residents the
immediate development plans the City has for a given area.
In the case of Khayelitsha, I will be highlighting tonight the following
deliverables from an extensive list of area specific delivery targets for the
area:
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Each ward in Khayelitsha will receive R700 000 for funding of local
projects such as the upgrading of community facilities.
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Wards in Khayelitsha will receive part of the R10 000 000 additional
allocation as per the Mayoral Redress Programme.
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The provision of free call lines to report service delivery complaints.
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The extensive provision of free basic services to the indigent.
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R20 million job creation project through area cleaning.
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R9 000 000 allocated to improve health facilities, including a new
clinic in Town 2 and the expansion of the Luvuyo clinic.
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R3 275 196 allocated to enhance the provision of Anti-Retroviral
medication.
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R7 500 000 for an upgrade to the Vuyani Market.
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R1 000 000 for an upgrade to the Site C Meat Market.
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R2 000 000 allocation for the Monwabisi Chalet Development.
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Over R500 000 set aside for traffic calming measures.
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R8 000 000 for the revamping of Solomon Mahlangu Hall
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R2 500 000 for an upgrade to the Khayelitsha Wetlands.
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R300 000 for a new swimming pool in Site B.
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R22 000 000 for a new regional library in Kuyasa.
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R8 818 048 for the construction of the Harare Square Business Hub.
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Upgrades of the sewer network and water supply at a cost of over
R10 000 000.
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Updates on electrification in RR Section, DT Section, Enkanini, QQ
Section and Site C.
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A comprehensive update on all forms of housing projects currently
under construction and being planned for Khayelitsha.
It is clear that this is very important information for the residents of
Khayelitsha and is further evidence of this administration’s commitment
to building a Caring City that ensures quality service provision to all who
live in the City of Cape Town.
It is my sincere wish that we will be able to inform residents of
Khayelitsha of this progress, in an environment free from intimidation and
disruption.