SAFETY & SECURITY
SPECIALISED LAW ENFORCEMENT
INFORMAL TRADING UNIT
MANDATE OF THE ITU
• To ensure the rights of public and formal business
are not infringed upon by the informal business
sector with in the public open space domain.
• Ensuring compliance to the Legislative and
Municipal agreements with in the approved
trading plan for the area.
• Actively engage with all internal and external role
players , by forming partnerships to address all
informal trading concerns and to find workable
solutions to challenges.
LEGISLATION
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Constitution
Municipal Systems Act
NRTA
Business Act 71/1991
Promotion of Administrative Justice PAJA
Municipal By Laws : Informal Trading , Streets &
Public Places & Nuisance , Health , Roads
Ordinance , Waste Management , Waste Water &
Industrial Effluent , Outdoor Advertising , Fire
Safety , Traffic , Parking By Laws.
PARTNERSHIPS
Internal
• Economic Development : Trading Plans & Permitting , Events
coordination .
• Land Use & Planning : Identify land use sage
• Roads, Transport : custodians of Road reserves and Public
Transport Interchanges
• Safety & Security :Metro Police, Traffic , Fire , Disaster
Management , Call Centre : Render logistical and manpower
support CCTV surveillance
• Health : Health permits clearance for food vendors.
• Revenue : Payments of fees and fines
• Legal Services: Legal support drafting of compliance notices &
attending to legal challenges on our enforcement actions
• Councillors & Sub Councils : Political Oversight on trading matters
PARTNERSHIPS
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Improvement Districts (CIDs):Crime & Grime Rent a Cop partner.
Trader associations : Manage traders in a area
Market managers; manages flea market in a area .
Informal traders
CBD Chamber of Business
Civilian Oversight Committee: oversee enforcement actions.
VPUU : Service provider uplifting previously disadvantaged areas
including trading planning for these areas they operate in.
Film & Publication Board : Counterfeit CDS , DVDs
SARS Customs : Illegal trade goods , Counterfeit goods.
Tabaco Industry SA (TISA) Illegal Cigarette sales.
Business Against Crime : Plastic Crate collections
Media : Press , Radio and TV
Law Enforcement Department
Safety & Security Directorate
• The Law Enforcement Department consist of two departments which
reports to the Chief of Law Enforcement Services .
• General Area Law Enforcement based in the North, East, West and South
of the City . They are responsible for all By Law Enforcement within their
areas but have a soft boundary approach to enforcement .Each area have
an Assistant Chief as a Head.
• The Specialised Law Enforcement are specialist in their field of
enforcement and operate across the City of Cape Town enforcing their
specialised functions as well all City By Laws. These Units are ;
• Informal Trading, Graffiti, PTI , MyCiti Bus headed by an Assistant Chief.
. Metal Theft Unit , Media Liaison headed by an Assistant Chief
• Liquor , Vice , Problem Buildings headed by an Assistant Chief.
• Anti land Invasion , Displace Persons Unit , Housing Rental Stock Unit
headed by an Assistant Chief.
• Rapid Response Unit headed by an Assistant Chief.
Partnerships
Rent a Cop officer
Roads department erecting sign
Specialised Law Enforcement Informal
Trading Unit
PTI OFFICERS
TABLES & CHAIRS
CAMPSBAY
LONG MARKET STREET
Green market square
OPERATIONS
STATION DECK PTI
BAG & TAG
CONFISCATED GOODS
Focus By Law Operations
Vehicle Wrecks
Zero Tolerance Briefing
CBDs Operations
Vagrant Clean up MP Town
Centre
Traders Cape Town CBD
CBD Operations
Athlone CBD
Grand Parade ITU & CIDs
The Future
Business sponsored vendor stalls
Parklets in CBDs
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THE END
PRESENTED BY
SHAUN GRAHAM SMITH