Provincial Planning Framework
PROVINCIAL STRATEGIC PLAN (2019 – 2024)
The Provincial Strategic Plan (PSP) sets out the Western Cape Government’s (WCG) vision and strategic priorities. The PSP 2019-2024 builds on the firm foundations that were put in place during the last two terms of office and entails the following:
1 Safe and cohesive communities
The Western Cape is a place where residents and visitors feel safe
Enhanced capacity and effectiveness of policing and law enforcement
Strengthened youth-at-risk referral pathways and child- and family-centred initiatives to reduce violence
Increased social cohesion and safety of public spaces
Enhance enforcement capacity in targeted priority precincts
Improve evidence-based, professional policing through community safety oversight initiatives
Strengthen crime prevention partnerships with non- government role players
The First 1000 Days initiative
The Eye-on-the-Child (and Youth) safety priority
The Child Care and Child Protection programme
Expansion of the Child and Youth Care Centres
The school-based violence prevention programme
Address upstream factors such as alcohol and drug use
Identify opportunities for crime prevention through planning, design, and management
Give attention to strategic government-managed areas
The WCG will manage its own safety and security risks
Re-orientate schools as a community resource and after school programmes to youth-at-risk
Improve neighbourhood cleanliness
The WCG will support municipalities with the installation of street and high-mast aerial lighting and surveillance cameras
2 Growth and Jobs
An enabling, competitive economy which creates jobs and is demand-led and private sector driven
Increasing investment
Building and maintaining infrastructure
Growing the economy through export growth
Creating opportunities for job creation through skills development
Creating an enabling environment for economic growth through resource resilience
Remove obstacles to investment
Investment promotion and business retention
Attract investment in catalytic infrastructure
Secure energy supply within the Province
Support municipalities to reduce infrastructure underspending and carry out medium to long term infrastructure planning
Implement innovative models to spend infrastructure funds effectively and efficiently and better utilise government assets
Place particular focus on the maintenance and protection of core provincial infrastructure and investment in resource resilient infrastructure
The WCG will release assets that are non-strategic or core assets that can be better utilised by the private sector
The WCG will support municipalities with the identification and project preparation of catalytic economic infrastructure
Tradable sector development
Export promotion
African trade markets
Improved market access
Provincial Freight Strategy
Support youth skills development initiatives
Prioritise skills development in the rural landscape
The WCG will implement a graduate intern programme and industry intern programme
Assist local emerging contractors through an Emerging Contractor Development Programme and Labour Intensive programme
Climate change resilience
Energy security
Water security
Waste management and the waste economy
3 Empowering People
Residents of the Western Cape have opportunities to shape their lives and the lives of others, to ensure a meaningful and dignified life
Children and families
Education and learning
Youth and skills
Health and wellness
Implementing the First 1000 Days Initiative
Increase access to quality early childhood development initiatives
Ensure that evidence-based care and services are provided to vulnerable families
Equip learners with the appropriate skills required for the 21st-century world of work
Implement the Foundation Phase Reading Strategy
Improve the quality of school accountability, functionality and support
Implement the Youth in Service programme and ensure youth programme quality across the WC
Effectively identify youth at risk and place them in targeted programmes
Expand and entrench After School Programmes
Improve wellness through prevention and healthy lifestyles programmes
Improve health systems and infrastructure reform
4 Mobility and Spatial Transformation
Residents live in well-connected, vibrant, and sustainable communities and move around efficiently on safe, affordable, low carbon public transport
Better linkages between places through safe, efficient and affordable public transport
Inclusive places of opportunity
More opportunities for people to live in better locations
Innovation for impact
Integrated service delivery
Governance transformation
Improve the rail service, especially to get the Central Rail Line working effectively
Expanded deployment of Railway Enforcement Officers
Increase the proportion of minibus taxis operating in accordance with basic standards and reduce the number of illegal minibus taxis on the road
Increase the proportion of road freight moving to rail to ease congestion and reduce the cost of maintaining the road network
Strengthen Traffic Law Enforcement through funding of additional officers
Improve local transport systems in partnership with non- metro municipalities, with a focus on public transport and non-motorised transport in poor and marginalised communities
Transit-oriented developments that are mixed-use and promote densification
Support municipalities to produce built-environment and infrastructure projects defined in their Spatial Development Frameworks and Capital Expenditure Frameworks
Ensure infrastructure resilience in the face of significant climate change impacts
The WCG will target 14 priority housing development areas for high density, mixed-use, mixed-income and mixed- tenure developments
The WCG will use state-owned land and buildings as catalysts for integration and spatial transformation
Build internal capacity for innovation in the WCG by establishing cross-departmental and external exchange programmes - Western Cape Exchange
Build an "innovation for impact" initiative to drive service delivery through innovative tools
Develop an innovative financing and procurement framework to assist with reducing barriers to deliver on the PSP outcomes
Implemented Integrated Work Plan and annual Integrated Implementation Plan through the JDA
Citizen Empowerment
Strengthening and maintaining governance and accountability
Improving the places where people live
The WCG will develop an inclusionary housing policy framework and provide policy assistance to municipalities
The WCG will support the identification of restructuring zones and intergovernmental investment pipelines for land release in municipal SDFs
The WCG will continue to roll out the Regional Socio-economic Programme (RSEP)
The WCG will continue supporting the 16 Rural Development Nodes
Improve and protect the quality of environmental systems to protect people from climate change risks
5 Innovation and Culture
Government services are delivered to the people of the Western Cape in an accessible, innovative, and citizen-centric way
Citizen-centric culture
Create capacitated leaders to sustain the desired culture through leadership maturity development using a value- based leadership development programme
Enable sustained vision clarity and passion for the purpose of the WCG through leader-led and vision-inspired engagement processes
Align the mindsets, competencies of WCG employees and WCG work practices to enable collaboration, ongoing learning, and adaptation at inter-departmental and intergovernmental levels
Develop and implement an employee value proposition to affirm the WCG as an employer of choice
Develop an integrated employee engagement, organisational culture, and citizen satisfaction index to facilitate alignment between the WCG service commitment and the citizen/user experience
ONE CAPE 2040
The One Cape 2040 is the Western Cape’s agenda for joint action on economic development. Like the National Development Plan (NDP), it should be viewed as a vision and strategy for society, rather than a plan of government, even though all three spheres of government are essential for implementation. One Cape 2040 is designed to complement national planning while homing in on the regional uniqueness of the Western Cape. It aligns many of the conclusions of the National Development Plan but has a narrower regional focus.
The One Cape 2040 challenge is;
“Creating a resilient, inclusive and competitive Western Cape with higher rates of employment, producing growing incomes, greater equality and an improved quality of life”.
The One Cape 2040 vision is;
“A highly skilled, innovation-driven, resource-efficient, connected, high opportunity and collaborative society”.
One Cape 2040 identifies six transition areas with goals and primary change levers.
Knowledge transition (Educating Cape)
Every person will have access to a good education that will ensure he or she is appropriately skilled for opportunity.
The Western Cape will enjoy a global reputation as a location of ecological, creative, scientific and social innovation excellence.
Working with parents and teachers to improve the learning and development environment of children.
Structured innovation networks linking researchers with investors and entrepreneurs.
Economic access transition (Enterprising Cape)
Any person who wants to be economically active can secure work.
The Western Cape is recognised internationally as an entrepreneurial destination of choice.
Intensive subsidised work experience creation supplemented by job intermediation services.
Focus on social enterprise as a vehicle for economic growth and jobs.
Ecological transition (Green Cape)
All people have access to water, energy and waste services that are delivered on a sustainable resource-efficient manner.
The Western Cape is a recognised leader and innovator in the green economy.
Energy and water infrastructure and regulation geared to sustainable resource use.
Focus on social enterprise as a vehicle for economic growth and jobs.
Cultural transition (Connecting Cape)
The communities that make up the Western Cape are confident, welcoming, inclusive and integrated.
The Western Cape is regarded as a global meeting point between East and West and an important connector with the new markets of Africa, Asia and Latin America.
Programmes to build inter-community partnerships and cohesion.
Expanded cultural and trade ties with targeted regions in Africa, Latin America and Asia.
Settlement transition (Living Cape)
The neighbourhoods and towns of the region are provided good quality of life to all and are accessible, have good public services and are rich in opportunity.
The Western Cape is ranked as one of greatest places to live in the world.
Shift from provision of subsidised housing to better household and community services including major improvement in public transport and pedestrian access.
Fast, cheap and reliable broadband and a safe living environment.
Institutional transition (Leading Cape)
Ambitious socially responsible leadership exists at all levels in our society.
The Western Cape is home to many world- class institutions in both the public and
private spheres.
Multi-level collaborations for innovation (EDP eco-system).
Leadership development to cultivate ambition and responsibility at all levels.
PROVINCIAL SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK (PSDF)
The purpose of the PSDF is inter alia to guide municipal integrated development plans (IDPs) and spatial development frameworks (SDFs). The PSDF aligns to the core spatial goals of ONE CAPE. The PDSF identified 3 main areas of intervention which are subdivided into 9 objectives, each with its own action plans and policies. The following table provides an overview of the intervention areas and objectives of the PSDF.
Socio economic development
Align the future settlement pattern of the Province with areas of economic potential and the location of environmental resources.
Deliver human development programmes and basic needs programmes wherever they are required.
Strategically invest scarce public resources where they will generate the highest socio-economic returns.
Support land reform.
Conserve and strengthen the sense of place of important natural, cultural and productive landscapes, artefacts and buildings.
Urban restructuring
End the apartheid structure of urban settlements.
Conveniently locate urban activities and promote public and non-motorized transport.
Environmental sustainability
Protect biodiversity and agricultural resources.
Minimize the consumption of scarce environmental resources particularly water, fuel, building materials, mineral resources, electricity and land.
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