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FIRST EDITION 2012 • VOLUME 4 NO 4 • DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT AND PUBLIC WORKS NEWSLETTER

pg 3Safely Home pg 8Khayelitsha Hospital pg 10Speedsters look out! pg 14Major transformation

TRANSPORT AND PUBLIC WORKS AND SANTACO HONOURING FALLEN HEROES

DEPARTMENT of TRANSPORT & PUBLIC WORKS

Provincial Government of the Western Cape

TEN YEARS ON THE MOVE! From left Vernon Billet (Chairperson of the Western

Province Taxi Council), Jabulani Mthembu, SANTACO President, Robin Carlisle,

Western Cape MEC for Transport and Public Works, and Mandla Mata, Deputy

Chairman of SANTACO at the unveiling of a plaque to remember members of the

minibus taxi industry who lost their lives during taxi conflict the past decade.

The unveiling happened at the 10th anniversary celebrations of SANTACO in

the Western Cape. (Story and more pictures on page 4 and 5).

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT AND PUBLIC WORKS2

The first 2012 external newsletter of the Department of Transport and Public Works is a bumper edition and is crammed with good news and interesting stories.

The Department’s relationship with the minibus taxi industry is continuously improving and this has brought a number of good results. In September 2011 the South African National Taxi Association (SANTACO), celebrated its 10th anniversary. As part of Transport Month the Department unveiled a plaque in honour of members of the taxi industry who lost their lives during taxi conflict the last decade.

The Safely Home Campaign is continuing to produce good results. Through the combined efforts by the Department and other partners road deaths in our province continue to

decline. The Safely Home Campaign has been strengthened by technology called Average Speed Over Distance. This technology is now used on the R61 between Beaufort West and Aberdeen and it showed results immediately after being installed.

The Department has developed a framework that will lead to the rebirth of Cape Town’s central district. Called the Cape Town Central Regeneration Programme (CT-CCRP), this programme aims to transform the central city and improve it for small business development. CT-CCRP seeks to convert office space into living space to alleviate the city’s housing needs.

Transport Month was celebrated in October 2011 and Robin Carlisle, the Western Cape MEC for Transport and Public Works, and the National

Deputy Minister of Transport, Jeremy Cronin, visited the Transnet Rail Engineering Facility in Salt River. The visit marked the 150th anniversary of that facility.

The Department’s Expanded Public Works Programme through its Early Childhood Development Assistant Programme, trained 200 assistants and those who were trained had been employed in positions all over the province. The Public Works’ Branch of the Department continued with its excellent service delivery. Construction at the Khayelitsha District Hospital has been completed. Seventeen schools for learners from Grade R to Grade 12 have been completed or are in the process of completion.

EDITORIAL

The editorial team expresses the hope

that all our readers will have a

prosperous 2012. Remember, always

buckle up, and get Safely Home.

Photo: Mary Alexander, MediaClubSouthAfrica.com

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Those of you that use public transport or your personal cars will know that hardly a day goes by without you witnessing dangerous driving.

Drunk driving, speeding, cell phone use while driving, failure to wear seatbelts, not resting when tired, not ensuring one’s vehicle is roadworthy or not to watch out for pedestrians, continue to kill around 1 400 men, women and children on our roads each year.

“That’s almost the total number of people that work for the Western Cape Department of Transport and Public Works,” says MEC Carlisle.

“Behind each road death statistic is a tragic story of family loss and pain, and for each person that dies there are many more who are crippled physically and emotionally.

“In spite of all the people that kept telling me for a variety of reasons that it would not be possible to change driver behaviour on our roads, from the start I had faith in our ability to halve road deaths by 2014,” he says.

During October Transport Month last year, the MEC released road fatality statistics, from January 2009 to September 2011, showing that road deaths were nose-diving. The Safely Home Campaign has led to the saving of 773 lives.

“As we bring down the numbers of deaths on our roads so we bring about a decrease in human suffering and the tremendous cost of these crashes and deaths, freeing up billions of rand for other essential services,” MEC Carlisle says.

The MEC launched the Safely Home Campaign in 2009, a year in which the total number of fatalities on our roads dipped to 1567, representing a drop of 172.

In 2010 this number dropped again, this time to 1497, representing a drop of 242 on the 2008 figure. In 2011 the trend continued, leading to a significant reduction in road fatalities in the months leading up to and including September.

The MEC continued “By the end of September 2011 we had lost

971 lives on our roads, as opposed to 1330 in the first nine months of 2008.

“These statistics show that using the 2008 figure as the baseline, there are 773 people in our province today who would otherwise not be alive if it were not for our Safely Home Campaign.

“The average reduction in road fatalities, on a moving annual basis, from January 2009 to date, is 23.2%. We are halfway there,” the MEC says.

The MEC stresses the importance of the strong partnerships with the provincial Departments of Health and Community Safety, the City of Cape Town’s Community Safety Directorate, the SAPS and, “very importantly, a media that has taken ownership of the crucial role it can play to help us save lives.”

“The work done by our enforcement services has begun to make it clear to drivers that there can be severe consequences when they break the rules of the road.”

Recognition must also be given to the South African National Taxi Association (SANTACO), through their ‘Hlokomela’ (‘We Care’) Campaign, whose goal it is to ‘change the face of the taxi industry’, SANTACO has been supportive and a committed partner.

773 LIVES SAVED THROUGH DEPARTMENT’S SAFELY HOME CAMPAIGN

SAFElY HOME TEAM: From left David Frost (Programme Manager), Yasir Ahmed (Assistant

Executive Manager: Transport Regulation), Juanita van Eeden (Personal Assistant to Yasir

Ahmed), MEC for Transport and Public Works Robin Carlisle, Sawsan Khan (Project Governor),

Hector Elliot (Head of Ministry), and Kevin October (Project Manager).


The South African National Taxi Association (SANTACO) celebrated its 10th anniversary in September 2011 and to mark the occasion the Western Cape Department of Transport and Public Works and SANTACO held a commemoration event in Delft, Cape Town.

The event was used to honour members of the minibus taxi industry who died during taxi conflicts the last decade. The sound working relationship that developed between the Department and the minibus taxi industry during the last two years was another achievement celebrated. During this forging of good relations, there had been a significant reduction in the amount of fatal minibus taxi accidents. At the event veteran members of the minibus taxi industry were honoured and a plaque was unveiled to remember and honour those who lost their lives in taxi conflicts. The merger between SANTACO and the National Taxi Alliance was also celebrated.

History of SANTACOThe South African Taxi Industry has

come a long way since the very first taxi was introduced more than half a century ago. The birth of this industry was a direct result of the industrialisation, which forced black South Africans from their traditional homesteads to the cities to look for work. The Apartheid Land Act dispossessed the majority of people of their land and forced them into the urban labour market.

The emergence of this industry was both an opportunity for black people to advance economically under very trying circumstances, as well as to provide a service to our people. With the taxi industry de-regularised in the eighties, the industry experienced uncontrolled growth and that led to conflict over routes and rank facilities. During the same period the industry boomed into a giant sector, boasting urban market share of 65 percent that soon became unmanageable in the absence of any form of regulatory framework.

The fragmentation of the industry across taxi association lines created serious problems, as these became power blocks vying for lucrative routes

and gave rise to violent confrontations. Unity initiatives before 1994 culminated in the establishment of the South African Taxi Council (SATACO). In 2001, under the watchful eye of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC), the process to democratise the industry was completed when a National Executive Committee was elected under the presidency of Mr Thomas Muofhe. The organisation, now called the South African National Taxi Council (SANTACO), is formally recognised by government as the legitimate industry representative.

The Industry TodayThe minibus taxi industry is a critical pillar of the South African public transport sector, operating and competing with the heavily subsidised bus industry for more than five decades. It does not receive any form of grant or subsidy from Government. Currently, the taxi industry is the most available mode of transport to the largest number of transport ‘customers’ across a variety of income. Minibus taxis carry 65 percent of the 2.5 million annual passenger trips in the urban environment.

Presently, the taxi fleet consists of approximately 130 000 vehicles operating with legal transport permits. Approximately 95 000 are used for short and medium distance trips in the urban environment, and the remainder for rural and inter-city transport.

DEPARTMENT AND SANTACO HONOUR FALLEN TAXI HEROES AT 10TH ANNIVERSARY

CUT CAREFUllY: From left is Philip Taaibosch, the Secretrary General of SANTAC, Jabulani Mthembu, the President of SANTACO, and Vernon Billet, the President of the Western Cape Taxi Association. The MEC for Transport and Public Works, Robin Carlisle, right at the back, looks on.


The South African National Taxi Association, SANTACO, celebrated its 10th anniversary in Delft in Cape Town during October 2011 Transport Month. Members of the taxi industry who died during conflict and their families were honoured at the event. SANTACO also assisted the community and handed school uniforms to learners.

The event was attended by among others the Western Cape MEC for Transport and Public Works Robin Carlisle, the President of SANTACO, Mr. Jabulani Mthembu, the Deputy Chairperson of SANTACO Mr. Mandla Mata, the President of the Western Cape Taxi Association Mr. Vernon Billet, and Mr. Philip Taaibosch, the Secretary General of SANTACO.


DRUNK DRIVERS BEWARE! IF CAUGHT, YOU’LL BE NAMED AND SHAMED.

If you get caught driving drunk, you will be named and shamed! This is one of the tactics used by the Department of Transport and Public Works to end road deaths. If you get caught driving while drunk, are convicted of culpable homicide or are disqualified for applying for a learner’s, the department places your name on a list of offenders who committed the same crime. The list is frequently published in newspapers.

Below is a list of offenders who had their names published in 2011:

First name Surname Date of birth

Town where offence committed

Court where prosecution took place

Penalty 1 Penalty 2

Sikhum-buzo Matshikwe 12/23/1973 Bonnievale Swellendam Endorsement R6000.00 or 12 months in jail

Sarienus Stephan Ockers 4/25/1963 Swellendam Swellendam Endorsement R6000.00 or 12 months in jail

Ettiene Williams 8/7/1979 Abbotsdale Malmesbury Disqualified from obtaining a learners or drivers licence for 6 months

R8000.00 or 8 months in jail

Joseph Rutatso Ponoene 3/3/1977 Bloekombos Malmesbury Disqualified from obtaining a learners or drivers licence for 6 months


Ndumiso Jereph Jan 2/15/1965 Darling Malmesbury Disqualified from obtaining a learners or drivers licence for 6 months


Frans Matroos 9/27/1956 Mitchells Plain Swellendam Endorsement R6000.00 or 12 months in jail

Edwin Jonker 11/20/1988 Villiersdorp Villiersdorp Disqualified from obtaining a learners or drivers licence for 24 months

6 months in jail

Josias Marthinus Booi 8/4/1961 Caledon Caledon Disqualified from obtaining a learners or drivers licence for 6 months


Fredirick Jacob Pheiffer 7/23/1964 Hawston Villiersdorp Licence Suspended for 2 months

6 months in jail

Lucas Lebenya 3/15/1959 Sexfield Swellendam Endorsement R4000.00 or 20 months in jail

Marcelle Windvogel 4/12/1984 Swellendam Swellendam Disqualified from obtaining a learners or drivers licence for 12 months


Randall Pietersen 4/12/1984 Swellendam Swellendam Endorsement R6000.00 or 12 months in jail

December 2010




Penalty 1 Penalty 2

Saul Jonathan Facolyn 12/23/1973 Bonnievale Swellendam Endorsement R6000.00 or 12 months in jail

Ronaldo Meyer 20/12/1986 Atlantis Atlantis Licence Suspended for 6 months


Mbulelo Hlalukana 1/27/1984 Worcester Bellville Endorsement R8000.00 or 8 months in jail

Jermaele Johnson 10/20/1985 Belhar Bellville Disqualified from obtaining a learners or drivers licence for 6 months


Nandisiwe Kema 6/3/1977 Gugulethu Bellville Endorsement R6000.00 or 6 months in jail


DRUNK DRIVERS BEWARE! IF CAUGHT, YOU’LL BE NAMED AND SHAMED.

Alfred Quesheka 7/11/1984 Cape Town Belville Learner's Licence Cancelled. Declared unfit to obtain a Learner's or Driver's Licence for any period.

R6000.00 or 6 months in jail, R4000 or 4 months suspended for 5 years

Ricardo Mario Hannekom 6/18/1980 Cape Town Belville Licence Endorsed R4000.00 or 9 months in jail




Penalty 1 Penalty 2

Wandisile Kema 6/3/1977 Cape Town Belville Licence Endorsed R6000.00 or 6 months in jail, R4000 or 4 months suspended for 5 years

Benjamin Karools 10/5/1987 Belhar Blue Downs Licence Suspended for 6 months


Cedric Titus 3/5/1974 Eerste River Blue Downs Licence Suspended for 6 months


Desmond Hopley 10/2/1969 Elim Bredasdorp Licence Suspended for 3 months


Dawid Jacobs 10/10/1974 Bredas Dorp Bredasdorp Licence Suspended for 1 month


Marozaan Jameson 12/27/1988 Genadendal Bredasdorp Licence Suspended for 1 month


Joseph Kotsen 1/29/1974 Bredasdorp Bredasdorp Licence Suspended for 1 month


Randall Therrows Peters 3/26/1972 Arniston Bredasdorp Licence Suspended for 2 months


Edon Siegelaar 9/17/1972 Struisbaai Bredasdorp Licence Suspended for 1 month


Vernon Block 9/29/1983 Not available Caledon Licence Suspended for 4 months


Deon van der Merwe 7/22/1976 Villiersdorp Caledon Licence Suspended for 3 Years

Six months in jail suspended for 5 years

Mbuyiseli Nethe 6/20/1966 Khayelitsha Mitchells Plain Licence Suspended for 6 months

R20000.00 or 20 days in jail

Timmy Dube 6/6/1966 Mossel Bay Mossel Bay Licence Suspended 12 months


Lance Ulrich Meyer 4/12/1970 Mossel Bay Mossel Bay Licence Suspended for 2 years

R12000.00 or 3 years in jail

Rag Jacobs 10/13/1980 Porterville Piketberg Disqualified from obtaining a learners or drivers licence for 18 months


Daniel Sass 7/7/1963 Prins Albert Prince Albert Licence Suspended for 5 years

R5000.00 or 500 days in jail

Edmund Edzik 3/20/1954 Stellenbosch Swellendam Endorsement R6000.00 or 12 months in jail

Andrew Edward Lawrence 2/21/1975 Bredasdorp Swellendam Licence Suspended for 2 years as well as Endorsement


Sydney George Martin 12/15/1979 Swellendam Swellendam Endorsement R6000.00 or 12 months in jail

Neville Muller 8/31/1966 Barrydale Swellendam Endorsement R1800.00 or 10 months in jail

Pieter Wilkinson 4/5/1959 Swellendam Swellendam Licence Suspended for 2 years as well as Endorsement

R12000.00 or 2 years in jail

Henry Poenlies Witbooi 8/25/1970 Swellendam Swellendam Endorsement R6000.00 or 12 months in jail

Donovan Lackay 8/22/1973 Kenilworth Wynberg Licence Suspended for 6 months


The details are published as available on the Safely Home Website. For an updated list please visit our Safely Home website at: http://www.safelyhome.co.za/


KHAYELITSHA HOSPITAL

The Public Works Branch of the Western Cape Department of Transport and Public Works completed the construction of the Khayelitsha District Hospital in October 2011. The hospital will be officially handed over to the Western Cape Department of Health in April 2012. Construction at the Khayelitsha Hospital started in February 2009. When operational the hospital will provide a service to approximately 3.9 million people. The final cost of completion is more than R541 million.


October Transport Month 2011 saw major milestones achieved in the Western Cape!

The theme was “Year of Job Creation and Service Delivery in the Transport Sector” and the theme comes from the National Transport Department’s vision which is “Transport; the Heartbeat of South Africa’s economic growth and Social Development”.

One of the most significant was the announcement by the MEC for Transport and Public Works, Robin Carlisle that the Department’s Safely Home Campaign has continuously showed significant successes.

There has been an average reduction in road fatalities, on a moving annual basis. In 2008 the number stood at 1739 and in 2009 when the Safely Home Campaign was launched the number dipped to 1567. In 2010 the number dropped again to 1497. The Safely Home Campaign seeks to reduce the amount of road deaths in the province by 50 percent by 2014 and according to MEC Carlisle the province is nearly halfway there.

“Projecting a decrease of 12.2 percent per annum, which is less than we are currently achieving, we will reach our target of a 50 percent reduction, or 870 fatalities, by December 2014,” he said.

The introduction of Average SpeedOver Distance (ASOD) technology on the R61 between Beaufort West and Aberdeen in the Eastern Cape was another achievement of OTM 2011. ASOD technology was first put in place on the M5 in Cape Town. The stretch between Beaufort West and Aberdeen is a notorious death stretch and this road has claimed almost 150 lives in 12 years.

According to departmental statistics 411 people have been injured in more than 60 crashes and 685 sustained less serious injuries. A significant amount of traffic, including

taxis uses the R61. The technology is made up of cameras that pick up the size of the vehicle, and calculate the speed that the vehicle should travel. The road is patrolled by traffic officers who will fine a speeding driver at roadblocks.

Another highlight during Transport Month was a visit by the Deputy Minister of Transport, Jeremy Cronin and MEC Carlisle to the Transnet Rail Engineering Facility in Salt River. The visit was part of the 150th anniversary of Transnet’s Rail Engineering facility. The Western Cape is plagued by trains that run late, four out of every five days. It is envisaged that R123 billion will be spent over the next 20 years to recapitalise and refurbish up

to 500 coaches. It is expected that by 2015 there will be new coaches on the tracks.

Provincial Transport Departments of all nine provinces, the National Department, and transport agencies celebrate OTM every year. OTM is a campaign that focuses on achievements in all forms of transport (air, sea, road and rail) but those achievements should provide reliable, accessible, affordable and safe transport. Those interventions should also contribute towards reducing traffic congestions and should promote sustainable transport solutions such as walking and cycling.

MAJOR MILESTONES FOR WESTERN CAPE TRANSPORT AND PUBLIC WORKS DURING OCTOBER TRANSPORT MONTH

PUTTiNG iT TOGETHER. A coach is being assembled at the Transnet technical facility in Salt River. The facility received prominence during this year’s October Transport Month.

TRANSPORT MONTH: The Western Cape MEC for Transport and Public Works, Robin Carlisle, in front with hands in the pocket, and the Deputy Minister of the National Transport Ministry, Jeremy Cronin, visited the Transnet Workshop in Salt River, Cape Town, as part of 2011 October Transport Month. The Transnet facility has been in existence for 150 years.


The Western Cape Department of Transport and Public Works has taken its fight against speeding motorists to an advanced technological level.

In October 2011, as part of the Department’s Transport Month activities, the MEC for Transport and Public Works, Robin Carlisle, launched the 71.6km Average Speed Over Distance (ASOD) camera network on the R61 on the Beaufort West/Aberdeen Road as it is commonly known.

And four hours after the network was launched, a total of 36 fines were issued. Of those, 16 were for speeding, and 10 of the speeding fines were issued to taxi drivers who drove an average speed of 126km an hour. The fastest light motor vehicle drove an average speed of 145km an hour. Additionally, one bus driver was fined for an average speed of 113km an hour.

Besides monitoring speed, the ASOD also picks up other offences. Shortly after the launch traffic officials impounded three public transport vehicles for overloading, while two drivers were caught without valid licences. A total of 12 drivers were fined for various vehicle defects and two drivers were arrested for alleged false documents.

The ASOD was tested in September 2011, before the October launch. During the test period hundreds of vehicles were found to have technical shortcomings; 341 had wrong licences; 5050 were not registered on the eNatis system; 157 drivers were caught with expired licences; and 25 vehicles were on the police’s “hot list”. During the September period the ASOD picked up 30 stolen vehicles.

The cameras on the R61, a road that is often described as a death stretch, run on wind and solar energy. The two cameras at opposite sides of the route pick up a vehicle’s

speed upon entering and exiting the zone that is being monitored and then calculate the average speed. Drivers who break the speed limit are fined at a roadblock further down the road.

One-hundred-and-fifty people were killed on the R61 during the last twelve years. During that period 1 246 people had to be treated or removed by mortuary vans after

509 accidents. It is believed those accidents occurred largely to speeding.

The R61 carries high volumes of traffic between the Western Cape and Eastern Cape, including many buses and minibus taxis.

NO PLACE TO HIDE FOR SPEEDSTERS – NEW CAMERA WILL CATCH YOU AND OTHER OFFENDERS!


The world has been gripped by an economic downturn since 2010 and in South Africa our economy has continued to shed jobs. In spite of the gloomy outlook, the Western Cape Government continued to create jobs through its Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP).

The Western Cape Department of Transport and Public Works (DTPW) is the champion of the EPWP, which is a national programme that aims to create 4.5million jobs by 2014. The target for the Western Cape is 295 957 jobs by 2014. While the EPWP rests with the DTPW, other provincial departments too have job creation programmes that slot in with the EPWP.

One such job creation programme is the Early Childhood

Development (ECD) Assistant Programme, implemented by the Department of Social Development (DSD). In October last year 200 young people who were trained by DSD in ECD, graduated at the Crawford College in Cape Town. The graduates were between the ages of 16 and 35 years and were selected from communities all over the province.

The ECD Assistant Programme was designed to assist with the registration of childhood development sites in the province. ECD is an “umbrella term” or a general classification that refers to the processes by which children from the ages 0 to 9 years of age to grow and flourish socially, physically, mentally, emotionally, spiritually and morally.

The assistants give administrative support to organisations that assist with ECD. Those assistants help those organisations to comply with the Children’s Act, such as registering them and follow up on the registration process.

Those who were trained completed a 40 day course in office administration. Forty-three of the graduates who had learners’ licenses also had an opportunity to do ten driving lessons. After graduation they were placed at the regional and local offices of the DSD, and non-profit organisations that partner with DSD. Currently they are assisting welfare planners with registration.

EXPANDED PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMME LEADS PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT’S EFFORT TO CREATE JOBS

READY FOR CHilDHOOD DEVElOPMENT. Three of the graduates are from left Ntombifikile Thwalindwe , Amanda Williams, Bongiswa Nthwazi.


PUBLIC WORKS BRANCH PROVIDING QUALITY EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES

The Public Works Branch of the Western Cape Department of Transport and Public Works continued with its service delivery programme in 2011.

The Public Works Branch completed the construction of additional Grade R classes at 13 primary schools in the province. The primary schools are in Kalbaskraal, Malmesbury, Leeu Gamka, Teske Gedenk in Beaufort West, Blue Downs in Cape Town, Bergsig in Oudtshoorn, Thembalethu in George, Mossel Bay, Murraysburg, Restvale in Nelspoort, Bella Vista in Ceres, Saron, Witteklip Voorsorg in Vredenburg, and Bongolethu Primary in Nyanga, Cape Town

Three secondary schools were completed. They are Naphakade in Malmesbury, Northpine in Kraaifontein, and Citrusdal Secondary School.

ABOVE FROM TOP:

Welcome to Bongolethu Primary School!

The square of the Bongolethu Primary School.

Going up! learners at one of the staircases at the Bongolethu Primary School.

The brand new entrance of the school!


The MEC for Transport and Public Works Robin Carlisle recently awarded 15 staff members of the Department 30-years Long Service Awards.

The awards were given to Cailey Bredenkamp, Freddy Rudolf, David Berling, Edward du Plessis, Esegiel le Fleur, Raymond Kouter, Jan Fluks, Jasper Estebeth, Julia van Stade, Lynette Abrahams, Maria Fourie, Noel Abrahams, Samouthi Gqobaka, Baronesse Pearse, and Bruce Roulstone.

30-YEARS LONG SERVICE AWARDS


The Western Cape Department of Transport and Public Works has developed a plan to make Cape Town a city that will be alive with diversity, a city that is globally connected, has socially inclusive spaces for entrepreneurs, and will attract large investment.

The plan by the Department is called the Cape Town Central Regeneration Programme (CT-CCRP). The CT-CCRP has the following objectives:• Attract new investment to the central city• Make business premises for small and micro enterprises affordable• Develop parts of the city for affordable housing• Provide access to green and vibrant public spaces within walking distance of all residential buildings

• Develop practical and excellent facilities for all age groups and cultures• Develop a fibre optic backbone for the central city.To achieve those objectives partnerships will be created with the City of Cape Town, state-owned enterprises and the private sector. The Department intends to develop close relations with the National Treasury Department in order to ensure proper procedures are followed regarding Public Private Partnerships. The following properties in the central city owned by the Department are earmarked for the CT-CCRP: • The Provincial Office precinct in the Dorp/Queen Victoria and Wale Street precincts – the aim is to make this a pedestrian friendly precinct. Once developed it will allow for

buildings with retail business on the ground floor. Improved facilities for pedestrians and landscaping are proposed for Keerom and Wale Street.• Artscape Precinct – improvements for this part of the city include greater mobility and facilities for pedestrians. The pedestrian routes between the Artscape Gardens and the Cape Town Station are to include a series of public spaces. It is proposed that the Artscape building should also be refurbished to include a new deck, a restaurant and a building overlooking the gardens. • Government Garage Precinct – it is proposed that the cluster of provincial properties around the Roeland, Hope and Buitenkant Street areas be turned into retail and office space at ground level and residential development above.

DEPARTMENT PLANS MAJOR TRANSFORMATION FOR CAPE TOWN CITY CENTRE

SOMERSET HOSPiTAl is part of the Somerset Hospital Precinct that has been earmarked to be part of the Cape Town City Centre Regeneration Programme.


THE ARTSCAPE on the Foreshore is another property of the Western Cape Department of Transport and Public Works that will be transformed as part of the Cape Town City Centre Regeneration Programme.

ROElAND, HOPE AND BUiTENKANT STREET areas be turned into retail and office space at ground level and residential development above.

• Somerset Hospital Precinct – the current proposals for the Somerset Hospitals site allow for mixed and more intense land use, which may include a new hospital or community healthcare centre, hotels, residential development, a museum, offices and retail space. • Prestwich Precinct – the proposed development for this precinct

include improving the pedestrian environment and providing a new pedestrian link under the freeway bridges to the V&A Waterfront. • The Oude Molen and Alexandra Hospital sites – these properties can be developed as neighbourhood made up of socially mixed residential facilities, including commercial premises and urban agriculture.

The complete CT-CCRP strategic framework by be downloaded from the Cape Gateway Website at: http://www.westerncape.gov.za/Text/2011/10/cc_regenerationprog.pdf

EDITOR: Al-Ameen Kafaar, Tel: 021 483 9653 or [email protected]

FINAL EDIT: Simon Manelli

CONTENT: Al-Ameen Kafaar, Aniela Saaiman and Noxolo Luwaca

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