GEORDIN HILL-LEWIS: The power crisis is solvable — 10 things the government can do immediately
12 July 2022
The electricity issue requires clear and decisive leadership, and a willingness to do things differently
Cape Town Mayor Hill-Lewis wants to shift approach on homelessness from law enforcement to care intervention
Jul 10, 2022 by Matthew Hirsch (dailymaverick.co.za)
After becoming Cape Town’s youngest mayor in November 2021, Geordin Hill-Lewis said his biggest challenge was to solve homelessness, so he focused on fast-tracking social housing projects.
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Cape Town - As South Africa suffers its worst economic downturn in years, two Western Cape mayors, soon after their inaugurations, unveiled grandiose visions to redress economic development and create jobs in their municipalities.
To make the rail service safer in and around Cape Town the City of Cape Town has embarked on a process to revive the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa’s (Prasa) rail enforcement unit (REU).
The unit operated as a three-way government partnership between October 2018 and July 2020.
Safer railway planned
Jul 12, 2022 by Kaylynne Bantom
To make the rail service safer in and around Cape Town the City of Cape Town has embarked on a process to revive the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa’s (Prasa) rail enforcement unit (REU). The unit operated as a three-way government partnership between October 2018 and July 2020.
City replaces 29 000 meters of sewer pipes
The City has reached a milestone of replacing 29 000 meters of sewer pipeline - exceeding its 26 000 metre target over the past financial year, which ended 30 June 2022
MORE ON WHAT THE MAYOR HAS BEEN DOING [WATCH]
City’s rail feasibility study underway
The City of Cape Town’s feasibility study on taking over the management of passenger rail from National Government kicked off on Friday, 1 July 2022, with a briefing between officials from the Urban Mobility Directorate and SMEC South Africa, the professional services provider appointed to conduct the study.
The City’s intention is to devolve the passenger rail service to the Metro to build a reliable, integrated public transport system for Cape Town. This policy direction is supported by the White Paper on National Rail Policy that was gazetted in May 2022.
We’ve budgeted R2m more, on top of R5.6m, to equip our neighbourhood watches. I’m so grateful for residents who give of their time freely to keep their communities safer. I joined the Pelican Park Neighborhood Watch on patrol this week.
Happy #MandelaDay. I spent my 67 minutes in Philippi to help with gardening, cleaning a chicken coop and painting. We are inspired by the theme for Mandela Day that encourages us to do what we can, with what we have, where are and that is what I did today.
The City has reached a milestone of replacing 29 000 meters of sewer pipeline - exceeding its 26 000 metre target over the past financial year, which ended 30 June 2022. To mark this achievement.
Visited a team. Read more: https://bit.ly/3Pozy07
Cape Town Mayor, has published a 10-point plan to bring an end to #Loadshedding, which he calls a 'fully-fledged socio-economic crisis'.
The mayor elaborates on his plan.
Watch: http://bit.ly/3yW3rPP