City partners with National Business Institute for an artisan skills development programme | The City welcomed the group of 31 selected learners to the programme and provided further insight to what this opportunity entails. | <span><p>The City's Facilities Management department have managed to take 31 Learners on board from the NBI and has entered into a Memorandum of Agreement with the National Business Initiative to fund this project.</p><p>Through the agreement, 31 learners with Installation, Repairs & Maintenance and Welding theoretical knowledge has been placed within the Facilities Management Department, with effect from 1 February 2024, and their contracts will conclude on 30 June 2026.<br></p>
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<img src="https://resource.capetown.gov.za/cityassets/Media%20Images%202/NBI%201.jpg" class="responsive" alt="" style="width:821px;" /> </figure></span><span><p>After the initial period of the programme, which will run until 31 August 2024 where the NBI will pay the stipend for these learners, the City will create a skills development programme to ensure that the programme continues until 30 June 2026. These learners will then be paid directly by the City.</p><p>The learners have been placed at the City Facilities Management depots in Milnerton, Philippi, Bellville, Somerset West and at the Cape Town Civic Centre.</p><p>'I would like to welcome the 31 new City of Cape Town employees to our team with a common purpose and vision of what we believe our City facilities should look like and how we are to maintain it. This partnership will definitely assist in addressing the high youth unemployment rate in our country and it delivers on the vision of all of the partners involved, which is to ensure sustainable growth for these learners. With programmes such as these, we aim to break down barriers to economic inclusion in our city. Our hope is that these learners will grow and develop their skills as artisans in order to secure future employment in this field, and possibly at the City one day.<br></p>
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<img src="https://resource.capetown.gov.za/cityassets/Media%20Images%202/NBI%202.jpg" class="responsive" alt="" style="width:760px;" /> </figure></span><span><p>'Partnerships such as this one with NBI works perfectly as they are able to provide the City with the most suitable leaners who have the theoretical foundation required and then the City is able to, in turn, provide them with an opportunity to complete the practical element of their learning with our experienced Facilities Management team, which is the most ideal department to facilitate a maintenance skills programme such as this,' said the City's Mayoral Committee Member for Corporate Services, Alderman Theresa Uys</p>
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Cape Town ranked first in latest Good Governance Africa index | The report notes that 'Cape Town, the highest ranked metro, scores well across the GPI categories | <p>The report notes that 'Cape Town, the highest ranked metro, scores well across the GPI categories', ranking first for service delivery, the most weighted category in the index. </p><p>The metro also ranked first for Economic Development, which the index measures using recent census and StatsSA data. Cape Town continues to maintain SA's lowest broad unemployment rate, adding 363 000 new jobs since the start of the current local government term of office in November 2021, according to the Quarterly Labour Force Survey for Q4 2023.</p><p>'Good governance is the foundation of a job-creating economy and better service delivery, especially for the most vulnerable. We are encouraged by Cape Town again ranking top in this latest index, which is a sign of progress in our mission to build a city of hope by helping more people out of poverty and into employment,' said Mayor Hill-Lewis.</p><p>The five categories measured in the Governance Performance Index are:</p><ul><li>Administration and Governance</li><li>Economic Development</li><li>Leadership and Management</li><li>Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation</li><li>Service Delivery (weighted most)<br> </li></ul><p>Cape Town's top ranking in the GPI index is aligned to the findings of similar reports, including:</p><ul><li>Cape Town is SA's most sustainable city according to the Municipal Financial Sustainability Index for 22/23, and the top ranked city in the Knights Sustainable Cities Index 2023</li><li>Ratings Afrika found Cape Town to be SA's best municipality for financial sustainability in 2023</li><li>The City has received a clean audit from the Auditor General for 2022/23</li><li>Rating agencies such as Moody's have conferred a strong credit rating on Cape Town, with a stable outlook, even amid a largely negative outlook elsewhere in the country.</li></ul><p> </p><p><strong>End</strong></p><p><br></p> | 2024-03-17T22:00:00Z | | | | | | | 1 | | | |
City commences with another road resurfacing project in Kuils River | The City of Cape Town’s Urban Mobility Directorate would like to advise all road users of resurfacing roadworks along Langverwacht Road between Van Riebeeck Road and Amandel Avenue in Kuils River. | <span><p style="text-align:justify;">The project will include the resurfacing of the existing surface and the removal of damaged manholes and kerbs and the replacement of new ones. </p><p style="text-align:justify;">Congestion can be expected since traffic traveling in both directions will be affected, therefore road users are urged to use alternative routes while construction work is under way. Only one lane will be open to traffic in each direction during working times.<br></p>
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<img src="https://resource.capetown.gov.za/cityassets/Media%20Images%202/langverwacht.png" class="responsive" alt="" style="width:506px;" /> </figure></span><p>'Residents in the vicinity of Kuils River will soon benefit from the general road maintenance. The resurfaced roads will improve road safety conditions and riding quality. We thank residents for their patience while we are busy with this project to prolong the longevity of the roads,' said the City's Mayoral Committee Member for Urban Mobility, Councillor Rob Quintas. </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>End</strong></p><p><br></p> | 2024-03-17T22:00:00Z | | | | | | | 1 | | | |
Traffic Service clips high flyers’ wings | In recent days, officers arrested six suspects on the Top 100 warrant offenders list with a total of 157 warrants between them | <p>The warrant arrests were made by the City's specialised tracing team.</p><ul><li>On Wednesday, 13 March, a suspect was arrested in the Lansdowne area for 27 outstanding warrants totalling R100 200.</li><li>The following day, a suspect was arrested in the Hanover Park area, with 19 warrants outstanding, totalling R32 300.</li><li>On Friday, officers made two arrests – one in Nyanga where the driver had 57 outstanding warrants, totalling R57 100, and another arrest in Fish Hoek, for 18 outstanding warrants totalling R47 200.</li><li>On Sunday, 17 March, a motorist was arrested for 21 warrants outstanding, totalling R67 900 in the Mowbray area, while another arrest was made in Manenberg, where a motorist was caught for 15 outstanding warrants totalling R41 700.</li></ul><p>'These arrests serve as a timely reminder, particularly as we've just announced our latest traffic fine roadshow, happening 25 to 27 March. I advise motorists to take these cautionary tales to heart, and to settle their outstanding fines and warrants, whether at the roadshow or through our existing channels. We are heading into the busy Easter period, which comes with increased roadblocks and vehicle checkpoints. So do the right thing or run the risk of time behind bars should you be stopped at a roadblock, or tracked down by our tracing teams,' said the City's Mayoral Committee Member for Safety and Security, Alderman JP Smith.</p><p>In general enforcement efforts in the past week, the Traffic Service recorded 56 814 offences, impounded 125 vehicles and executed 2 292 warrants of arrest.</p><p>Officers made 65 arrests – seven for reckless and negligent driving and 15 for various other criminal offences. </p><p>Drunk driving arrests increased for a fourth consecutive week, to 43. </p><p>Law Enforcement officers held over 600 operations in the past week, making 216 arrests and issuing 4 063 notices.</p><p>Most notably, officers attached to LEAP recovered five firearms, two zip guns and a hijacked vehicle in the past week.</p><p>The successes stemmed from patrols in Khayelitsha, Mfuleni, Bonteheuwel, Eastridge, Tafelsig, Hanover Park and Bishop Lavis. </p><p>The Public Emergency Communication Centre recorded 1 938 incidents over the weekend. Among these were 737 medical calls, 71 fire incidents, 135 incidents of assault, 46 domestic violence calls and 59 motor vehicle accidents, up from 43 the previous weekend. </p><p> </p><p><strong>End</strong></p><p> </p><p><br></p> | 2024-03-17T22:00:00Z | | | | | | | 1 | | | |