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CITY OF TSHWANE SEMINAR: CONSOLIDATING SERVICE DELIVERY, ACCELERATING JOB CREATION AND STRENGTHENING THE FOUNDATION

FOR A NEW CITY OF TSHWANE: A CITY OF EXCELLENCE

22/23 SEPTEMBERCOMMISSION NO 1

SUBJECT: PLANNING AND POLICIES

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CONSTITUTIONAL CONTEXT

• THREE SPHERES OF GOVERNMENT

• COOPERATIVE GOVERNMENT

• INTERVENTION PROVISIONS

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PUBLIC WORKS AND ITS MANDATE

• PROVIDER OF ACCOMMODATION SOLLUTIONS TO CENTRAL GOVERNMENT

• TWO CHALLENGES:– DECAYING BUILDINGS– DECAYING INNER CITIES

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POLITICAL WILL AND INTERVENTION

• CABINET PRONOUNCEMENTS– GOVERNMENT TO REMAIN IN CITY CENTRES– GOVERNMENT SERVICES CLOSEWR TO

COMMUNITIES/THE PEOPLE

• DEDUCIBLE FROM CABINET’S DECLARATION– GOVERNMENT’S COMMITMENT TO INNER CITIES– RURAL POSITIONING OF GOVERNMENT RELATIVE TO

COMMUNITY NEEDS

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GOVERNMENT’S COMMITMENT TO INNER CITIES

• CAPITAL EXPENDITURE

• REQUIREMENT: CONDUCIVE ENVIRONMENT

• COOPERATION WITH CITIES

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TSHWANE IS FIRST

• ADMINISTRRATIVE CAPITAL• HUGE PRESENCE OF GOVERNMENT

– POTENTIAL CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT MASS

• DECAYING CITY CENTRE RESULTING RAPIDLY IN:– PRIVATE INVESTMENT DIRECTED TO SUBURBS– TENDENCY OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT TO FOLLOW

SUIT

• PERCEPTIVE AND COOPERATIVE COUNCIL– PUBLIC WORKS / CITY PACT

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SIGNS OF GOVERNMENT’S COMMITMENT

• LIST OF RECENT PROJECTS• SLA WITH CITY OF TSHWANE• MASTER PLANNING

– LAND USE– PUBLIC SPACE MAKING– ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE– PUBLIC TRANSPORT

• BRT• GAUTRAIN

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