The role of the City of Cape Town in promoting a safe and healthy environment: a case study of Manenberg
| dc.contributor.author | Companie, Benjamin | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-09-11T08:19:20Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-09-11T08:19:20Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2024 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The Constitution of South Africa, adopted in 1996, outlines the objectives of local government in Section 152. Specifically, subsection (d) of this section mandates that municipalities must "promote a safe and healthy environment" for their residents. Furthermore, in section 24 of the Constitution, specifically subsection (a) everyone is guaranteed the right to an environment that is not harmful to their health or well-being. This constitutional mandate obligates the City of Cape Town to implement measures that protect and promote environmental health. These constitutional imperatives place a clear responsibility on local authorities to implement policies and initiatives that safeguard public health and safety within their jurisdictions. The City must therefore ensure that policies and practices align with this constitutional provision, thereby safeguarding the health and well-being of its citizens. By enshrining these obligations in the country's supreme law, South Africa has emphasised the critical role that local governments play in ensuring the well-being of their communities through environmental protection, public health measures, and safety initiative. These mandates require municipalities to actively work towards creating living conditions that are conducive to both physical and mental health, while also addressing potential hazards that could compromise the safety of their inhabitants. However, the City of Cape Town has been grappling with high levels of crime for many years, with certain areas experiencing particularly alarming rates. Cape Town is among the provinces with the highest level of crime and concerns about crime. One of the highest rates of violent, property, and commercial crime in the nation is in Cape Town, which is located in the Western Cape. The apartheid government left both physical and social legacies unique to South Africa that complicate questions of crime patterns and make current literature on crime inadequate to explain in Cape Town. Although the new government has implemented different crime prevention strategies, the crime situation in the country is unabated, particularly in poor communities and townships. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10566/20892 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | University of the Western Cape | |
| dc.subject | City of Cape Town | |
| dc.subject | Crime | |
| dc.subject | Unemployment | |
| dc.subject | Safety | |
| dc.subject | Manenberg | |
| dc.title | The role of the City of Cape Town in promoting a safe and healthy environment: a case study of Manenberg | |
| dc.type | Thesis |