CAPE TOWN BY-LAW AMENDMENTS: CITY NEEDS A POLICY TO ENSURE MEANINGFUL PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
GOOD Statement by Suzette Little,
GOOD City of Cape Town Councillor & Caucus Chairperson
13 September 2024
The GOOD party calls on the City of Cape Town to ensure meaningful public participation processes by adopting a standardized policy to guide this.
Currently, public participation is a mere tick-box in the City processes despite the fact that by-laws and their amendments directly affect residents.
This week the City extended the commenting period on the proposed revised Municipal Planning By-law (MPBL) by a month, to 25 October 2024, after GOOD highlighted the importance.
The City further committed to hosting in-person public and online meetings where residents, interested and affected parties, and stakeholders can engage with City officials.
However, in other cases, this has not been the case. The City’s Supply Chain amendments only received seven comments, despite having a direct impact on the economy of the city and its communities.
GOOD encourages communities to read these by-laws and engage with the proposed amendments to ensure the City is acting within their best interests and addressing crucial issues such as apartheid spatial planning.
Most importantly, the City needs to draft, adopt and implement a clear Public Participation policy to give effect to the provisions of the Constitutions, Municipal Systems Act and The Municipal Structures Act.
Media Enquiries:
Suzette Little, GOOD City of Cape Town Councillor
Cell: 073 321 5036
Email: suzettel@forgood.org.za
Janke Tolmay, GOOD: Media Manager
Cell: 073 367 1223
Email: janke@forgood.org.za
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