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Over the last term of government, the devolution of policing power has become a key issue between the Western Cape Government and the Minister of Police, Bheki Cele. [1] The Western Cape Government argues that the Minister has the power to devolve policing, but the Minister denies having the power of devolution, saying that "the centralisation of the SAPS [is] in line with the Department [of ...
The Executive Council of the Western Cape is the cabinet of the executive branch of the provincial government in the South African province of the Western Cape.The Members of the Executive Council (MECs) are appointed from among the members of the Western Cape Provincial Legislature by the Premier of the Western Cape, an office held since the 2019 general election by Alan Winde.
District Municipality HDI High human development 1 City of Cape Town: 0.781 2 Garden Route: 0.76 3 Overberg: 0.75 – Western Cape (average) 0.755: 4 Cape Winelands: 0.74 West Coast: 0.74 5 Central Karoo: 0.721 – South Africa: 0.713
The Western Cape province of South Africa is divided, for local government purposes, into one metropolitan municipality (the City of Cape Town) and five district municipalities. The district municipalities are in turn divided into twenty-four local municipalities.
As of April 2024, the Western Cape was the only province not to be controlled by the ANC. The DA, which has controlled the province since 2009, looked to retain the province with Premier Alan Winde as their premier candidate. [114] The DA retained control of the Western Cape with a 53% majority.
The Western Cape Provincial Parliament, situated in Cape Town, is the legislative branch of the provincial government. The parliament is a unicameral legislature of 42 members, elected by a system of party-list proportional representation.
By 2019–20 Gauteng province had the most service delivery protests (some 23%), followed by KwaZulu-Natal (c.21%), the Western Cape (c.20%), Eastern Cape (c.15%) and Mpumalanga (c.9%). Discontent often revolves around the demand for housing and free basic services, especially when community members are displaced or suffer the loss of income.
The party's stronghold is the Western Cape province. [4] [5] In May 2019, De Lille was the only opposition member appointed to serve in the cabinet of South Africa. She had stated that Good would remain an opposition party. [6] In June 2024, Good agreed to join the ANC-led government of national unity (GNU). [7]