LACK of access to basic services, the influx of refugees and the internal migration of people from the Eastern Cape are the root causes of most community conflicts in the Western Cape.
That’s according to the provincial African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) final report which states that the tension, violence and conflicts in the province originate from a number of sources and are “multi-dimensional”.
“Although the provincial department of safety and security indicates that the Western Cape is not under threat from external forces, civil society organisations suggest that the migration of |people in the form of refugees and immigrants from countries such as Nigeria and Zimbabwe presents a source of tension with origins external to South Africa.
“However, tensions also arise from factors internal to South Africa and the Western Cape. For example, xenophobic conflicts arise when South Africans migrate between provinces, as is the case with movements from the Eastern Cape to the Western Cape,” read the report.
Conflicts were also caused by organised crime that involved gangsterism, taxi violence and marine poaching.
“Another source of local |community-based conflicts in-cludes conflicts over access to housing … ” said the report.
“Communication (between provincial officials) and the community needs to be enhanced,” the report added.
Class and racial divides were found to be one of the biggest problems. Increasing differentiation was occurring among the African population as a consequence of black economic empowerment.
On the Western Cape’s profile, the report notes that more than 60% of the province’s adults don’t have matric. People living below the poverty line increased from 7.5% in 1995 to 8.5% in 2002.
The report concluded that its findings showed that the people of the Western Cape were not growing more self-reliant: “Food security and food insecurity continue to be pressing problems.” - Cape Times
That’s according to the provincial African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) final report which states that the tension, violence and conflicts in the province originate from a number of sources and are “multi-dimensional”.
“Although the provincial department of safety and security indicates that the Western Cape is not under threat from external forces, civil society organisations suggest that the migration of |people in the form of refugees and immigrants from countries such as Nigeria and Zimbabwe presents a source of tension with origins external to South Africa.
“However, tensions also arise from factors internal to South Africa and the Western Cape. For example, xenophobic conflicts arise when South Africans migrate between provinces, as is the case with movements from the Eastern Cape to the Western Cape,” read the report.
Conflicts were also caused by organised crime that involved gangsterism, taxi violence and marine poaching.
“Another source of local |community-based conflicts in-cludes conflicts over access to housing … ” said the report.
“Communication (between provincial officials) and the community needs to be enhanced,” the report added.
Class and racial divides were found to be one of the biggest problems. Increasing differentiation was occurring among the African population as a consequence of black economic empowerment.
On the Western Cape’s profile, the report notes that more than 60% of the province’s adults don’t have matric. People living below the poverty line increased from 7.5% in 1995 to 8.5% in 2002.
The report concluded that its findings showed that the people of the Western Cape were not growing more self-reliant: “Food security and food insecurity continue to be pressing problems.” - Cape Times
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