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Policy Advocacy Toolkit
The South African Cities Network (SACN) is an established network of cities and partners that encourages the exchange of information, experience, and best practices on urban development and city governance. The mandate of SACN is to
SACN Research Compendium – 20 Years of Urban Research
Cities are complex and organic, and they are rapidly growing to be one of Africa’s biggest opportunities and challenges for the 21st century. As practitioners, public administrators, politicians, and institutions grapple with how to plan
Urban Resilience In South African Cities
This report seeks to identify and interrogate the opportunities that crises may present in encouraging the development of bottom-up, city-led urban resilience strategies. It also identifies and outlines various opportunities in the area of
EPWP (Re)-Skilling Tomorrow’s Workforce
The Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP), a South African public employment programme (PEP), was launched in 2004 to address mass unemployment by creating short-term employment through labour-intensive projects. Since its implementation,
EPWP Exit Strategy for South African Cities
Public Employment Programmes (PEPs) are described as public-financed employment-generation tools implemented by various national governments across the globe as part of their respective national social security/protection systems (ILO,
A Compendium of the Water Resilient Cities Learning Events 2018-2022
With urban resilience taking centre stage, African cities are increasingly recognising the need to better understand water-related risks. They are also beginning to explore innovative approaches that will enhance and enable their water
State of City Finances 2022
The State of City Finances Report is one of the flagship publications of the South African Cities Network. As with previous editions (in 2011, 2013, 2015, 2018 and 2020), this sixth State of City Finances Report examines the finances of
City Diplomacy Papers Vol. 2
The South African Cities Network (SACN) International Relations (IR) Forum is a joint initiative of the SACN and eight of the largest cities in South Africa. Its primary purpose is to engage in and develop a collective city agenda that
Spatial Determinants of Wellbeing – Paper Series
This volume of papers explores spatial determinants of well-being. The papers look at spatial inequalities related to public transport and decent work, early childhood development and violence against ‘othered’ bodies. They also
SoCR 5 People’s Guide
Cities are about people, first and foremost. And, as the national Integrated Urban Development Framework states, South African cities should be safe, liveable, socially integrated, economically inclusive and globally competitive, with an
State of South African Cities Report 2021
The 5th edition of the State of South African Cities Report 2021. The SoCR is the SACN’s flagship output that presents a five-year perspective on the performance and analysis of the conditions of South Africa’s largest cities. The
The State of Urban Safety in South Africa Report 2021
This report provides an overview of global, regional and national urban safety developments and policy provisions, and presents an analysis of the state of crime and violence in nine of South Africa’s major cities (Johannesburg, Cape
Urban Safety Policy Brief No.2/2022: The Potential of the EPWP to Promote Community Safety
The focus of this policy brief is to explore the potential of EPWP projects to promote urban safety and prevent violence. In South Africa, the EPWP emerges in 2003 as a nation-wide public employment initiative implementing state-owned
Urban Safety Policy Brief No.1/2022: The Impact of Closed-Circuit Television
This Urban Safety Brief considers the imperative of partnership policing for ensuring safer cities in South Africa. It looks at how partnership policing can be used to address the complex crime and safety challenges faced by cities. The SA
Urban Festival 2021: The Rebuilt City
The theme of The Rebuilt City: Rising from crises of emergency governance to a more sustainable and resilient future was born from a desire to provide urban actors with suitable frameworks, knowledge, and resources to navigate the new