Planning for crime prevention: The case of the city of Tshwane

Preface

SaferAfrica is an independent non-profit, non-governmental organisation dedicated to serving the long-term security and development needs of Africa in a self-sustaining manner. This urban crime prevention study is a SaferAfrica initiative that seeks to improve the accessibility of local government and civil society to experiences learnt and best practices on urban crime prevention. This monograph is part of a series of case studies undertaken in the urban areas of the city of Tshwane (formerly known as Pretoria) and Johannesburg in South Africa; Nairobi in Kenya; and Khartoum in Sudan. The project analyses the various approaches applied by different role players to urban crime prevention; examines how these approaches are developed and implemented; and scrutinise these approaches for the best practices and lessons learnt for local government. More concisely, this research project aims to answer the question of what local authorities are doing about crime within their geographic localities. It intends to outline who are the role players involved in addressing crime, what their crime prevention strategies are and how these strategies are implemented. By synthesising this information as separate case studies, it provides reference material to local government officials and civil society organisations that are interested in developing their own crime prevention strategies drawing on the lessons and experiences of others.

Clare Jefferson and Riccardo De-Caris
Programme Officers
SaferAfrica