Draft Social Conflict Emergency Plan

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Draft Social Conflict Emergency Plan

• Presentation to PCF
• 17 March 2010

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Lessons Learned Western Cape

• Government co-ordination
• Need for better co-ordination of international
  assistance and civil society contribution
• Lack of clarity on roles and responsibilities
  between national / provincial government,
  Province / City, among provincial departments
• Lack of understanding of co-ordinating role of
  disaster management centres
• This led to lack of co-ordination and undermined
  effective response

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Lessons Learned Western Cape

• Need an emergency plan for social conflict, which
  should include
• Early warning system
• Plan to roll back xenophobia e.g. use of
  school system, programmes in high-risk areas,
  community safety plans
• Reintegration Plan
• Identification of lead agents and clarification
  of their roles during response phase
• Draft Social Conflict Emergency Plan outlines
  these roles and responsibilities

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Social Conflict Emergency Plan

• Process for developing the plan
• De-briefing sessions held in November / December
  2008, facilitated by UNHCR
• Draft document drawn up by Provincial Disaster
  Management and distributed to key role-players
• Comments received from City, Municipal Disaster
  Management Centres, and some provincial
  departments
• Consultation with Provincial Joints on 1 October
  2009
• Presentation to Cabinet in November 2009
• Further work needed on long-term risk reduction
  and re-integration planning, but response plan
  ready for adoption

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Social Conflict Emergency Plan

• Who is responsible for co-ordinating response
  should xenophobic or other social violence break
  out again?
• General principle roles and responsibilities to
  be guided by Constitution and other legislation
• Security issues SAPS, together with NIA, SANDF,
  etc
• Humanitarian support
• Shelter (water, electricity, shelter)
  municipality
• Relief Province (Department of Social
  Development)
• Social issues (e.g. re-integration) Province

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SCHEMATIC TIME LINE SOCIAL CONFLICT EMERGENCY
PLAN
RISK REDUCTION (MITIGATION)
PREPAREDNESS RESPONSE
RECOVERY
Early Warning Phase
Relief Phase
Response Phase
Rehabilitation Reconstruction Phase

• Safety and Security
• SAPS
• SANDF
• Law Enforcement
• DoCS
• Traffic
• Disaster Management (Muni)
• -Engineering Services (muni)
• EMS
• DPTW (transport)

Emergency Housing - Municipality, PDOH,
etc Emergency Relief, e.g. food - Provincial
Social Development

• Mediation in Communities
• Reintegration / Repatriation
• Department of Social Development

• Safety and Security Joints
• SAPS
• NIA
• Note Information for early warnings to be sent
  through from Province (e.g. social workers / CDWs)

Safety and security legislation
Provision of utility services - Water -
Electricity - Sewerage
- Safety and security legislation - Line
function legislation - Disaster management
legislation
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Resolutions

• To approve the Social Conflict Emergency Plan
• To mandate municipalities to adopt the Plan and
  adapt it to local circumstances

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DANKIE NDIYABULELATHANK YOU Copies of the
Social Conflict Emergency Plan can be obtained
from the Provincial Disaster Management Centre
jrikhot_at_pgwc.gov.za