Among his job creation plans were a commitment, “backed up a detailed plan to create more jobs and economic opportunities, the expansion of the Red Tape Reduction Unit, “to focus on systemic change and small businesses, and the development of a war room”, funded by Harvard University to tackle specific problems and sectors of the economy.
On his plans to increase safety in the province and tackle crime, Winde said he would develop a premier’s priority committee on safety, “which will work with all relevant role-players at the national level and all of the Western Cape government departments so that, by the time the SANDF leaves the province, plans are in place to ensure a co-ordinated response to crime”.
He said the traffic police would be transformed into a fully-fledged highway patrol service.
“While we are grateful that President Ramaphosa has approved the employment of the SANDF to the province, this is a clear admission that the police have lost the war on crime in the Western Cape.”