• strengthen and enhance participatory democracy, by educating, empowering and creating community awareness on government processes, policies and projects e.g. Integrated Development Plan (IDP), Budget, Community Based Participation and Development, etc;
• work with ward councilor and ward committee members to ensure that ward committee are functional;
• work together with local municipalities, government sectors, NGO and CBO's in initiating and facilitating job creation opportunities in a government effort to push back the frontiers of poverty; and
• on the economic front, CDWs continue to provide the necessary support to all emerging small business entrepreneurs by assisting them with issues around access to capital and in some instances advise or refer them to the relevant public or private agencies and institutions for the drafting of business plans. The progress made in this regard has been very commendable in that people have now begun to realize the importance of agencies like red door and others in advancing their business interests.

You can access them through the Department of Local Government and Housing, in the Community Development and Public Participation Directorate

The Province has seven Regional Managers, one in each district and two for the Cape Metro

Regional CDW Coordinators Contact Details: