across town. in fact cape town has more c.c.t.v. cameras than any other city in africa and the number is going up. with its new budget approved the city council says it will be investing in more cameras says the council for safety and security j.p. smith. sizeable chunk about 30000000 this year for c.c.t.v. cameras so we'll be accelerating the c.c.t.v. rollout. but not everyone's happy with the plans 40 minutes east of the city center lies one of south africa's biggest townships it's home 240-0000 people the area is one of cape town's crime hotspots. but despite that it is not set to receive any new cameras much to the strain of local community