May 7th, 2012  This public march on Sunday 20th May will lead up to the Interdict Application set down for Cape High Court Monday 28th May 2012, 09h00 in Keerom Street, Cape Town.
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May 17th, 2012  A DA Member of Parliament, Denis Joseph, has added his weight to the swell of objections against plans to build a shopping mall at Princess Vlei.
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May 14th, 2012  When one stands there, one can only wonder at the lack of imagination that allowed someone to look at this place and think “shopping centre”
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May 13th, 2012  Published public opinion and correspondence on the Princess Vlei Mall development
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May 11th, 2012  One gentleman who has lived in the area for more than 60 years… he is prepared to lie in front of a bulldozer to preserve this natural environment.
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May 11th, 2012 The Princess Vlei Forum is indeed a forum in the correct sense of the word – a public meeting place and opportunity for experts and citizens to discuss a matter of importance; in this case the future of Princess Vlei and its environs.
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May 9th, 2012  HIDDEN charges in Cape Town’s draft budget would lead to the average ratepayer paying a 10 percent surcharge on electricity, says the Greater Cape Town Civic Alliance – which has accused the city council of excessive profit-taking, to the detriment of ratepayers.
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May 9th, 2012  “While our government is scrambling to produce a secret document on which this country may make a potentially irreversible decision on shale gas mining ‘fracking’, international sentiment is increasing against the technology.
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May 1st, 2012  Not a pretty picture. The actual architectural drawing of the of the planned Chapman’s Peak Drive two storey LUXURY offices next to the toll plaza
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April 28th, 2012 The Greater Cape Town Civic Alliance has to date received limited responses to a request for information and has subsequently tabled an objection to the City of Cape Town’s draft budget for 2012/2013.
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April 27th, 2012  An Honours student documentary about the controversial Chapmans Peak toll plaza and office block development, and the protest action against it that has taken place to try to halt construction on this World Heritage site.
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April 27th, 2012 Some of the public’s opinions on Chapman’s Peak toll plaza and office block as depicted in cartoons, letters, media articles, photo’s and video
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April 23rd, 2012  HOUT Bay residents have gone to court for the second time in an attempt to halt the building of the controversial R54-million luxury office on Chapman’s Peak Drive.
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April 23rd, 2012 The City’s draft Budget for 2012/13 will be available for comment at municipal administrative buildings, subcouncil offices and all municipal libraries from 30 March 2012 up to and including 30 April 2012.
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April 13th, 2012  The HBRRA’s powerful legal team remains convinced that the planned toll plaza is inappropriate. They are highly motivated and have strongly advised the Association to apply once again to the High Court to stop the construction. “We have the end in sight and now simply require sufficient funds to finish the job”.
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April 6th, 2012 The Greater Cape Town Civic Alliance (GCTCA) is deeply concerned at the astronomical increases in the cost of living being faced by Capetonians.
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April 5th, 2012 On the 28 March 2012, the City of Cape Town tabled a draft budget amounting to just over R24 billion in operating expenditure and over R5 billion in capital expenditure. The GCTCA has submitted a number of questions and requests to the City in this regard.
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April 5th, 2012  This public march on Sunday 20th May will lead up to the Interdict Application set down for Cape High Court Monday 28th May 2012, 09h00 in Keerom Street, Cape Town.
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April 5th, 2012  Bronwen Lankers-Byrne on the Chapman’s Peak toll plaza and office: I and the public have many unanswered questions and concerns and would like answers to the following…
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March 30th, 2012  AN EXTENSION is on the cards for the application to develop a single storey shopping mall on princess Vlei, much to the dissatisfaction of local residents.
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March 14th, 2012 On Friday 9th March the Residents’ Association of Hout Bay and the Habitat Council applied to the courts for an interim interdict to halt construction of the toll buildings on Chapman’s Peak.
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March 13th, 2012  The DA government made a mistake in the way it handled the construction of luxury office space in the World Heritage Site at Chapman’s Peak Drive.
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March 11th, 2012 A team of highly experienced legal specialists researching the legality of the development have assured us that we have a good case for stopping construction.
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March 9th, 2012 The Chapman’s Peak toll saga has taken a dramatic new turn – with Transport MEC Robin Carlisle now suing a Hout Bay activist for defamation.
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March 7th, 2012 The public has gone to the high court in a bid to halt construction of the controversial R54 million toll plaza and office on Chapman’s Peak Drive.
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