By WebWolly, on August 17th, 2015  It would appear that the voice of the ratepayer is being silenced by the new municipal bylaw on planning (MBL). Regulation will allow developments to be approved without consultation with the ratepayers and community. A closer study of the MBL reveal quite wide ranging powers given to the City to exclude public participation, e.g the City can decide whom it feels would be appropriate to consult. This means it could bypass the local ratepayer and civic organisations thus denying organised community structures a voice.
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By WebWolly, on February 17th, 2015  RESPECTED community leader Philip Bam, of Grassy Park, has received a global award for his humanitarian work with the League of Friends of the Blind (Lofob) and other organisations.
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By WebWolly, on June 5th, 2014  The forum, which was formed to fight city council plans to allow a shopping mall and taxi rank in one of the few green lungs on the Cape Flats, said their project was to transform the land around the vlei into an urban nature park.
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By WebWolly, on January 3rd, 2014 It is a huge challenge to get Capetonians from as far afield as the Helderberg, Atlantis and the far deep south to enjoy the public spaces within the City Bowl, but what about the public spaces within affordable reach of the thousands of poorer citizens, on then-doorsteps, such as Princess Vlei? Does Atlantis have a space similar to that of the Green Point Urban Park?
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By WebWolly, on November 4th, 2013  Saturday 9th November @ 10 am. We are raising the red flag for Princess Vlei because something of great value is in danger. We are raising the red flag to warn our fellow citizens that the City proposes to disregard the needs of poorer citizens for accessible recreational areas, and to sell off a public open space which has been used by the community for generations.
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By WebWolly, on October 25th, 2013  But perhaps what was most remarkable about this gathering was that this group had come together on September 22 to defend one Cape Town’s most contested natural features – the Princess Vlei. What has motivated these moral custodians of our city to take this stand? Why has Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu bothered to weigh in to the debate with a message of support?
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By WebWolly, on October 2nd, 2013 CAPE Town is indeed blessed with good citizens such as Janey Ball and Ben Rabinowitz of Seafront for all (Seafa) who need to be congratulated for their sterling work in saving the Sea Point Pavilion for the people. The City of Cape Town also deserves our congratulations for listening to the people and making the correct decision to preserve the pavilion for future generations, albeit after a lengthy and costly battle.
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By WebWolly, on September 17th, 2013  Simon Mantell, a Cape Town businessman, tells me a radio ad he sponsored was canned by Radio 702’s GM, Karl Gostner, who wasn’t available when I called, on the curious ground that it was considered “editorial”. Notably, he didn’t claim it was offensive.
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By WebWolly, on August 7th, 2013  It appears to us that the City of Cape Town is intent on being driven by monetary factors instead of the need to balance appropriate development in our beautiful city.
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