By Gavin, on October 15th, 2017  She would be remembered “for her tireless efforts to save our natural and architectural heritage for future generations.
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By Gavin, on February 28th, 2017  Activists have hailed the dismissal of an application to rezone prime agricultural land in the Philippi Horticultural Area (PHA) as a victory, and a punch in the gut to developers and the City, which they say has used bullying tactics to push the development through.
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By Gavin, on February 21st, 2017  “The currently prevailing dominant culture within the ranks of officialdom at the municipality of Cape Town, where senior planning and other officials have been instructed by the mayor to simply say ‘yes’ to development applications, is deeply undermining the exercise of professional responsibility, development control and local government growth-management of the built environment. This culture is patently tending to result in professional officials becoming compromised ethically and not being able to do their jobs effectively,” Todeschini wrote.
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By Gavin, on February 21st, 2017  It was claimed at the meeting that the mayor had given an instruction to city officials that they were not to raise objections to development applications submitted to the city. De Lille dismissed this claim: “This is a lie. Bring the evidence.”
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By Gavin, on December 11th, 2016 For generations to come, up to 70 percent of the vegetable supply of Capetonians will have to be imported from outside the province.
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By Gavin, on December 5th, 2016  Every day, the famous Camps Bay region in Cape Town, South Africa, is discharging million of litres of untreated waste-water into our marine reserve. This is creating some serious and growing problems, for the vulnerable sea-life, for us water-users and soon for beach-goers too.
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By Gavin, on November 23rd, 2016  Never before has the need for civil society vigilance been greater than in this interesting times we live in. We have a constitutional democracy. But what does it mean when the democratic space in local government is fast shrinking and it appears that there has been “state capture” at our local government level.
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By WebWolly, on May 31st, 2016  Civic organisations from across the city are becoming increasingly concerned at the cosy relationship between the City of Cape Town and private developers, saying inappropriate developments were being bulldozed through with objections routinely ignored.
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By Gavin, on September 24th, 2015  We were also treated to a glossy presentation showing splashing whales and a boardwalk (a good idea), but no images of the 40-odd “exclusive” houses and shops to be squashed on to this precious site. He proved that our council has done zero consultation with the people who actually use Maiden’s Cove, the historically disadvantaged communities of the Cape Flats.
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By WebWolly, on March 10th, 2015 What is of real concern is that a school will be built on both high potential soils and delineated wetlands, and the forum wonders what sort of legacy it will leave for future generations of schoolchildren as greater awareness evolves of our ever decreasing, scarce and irreplaceable natural resources. Once these resources are developed, they are damaged forever.
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By WebWolly, on March 10th, 2015 Marc Turok, the Observatory Civic Association (OCA) chairman, said: “Our stance is that Observatory and its people should be treated with respect by developers and the city officials. We have rights no less important than those who wish to come and transform our area.
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By WebWolly, on January 30th, 2015  THE Constantia community is to take the City of Cape Town to court after it gave the green light for a housing development to be built on a grade one heritage wine farm in Constantia’s famed valley of the vines.
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By WebWolly, on January 13th, 2015  The Green Point Ratepayers’ and Residents Association says tomorrow’s decision on the proposed demolition of a 122-year-old building will be a “turning point” in its battle against Heritage Western Cape to preserve historical structures in the area.
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By WebWolly, on October 28th, 2014  In November 2013 the city council dismissed a developers’ appeal, which was hoped would effectively put paid to development plans that involved the old warehouse built in 1764. This should have ended the controversy that has dragged on for years, involving the city council, the provincial government, heritage agencies and court action, but no, the developer has now tabled an “amended” proposal.
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By WebWolly, on May 6th, 2014  The Western Cape needs a multiparty coalition to rule effectively so communities at least have a fighting chance. We live under a dictatorship.
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By WebWolly, on March 7th, 2014 The city was ‘hell-bent on development with little regard for who or what is negatively affected,’ said Sieraha. Both the provincial and national departments of agriculture said the application was a ‘major deviation from the spatial vision’ of the city as outlined in the spatial development framework.
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