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Submitted | first-name | support | concern | top-concern | message |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2026-07-23 17:02:54 +02:00 | Ursula | No I do not | All of the above | Loss of Public Asset | The mental well being of só many people will be negatively affected if the City goes ahead with this rotten plan. |
2026-07-23 14:11:17 +02:00 | Michael | No I do not | All of the above | Procedural Unfairness & Retroactive Approvals | The City is behaving like a dictator |
2026-07-23 13:19:58 +02:00 | Jimmy | No I do not | All of the above | Irreversible Sequence of Environmental & Heritage Approvals | I am mostly against this as it goes agains the current ratepayers & homeowners whishes. Once this is pushed through it will set a president for other golf courses/public spaces to be developed into housing units & sold privately. |
2026-07-23 11:11:26 +02:00 | Debra | No I do not | All of the above | Irreversible Sequence of Environmental & Heritage Approvals | It will never work, hasn't worked anywhere else in the world |
2026-07-23 10:08:44 +02:00 | Paul | No I do not | All of the above | Loss of Public Asset | |
2026-07-23 09:41:09 +02:00 | Ramon | No I do not | The Information Blackout | There are much more viable options like Ottery Farms, Ysterplaat (only used for ceremonial purposes now) or Youngsfield. | |
2026-07-23 09:35:24 +02:00 | Leon | No I do not | All of the above | Irreversible Sequence of Environmental & Heritage Approvals | The socialist DA party is well on their way to not only destroy Cape Town for the normal citizens, but the more sinister plan is to create a socially obscure society with a few very rich people, a bunch of thieving civil servants and a huge poor population to vote for and pay for the rich class. Out with the da I say! |
2026-07-23 05:59:18 +02:00 | Gesina | No I do not | All of the above | Loss of Public Asset | |
2026-07-22 19:05:55 +02:00 | Ryan | No I do not | All of the above | Procedural Unfairness & Retroactive Approvals | Send the invaders back to the transkei & ciskei, they can complain for welfare there! |
2026-07-22 08:10:54 +02:00 | Colleen | No I do not | All of the above | The Information Blackout | |
2026-07-21 11:10:48 +02:00 | Jenny | No I do not | All of the above | Procedural Unfairness & Retroactive Approvals | I object to the short time periods allowed for public participations. An extended period should be allowed for more people to be made aware of this development. Data centres use a lot of water and electricity, and both these commodities are in short supply in Cape Town. It must not be expected that the public will accept any requests from the City to save water, whilst they agree to these data centres. The King David site is bordering on Pinelands which is a densely populated residential area, which will be exposed to noise and air pollution on a large scale. |
2026-07-16 22:36:49 +02:00 | Jill | No I do not | The Information Blackout | ||
2026-07-14 21:47:40 +02:00 | Nadine | No I do not | All of the above | Irreversible Sequence of Environmental & Heritage Approvals | Infrastructural Capacity and Municipal Utilities: The surrounding civil networks—specifically the Athlone Wastewater Treatment Works and the localized electrical grid—are already operating at critical thresholds. Traffic Impact Assessment (TIA) Transparencies: Present road networks servicing Mowbray, Pinelands, and the N2/M5 interchanges cannot absorb the traffic generated by up to 6,700 new housing units. Procedural Inconsistencies regarding Land Disposal: I strongly object to the City attempting to permanently dispose of or lease this public asset before the final EIA, Water Use License Applications (WULA), and Heritage Impact Assessments (HIA) are legally finalized. The environmental and spatial boundaries must dictate the land use, not vice versa. Wetland Buffers and Floodline Risks: Given the severe climate-induced weather patterns affecting Cape Town, the preservation of the 1:100-year floodline and the Black River catchment buffer zones must be absolute. Hard infrastructure parameters must be strictly monitored to prevent runoff and ecological degradation of the remaining wetland ecosystem. |
2026-07-14 21:09:09 +02:00 | Liezel | No I do not | All of the above | Irreversible Sequence of Environmental & Heritage Approvals | Is the city of CT leadership now pulling the same atrocious acts that our national government has been guilty of? |
2026-07-14 14:14:38 +02:00 | Helen | No I do not | All of the above | Irreversible Sequence of Environmental & Heritage Approvals | |
2026-07-14 08:09:03 +02:00 | Thys | No I do not | All of the above | Loss of Public Asset | |
2026-07-13 15:10:49 +02:00 | Mada | No I do not | Severe Sewer & Utility Grid Strains | ||
2026-07-13 15:07:53 +02:00 | Marne | No I do not | All of the above | Severe Sewer & Utility Grid Strains | |
2026-07-13 11:30:44 +02:00 | Marilyn | No I do not | All of the above | Procedural Unfairness & Retroactive Approvals | |
2026-07-12 22:55:38 +02:00 | Pieter | No I do not | All of the above | Procedural Unfairness & Retroactive Approvals | |
2026-07-11 21:26:50 +02:00 | Angus | No I do not | Loss of Public Asset | ||
2026-07-11 10:12:34 +02:00 | Michael Richard | No I do not | All of the above | Procedural Unfairness & Retroactive Approvals | I am tired of the City taking shortcuts and bullying it's citizens |
2026-07-10 16:45:42 +02:00 | Etienne | No I do not | All of the above | Fabricated Transport Infrastructure | As with Conradie development, council said there wouldn’t be an impact on traffic and sewage. Well they have lied and just don’t care. No further upgrades to any infrastructure including water supply which is already decreased in the Pinelands & Thornton areas. City of Cape Town is already incapable of improving travel into the city yet they add more housing on the outskirts and don’t add more housing in Culemborg,District Six, Tafelberg etc. |
2026-07-10 14:39:43 +02:00 | Meg | No I do not | All of the above | Irreversible Sequence of Environmental & Heritage Approvals | |
2026-07-09 15:49:30 +02:00 | Stella | No I do not | All of the above | Irreversible Sequence of Environmental & Heritage Approvals | |
2026-07-09 10:44:39 +02:00 | Ibtisaam | No I do not | Loss of Public Asset | A golf course on public land is de facto privatisation. All golf courses should be converted into public housing. | |
2026-07-08 08:25:10 +02:00 | Sandra | No I do not | All of the above | Irreversible Sequence of Environmental & Heritage Approvals | There is wasted government land right next to the Mowbray Golf Course such as the old cooling towers and this land should be utilized 1st, before any other. None of the infrastructure can cope with the densification. It is already over capacity. |
2026-07-07 22:03:52 +02:00 | claudette | No I do not | All of the above | Loss of Public Asset | |
2026-07-07 20:32:36 +02:00 | Johannie | No I do not | Loss of Public Asset | ||
2026-07-07 20:28:44 +02:00 | Rudi | No I do not | All of the above | Irreversible Sequence of Environmental & Heritage Approvals |
The City maintains that the redevelopment process is entirely “procedurally sound” following the adoption of Council Resolution C39/05/26 on 27 May 2026. Proponents argue that the draft concept represents a vital step toward spatial justice, turning an exclusive recreational area into a vibrant, high-density precinct with 8,600 homes (minimum 30% social housing). They assert that technical studies, transit coordination, and environmental impact assessments will be dealt with thoroughly in the subsequent legislative phases after the land disposal principle is approved.
Opponents argue that the City is executing an administrative “bait-and-switch.” Asking the public to approve an irreversible public asset disposal while keeping essential technical studies (valuations, sewer metrics, and TIAs) hidden behind PAIA walls violates the basic tenets of fair administrative action under PAJA. Furthermore, the revelation that PRASA has zero alignment with the City’s transit claims proves that the project’s planning is prematurely optimised. The community insists that the public participation process must be halted and restarted only when all baseline evidence is public and the legal authorisations are genuinely transparent.