A City of Cape Town notice advertising the renewal of a 10-year lease on the 49-hectare King David Mowbray Golf Club for R11,500 per year, which sparked a campaign and petition for the well-situated public land to be used for affordable housing, has been withdrawn.
Before participating in the illegal occupation of the Dunoon municipal sports field in 2018, Yanga Nkohla had been living in a backyard shack since 2006, first in Khayelitsha before relocating to Dunoon in 2010. “White people don’t want us close to them. They say we drink and make noise. They don’t want us near them. That is why they would prioritise golf as opposed to housing for accommodation,” he said.obtaining 1,660 objections that were handed to the City prior to the 9 March 2020 deadline for public comment, according to researcher Michael Clark at the activist organisation Ndifuna Ukwazi.
While Council has approved advertising the lease renewal, the City has yet to take a decision on the lease, stating all comments and objections received would be considered and “placed before the delegated authority in the final decision making process”. close to schools, hospitals, light industry and within easy reach of the city centre. The golf clubs are also close to transport nodes. The Metrorail Cape Flats line connecting the city centre to Pinelands, Athlone, Lansdowne and Ottery runs through the middle of the Mowbray golf course.
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City withdraws advert to lease golf club for less than R1,000 a monthA City of Cape Town notice advertising the renewal of a 10-year lease on the 49ha King David Mowbray Golf Club for R11,500 a year, which sparked a campaign and petition for the well-situated public land to be used for affordable housing, has been withdrawn.
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