Amazon is the anchor tenant in the R4.6-billion mixed-use development, which would house its new African headquarters. The project includes residential units, office and retail space, a hotel, a gym, restaurants, and conferencing, schools and events space.
The applicants contend that their application is consistent with concerns raised by professionals within the city’s environmental management division over climate, environmental and heritage breaches. Heritage Western Cape, the body that has statutory responsibility for regulating development that has the potential to affect heritage, declared the environmental authorisation unlawful.precinct and the River Club site have great historical significance for all South Africans.
A new assessment must be undertaken, adequately identifying living heritage related to the site, and the significance and values of the living heritage elements associated with the site “must fundamentally inform any development plan, as opposed to being last-minute mitigating additions”, she said. “Most disingenuously, the group has lodged their application in order to ‘protect’ the First Nations’ heritage, despite the majority of the Cape’s Khoi and San leaders and representatives being in vociferous support of the project, including those of the Gorinhaiqua, Gorachouqua, Cochoqua, Korana, Griqua Royal Houses, and the San Royal House of Nǀǀnǂe.”
This, it said, will include 8.4 hectares of publicly accessible green open spaces, developer-subsidised inclusionary housing and a landmark cultural, heritage and media centre celebrating the rich heritage and history of the Cape’s First Nations people.
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