South Africa: Reclaim the City takes over plush Cape Town golf course, calls for land to be used for affordable housing instead By News24
“As we commemorate Human Rights Day, we remember how our parents and grandparents struggled against discrimination and an oppressive racist regime. They knew that there could be no justice and equality without the return of the land,” spokesperson Zacharia Mashele said in a statement on Thursday.
City of Cape Town Safety and Security Executive Director Richard Bosman said the city did not have officials on site and directed queries to police.On Wednesday, GroundUp reported that the golf club’s lease with the City was contained in a new report on City-owned land by civil society organisation Ndifuna Ukwazi.
The Rondebosch golf course is the largest area. Two-thirds of the golf course is above the 100-year floodline, and Ndifuna Ukwazi calculates the land could offer 183,360 square metres of built space for a mainly residential development that includes communal space, offices, shops, schools, and social amenities.
The square meterage of individual units in the calculations ranges from 50m² for a market bachelor flat and 30m² bachelor for social housing, while a two-bedroom flat built for the market would be 70m² and one built for social housing would be 45m², which is the average size of an RDP house. For Fish Hoek, which has a density of 884 people per km² while nearby Masiphumelele bursts with a density of more than 40,000 people per km² , the proposal is for 171 units built as three-storey walk-ups all dedicated to social housing.
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