The author says the opinion piece was the latest in a years-long campaign of misinformation about the River Club
It seem that massive corporations and property developers control Cape Town and other centres, with big land parcels going their way for low prices
udgment halting the River Club development
in Cape Town was ‘induced by fraud’, full bench
of the Western Cape high court finds
It is unfortunate that despite the Liesbeek Leisure Properties Trust having repeatedly debunked the accusations made by Jens Horber, he continues trying to drive this misinformation
This contentious development exposes our current approach to development, which is development at all costs, backed by politics, power and money
Liesbeek Leisure Properties Trust maintains recommencement of construction not in contravention of the law
Head of local government, environmental affairs and development planning Anton Bredell says judgment contains ‘number of errors’
The Liesbeek Leisure Properties Trust is again abusing the First Nations Collective; you don’t have the Khoi’s consent to pour concrete on a sacred floodplain
Zenprop chief executive James Tannenberger, who stands to benefit financially from the River Club development, failed to address the substantive points of our original article
They can have positive and negative effects, such as restricting small-scale fishers access to the ocean or restoring endemic fauna
If the high court in Cape Town rules for an interim interdict in the River Club project to halt building on heritage land, Amazon is likely to pull out
The R4.6-billion project, set to house Amazon’s new African headquarters, is on ‘sacred floodplain’, say applicants
Opponents hope that billionaire philanthropist Mackenzie Scott will ‘talk some sense’ into her former husband and Amazon founder, Jeff Bezos
The controversial River Club development gets the go-ahead, but opponents say they are heading for court
Right of reply to How to whitewash colonial pain and trauma, published in the Mail & Guardian 24 September
Approval of the River Club development in Cape Town is reminiscent of those bulldozing spatial planners of apartheid