International holidaymakers were among golfers who had to abandon their rounds on Thursday when Reclaim the City activists - numbering between 150 and 400‚ according to different sources - entered the course through a back gate.
Reclaim the City protesters demanded the presence of Ian Neilson at Rondebosch Golf Club‚ but he told SowetanLIVE sister publication TimesLIVE he would not respond to threats.
The club featured prominently this week in a document from another NGO‚ Ndifuna Ukwazi‚ which said it was a prime example of the way the City of Cape Town made inefficient use of land suitable for affordable housing. The club pays R1‚000 a year to rent 45ha between the M5 and the Black River‚ and its 25-year lease expires in 2020.
Neilson said:"We do not accept their actions as acceptable to the rules of engagement. In any case‚ their entire campaign is misplaced.The deputy mayor said more than 1‚000ha was earmarked for homes in Cape Town.
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