The City of Cape Town says the River Club development with Amazon as an anchor tenant will protect and enhance, not harm, the heritage of the Khoi and the San. | itchybyte
In addition, the municipal planning approvals are conditional on continuing consultations over the nature of the heritage aspects included in the development. This would be consulting on the types of plants in the medicinal garden, the eco walk, and the street names.
It was a golf club exclusively for members, with non-indigenous plants, alien grass, an asphalt parking lot, and a colonial-style building dating back to the 1920s. And, before it became the golf club's function centre, it was a recreation centre for SA Railways workers .
It was advertised and there were written submissions and hearings, including from First Nations groups.
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