The Alcardo Andrews Foundation, a non-profit organisation in Hanover Park, is trying to prevent City of Cape Town law enforcement from removing a shipping container it placed on public land without authorisation. The foundation runs a community feeding programme from the container.
The Alcardo Andrews Foundation is attempting to prevent the removal of a shipping container in which its members prepare meals for their community feeding project from a piece of public land in Hanover Park. They moved the container on to the land, which lies opposite their premises, without permission from the City of Cape Town on 25 February.
“We needed the container close to our base. Previously, we carted the huge 100-litre food pots with our vehicles,” said Wyngaard, adding that the choice to move the container was a “bold step” by the foundation that followed on from numerous emails and requests they had submitted to the city regarding the piece of land.
The Alcardo Andrews Foundation’s shipping container contains cooking equipment with which to make meals for members of the Hanover Park community. Since the container was placed on the piece of public land, city law enforcement had been attempting to have it removed, said Andrews. The Alcardo Andrews Foundation was given seven days to provide law enforcement with written representation on the issue, said Wyngaard. They have since submitted a five-page report containing a “wad of evidence” on their past interactions with the city regarding the land and are awaiting feedback.
The City of Cape Town confirmed that the Recreation and Parks Department was approached by the Alcardo Andrews Foundation in 2019 and that the foundation was informed that the Property Management Department needed to be consulted. However, the city has been unable to find any record of the application beyond that point.
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