The City has made an about-turn regarding the renewal of King David Mowbray Golf Club’s lease. WeekendArgus
Last month, the City called for public comments by August 25 for the renewal of the club’s lease of 9.5 hectares of public land for 10 years at just over R950 per month or R19 per hectare per month.
The City said given that the application related to a “significant right to be granted the use and management of an immovable property asset of over R10 million” the matter would first be placed before Council for authority to advertise.The City had attracted heavy criticism from housing and social justice advocacy activists.
Ndifuna Ukwazi described the plan as “exclusionary, unjust and inefficient” and along with advocacy organisation amandla.mobi launched a petition.The organisation said the land could have been used for the development of social or affordable housing in a city regarded as the most unequal and spatially divided in the country.
The Development Action Group said if the City were to “pro-actively” use the Mowbray golf course land to develop housing solutions at a scale, it would send a signal that “public land is truly for the public”.
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