| Phoebe Barnard | Signed on: Fri 04 Jul 2008 13:49:28 UTC
Capetonians, stand up on this issue. How many ugly, congested concrete city seafronts exist around the world? Nobody loves such places, perhaps even the developers who've become obscenely rich from them. For too long we've let market-driven developments determine the kind of landscape around us. It's time to stop! The development surely also contravenes the spirit and letter of the Integrated Coastal Management act and the Coastal Edge. It will be of no great pleasure to us all when the bottom floors of waterfront developments are ruined by storm surges and sea level rise over the next decades. Leave natural land as open space buffers - previous generations were wise enough to realize this. |
| fazeela haffejee | Signed on: Fri 04 Jul 2008 08:09:09 UTC
Save the Seafront. My kids love the area. |
| Niki Covary | Signed on: Thu 03 Jul 2008 20:35:29 UTC
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| Deela Khan | Signed on: Sat 28 Jun 2008 01:44:40 UTC
There are places should be off-limits to any sort of industrial development. The scenic Sea Point Pavilion, promenade and surrounding areas frequented by all of us, is unspoiled coastline we don’t want to be rezoned, developed or destroyed. The City of Cape Town has, no doubt, in our climate of insatiable greed and rampant poverty, been enticed by Development Moguls and has disgustingly yielded. It supports environmentally myopic developers trying to privatise our coastline, exploit it for mega bucks. The minister, who rubber stamped the tender, doesn’t care two hoots, that skyscrapers on our coastline would steal our spectacular sunsets and daybreaks. Sadly we, South Africans and the global community would be robbed of our stars and night-time views. The City has to revision the fallout of so rash a decision. Development must be stopped. We will not give up the fairest urban Public Open Spaces in the world that we have enjoyed since Liberation, when we were promised “a better life for all!” or was it, a bitter life for all? |
| Deela Khan | Signed on: Sat 28 Jun 2008 01:35:21 UTC
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| mavis smallberg | Signed on: Fri 27 Jun 2008 09:14:20 UTC
It is bad enough that the majority of Cape Town's population can only dream about living on the Atlantic seaboard. Now greedy developers plan to deny them access to the pavilion as well. The seafront is an invigorationg, soul-soothing place that should be enjoyed by all. Thank you for this initiative. |
| sarah wilkinson | Signed on: Wed 25 Jun 2008 16:12:46 UTC
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| Lesego Motolla | Signed on: Mon 23 Jun 2008 14:08:04 UTC
greedy, exploitation, self enrichment will never built SA. But... |
| Lance Michalson | Signed on: Tue 17 Jun 2008 23:14:24 UTC
Frequest Promenade Walker |
| Cecile Blake | Signed on: Fri 13 Jun 2008 09:56:48 UTC
I love that piece of land! I love to see south africans from all walks of life enjoy the open space wih their families. How can we stop this? |
