Halim Gençoğlu’s opinion piece (“Neither white nor black sufficient: Caught between the racial divides”, Might 16, 2024) refers.
Because the Councillor for Ward 77, which incorporates the Bo-Kaap, I’m glad to offer the solutions to his questions.
Firstly, I need to right his remark that the Metropolis “didn’t waste any time in punishing Bo-Kaap residents with a penalty for portray their homes with Palestinian flags and graffiti”. That is merely not true.
No fines had been issued for the murals on residential properties within the Bo-Kaap.
If Mr Gençoğlu is ready to present proof of a effective, I’ll gladly examine the matter.
Regarding casual buying and selling alternatives within the Bo-Kaap, the Metropolis is in truth creating an exquisite new buying and selling facility below the timber on the public open house on the intersection of Pentz Road and Yusuf Drive.
This new casual buying and selling space will embody 12 buying and selling kiosks along with extra seating and lighting.
There has already been intensive session with the Bo-Kaap neighborhood on the designs of the buying and selling facility, together with an Open Day held in July final yr. The suggestions from the neighborhood has been largely constructive, with some constructive strategies and concepts which have been included into the designs the place attainable.
The purpose is to begin development later this yr with additional info circulated nearer to the time on methods to apply to commerce at this facility.
I’m excited concerning the potential financial alternatives that this new buying and selling space will present for residents of the Bo-Kaap, and I sit up for the completion of the mission within the close to future.
* Councillor Francine Higham (DA), Ward 77, Cape City.
** The views expressed right here should not essentially these of Impartial Media.
Cape Argus
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