I hereby give notice that on the next sitting day of the Council I shall move on behalf of the ANC:
That the Council -
1) notes with concern that the Western Cape provincial government and the DA-led City of Cape Town are not prepared to release vast areas of land owned by it for housing development for the poor while the provincial government has given clearance for the development of a 9 000? shopping mall to be built on the shores of Princess Vlei, a very sensitive wetland fynbos area owned by the City;
2) further notes that Mayor Patricia de Lille has refused to inform the people of Cape Town whether the City supports the development of the shopping mall or not.
3) notes that as she apparently acts under the instructions of the DA and its leader, Helen Zille, she instead referred enquiries from the public to the MEC for Local Government, Environmental Affairs and Development Planning while the provincial government and the city are forcing poor people to the townships; and
(4) acknowledges that this state of affairs displays the lack of transparency and openness of the DA-led provincial government and the City of Cape Town and calls on the Minister of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs; of Human Settlements and of Water and Environmental Affairs to investigate the matter as a matter of urgency and to intervene appropriately.