A letter regarding the Dassenberg Development received from the Ministry of Local Government, Environmental Affairs and Development Planning
I received a very detailed letter from the Ministry of Local Government, Environmental Affairs and Development Planning regarding the Dassenberg development. In it they outlined their surprise of the opinion that no pubic process was ente...
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Environmental concerns
Dassenberg Development- Lets start an email campaign
I have just submitted the following email through the DA web site to the leadership (I doubt Helen reads them all personally):
Dear Mrs. Zille
I considered reporting this as corruption, but then considered that the individuals involved should get the benifit of the doubt.
http://www.iolproperty.co.za/roller/news/entry/dassenberg_property_development_in_the
The Helen Zille a...
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Developments in the Cape Point Peninsula- how can you have your say?
New developments pop up like mushrooms in the Cape Point Peninsula, and one wonders where they are all going to go. Recently the City gave up its legal battle against the development at Dassenberg, which got the community up in arms, but this is by no means the only property project on the go at the moment in the Deep South, nor will it be the last.
Recently plans were appr...
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African Penguins at Boulders Beach
The season is changing, there is a definite nip in the air, and rain squalls seem to be the flavour of the moment. What better thing to do in such weather than take a family trip to Boulders Beach to see the African Penguins (well, if you are a from the north of England, rain showers and temperatures in the low teens is considered to be a corker of a bank holiday- head to t...
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Dassenburg Development- What Is Going On Here?
The general area of the proposed development- image thanks to Google EarthWork has begun on the new housing development at the foot of the Dassenberg Mountain (at the base of Ou Kaapse Weg). Clearing began last week so it seems unlikely that the development will not happen, unless the developers go out of business.This makes one question what kind of a process has been gone thr...
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Solar Flare Causing Dangerous Levels of UV in Cape Point Peninsula
A solar event, roughly 93 million miles from Earth will have long lasting effects on us in Southern Africa, the Western Cape and in particular the Cape Point Peninsula, if we don't take precautions over the coming months.
The Sun has spewed out billions of tons of radioactive material from its surface in an astrological event called a 'solar flare': think of it as the Sun ...
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Coastal Protection Zone By-Law: Cape Town Takes A Step In the Right Direction
The city of Cape Town has released a draft proposal for a new by-law, designed to protect what is left of our 230km of coastline from further development, and hopefully save the city some money in the process.
Several developments around the coast cost the city a small fortune to keep maintained, several of them are in the Cape Point Peninsula area (the railway to Simons T...
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Seals In Kalk Bay Harbour
For as long as I have been in the area there have been seals in Kalk Bay Harbour. I cannot remember ever going there and there not being at least one seal cavorting around the moored boats, taking advantage of the fishermen’s waste.
In the past, since there have been such low numbers I always assumed that the seals were either old hands looking for a free meal, sick anim...
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