Rates boycott threat

• Published date: 24 April 2024
• Author: Tara Isaacs tara.isaacs@acm.co.za
• Publication title: Tabletalk

Tabletalk reported on the somewhat 60 residents who took to the streets in early May last year, where they handed a two-page memorandum to mayoral committee member for spatial planning and environment, Eddie Andrews (“Call for action against dodgy developers,” Tabletalk, May 10, 2023)

The memorandum called for Mr Andrews to, among other things, investigate how “illegal buildings” impact crime, infrastructure and property values.

The memorandum also consisted of a list of 160 alleged illegal buildings in Milnerton, and “too many to count,” in Phoenix.

But residents say the number of “illegal buildings,” have doubled and for developers it’s “business as usual”, despite the establishment of a task team by Mr...