South Africa: Cape Town Planning Officials Must Listen to Residents, Drop the 'Take Us to Court' Attitude
[Daily Maverick] The deputy mayor's response to Daily Maverick's Municipal Planning Tribunal exposé suggests that anyone who tries to hold the tribunal accountable for its far-reaching decisions will be denounced and discredited.
Cape Town's deputy mayor, Eddie Andrews, has expressed concerns over Daily Maverick's Municipal Planning Tribunal exposé, suggesting anyone challenging the tribunal's decisions will be discredited. Kevin Bloom of Daily Maverick's investigative team had been examining the city's planning and development approval system in a series of articles that were later compiled into a video.
The exposé has garnered over 100,000 views online, prompting a strong reaction from senior City officials. Andrews, the mayoral committee member for spatial planning and environment, attacked the video for presenting false and unsubstantiated claims about Cape Town's Municipal Planning Tribunal while simultaneously claiming that the city's planning system is open to scrutiny.
Despite this, Andrews' response indicates that he is against any scrutiny of the MPT and its planning system.
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