23/06/2026
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THE OUDE MOLEN BAIT-AND-SWITCH: Leaked investor documents, misleading visuals, and overridden heritage laws.
The City of Cape Town and the Western Cape Government are racing ahead with a massive, high-density five-storey redevelopment of the 13-hectare, publicly owned Oude Molen Precinct. But a look behind the town-planning curtain reveals shocking procedural and legal flaws that demand our immediate intervention.
Here is what is actually going on:
❌ Ignored Statutory Rulings: On 10 June 2026, Heritage Western Cape's Appeals Committee officially dismissed the government's appeal and rejected their Heritage Impact Assessment for breaking the law. Planning regulations state that heritage clearance MUST be finalized before rezoning occurs—yet authorities are pushing the land-use vote through anyway.
📉 The Visual Trap: The idealised drawings shown to the public look low-density. However, the legal "Development Framework" fixes sweeping maximum parameters for height and bulk that aren't depicted in those concepts. Once approved, all future design phases are legally constrained within those massive maximum limits. We are being shown an attractive concept but legally signing off on severe, maximum density blocks with little room for community influence later.
📁 Proof of Predetermination: Official documents prove this public window is a tick-box exercise. In November 2025, a provincial one-pager handed to global financiers at the Western Cape Investment Summit explicitly claimed heritage authorization was "completed by July 2025" and the site was completely "de-risked with secured development rights". Marketing un-obtained rights to investors while public windows are still open proves the decision was made long ago.
✋Permanent eviction of a 30-year-old ecosystem of public services operating on the land at zero cost to the state—including the Robin Trust (care for Alzheimer's/dementia), therapeutic stables for disabled children, and holistic schools.
👉 YOUR VOICE IS A LEGAL FORCE: Traditional petitions are logged as just one single collective signature by municipal tribunals whereas the DearSouth Africa platform enforces an individual model. Your choices populate a targeted town-planning objection sent directly to the City's Land Use Directorate, legally forcing them to read and record your comment.
The portal is open now. Don't sit on the sidelines while public assets are compromised.
🔗 HAVE YOUR SAY RIGHT NOW 👉 https://dearsouthafrica.co.za/oude-molen/
⏳ DEADLINE: Tuesday, 30 June 2026
