Oude Molen Food Garden Village

23/06/2026

The good news : On 10 June, Heritage Western Cape upheld their decision under appeal from WC Government/Infrastructure in that the Heritage Impact Assessment (HIA) for proposed development is not approved.
The next challenge : While the HIA appeal was in process, Western Cape officials, eager to develop, lost no time in applying pressure from another angle, through a rezoning application.
If this application goes through, there is a strong likelihood that Oude Molen could become the next "Amazon/Riverlands" - this neighbouring land is owned by property developers who continue to exploit and devastate the land for profit.
Oude Molen is one of the few remaining heritage-rich areas, steeped in First Nation culture, and the site of biodiverse and environmentally sensitive land which is home to endangered and at-risk species in the Western Cape.
PLEASE USE YOUR VOICE AND YOUR POWER
Please complete the Objection form in link below, and lodge your objection,
BY 30 June to : [email protected]
Objection form :
https://resource.capetown.gov.za/documentcentre/Documents/Forms%2c%20notices%2c%20tariffs%20and%20lists/MPBL-LUM18_Comment_Objection_Form.pdf
You can view the full detail of the rezoning application at :
https://www.capetown.gov.za/City-Connect/Have-your-say/Land-use-applications/1500155417

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23/06/2026

https://www.facebook.com/DearSouthAfricaRH/posts/the-oude-molen-bait-and-switch-leaked-investor-documents-misleading-visuals-and-/1449966783828546/

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

23/06/2026

20/06/2026

Next saturday 27th June

Free of charge , but donations welcomed for the facilitator

Please bring your own secateurs as this is a hands on workshop

30/05/2026

The rain has made everything shoot up in the OM garden , that includes the grass ...
Bellas crash course in how to use a w**d eater has paid off , and she is doing a fab job so far.. slowly slowly xx

20/05/2026

Oupa -- It would of been your birthday today.

Miss our conversations --

I can often feel your presence in the garden , and hear those sticks of yours !

kx

18/05/2026

What a busy week we had last week at the OM garden.
St Georges community school morning / mulching / clean ups/ propagation workshops with Prince and Chad chatting about Duck w**d and benefits to students completing their school service profiles --

09/05/2026

Mother in law tongue.
Great air purifier / removes negative vibrations In your home n great for luck

R200 per plant.
Its a really great deal

09/05/2026

Here she rolls in ..