Mowbray Golf Course Chairperson Stands Firm Against Affordable Housing Redevelopment

Following proposed plans to redevelop the Mother Citys Mowbray Golf Course KDM, the organisation has responded to comments from various role players.

This comes after the City of Cape Town recently proposed mixed-use affordable housing development on City-owned land currently used by the King David Mowbray Golf Course and Clyde Pinelands Association Football Club, saying it would release the 65.8-hectare piece of land, valued at R171 million.

Housing activists have for years advocated for affordable housing to be developed on public land.

But housing activists such as Ndifuna Ukwazi NU, a non-profit organisation working to broaden access to well-located land and affordable housing, warned that without clear affordability measures, long-term protections and racial redress, the Citys plan to redevelop the golf course with 30 affordable housing could fall short.

This is a historic opportunity for Cape Town to break with its exclusionary past, said Dr Jonty Cogger, an attorney at Ndifuna Ukwazi.