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Root 44 Market – Here are the facts (statement by Municipal Manager Geraldine Mettler)

Stellenbosch Municipality · 28 September 2021 · official statement

Original address
https://stellenbosch.gov.za/2021/09/28/root-44-market-here-are-the-facts/
Retrieved
29 October 2026
Archived copy
Archived copy (Google Drive) ↗
Why it matters
Municipality's own account of 2009/2012/2017 land-use decisions, MPT condition and appeal outcome.

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Retrieved 29 October 2026.

Cited pinpoints: Stellenbosch Municipality, "Root 44 Market - Here are the facts", 28 Sep 2021, para 2Stellenbosch Municipality, "Root 44 Market - Here are the facts", 28 Sep 2021, para 3; Moneyweb, "Community rebellion halts 'illegal' Stellenbosch development", 9 Jun 2021, section "Development started"Stellenbosch Municipality, "Root 44 Market - Here are the facts", 28 Sep 2021, para 4

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Claims citing this document

  • VerifiedEditor-approved Stellenbosch Municipality (Municipal Manager statement) states that a land-use application for a tourist facility 'presented and qualified as a wine emporium' was approved in August 2009 and implemented only in 2020. (Stellenbosch Municipality, "Root 44 Market - Here are the facts", 28 Sep 2021, para 2)
  • VerifiedEditor-approved The municipality states that in August 2012 a temporary land-use departure for a tourist facility qualified as a farmers' market (Root44 market) was granted for five years. (Stellenbosch Municipality, "Root 44 Market - Here are the facts", 28 Sep 2021, para 3; Moneyweb, "Community rebellion halts 'illegal' Stellenbosch development", 9 Jun 2021, section "Development started")
  • VerifiedEditor-approved Per the municipality, in 2017 the Municipal Planning Tribunal approved permanent land-use rights for the market subject to the condition that the 2009 approval be withdrawn and cancelled, citing anticipated traffic impact and risk of an 'undesirable urban node' in a rural area. (Stellenbosch Municipality, "Root 44 Market - Here are the facts", 28 Sep 2021, para 4)

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