Document SRC-5003
Community rebellion halts 'illegal' Stellenbosch development (Jan-Jan Joubert)
- Original address
- https://www.moneyweb.co.za/news/south-africa/community-rebellion-halts-illegal-stellenbosch-property-development/
- Retrieved
- 29 October 2026
- Archived copy
- An archived copy is held by the project
- Why it matters
- Cites PAIA-obtained records, High Court affidavits, 4 Dec 2020 interdict, Feb 2021 building plan approval, occupancy refusal reasons.
Original document
Claims citing this document
- 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.
- CorroboratedEditor-approved Moneyweb reported that Western Cape High Court Judge Pat Gamble granted an interdict on 4 December 2020 to stop construction work on the Root44 site, postponing the matter to May 2021.
- VerifiedEditor-approved Moneyweb reported that the municipality approved new building plans in February 2021 (developer cites 21 February 2021), conditional on adherence to the 2009 land-use conditions.
- VerifiedEditor-approved The municipality refused an occupation certificate for the Root44 building in 2021. Municipal spokesperson Stuart Grobbelaar told Moneyweb (June 2021) that there were "technical aspects which were not addressed satisfactorily, including deviations from the original building plan", and that the building "will not be used in terms of the land use rights and the associated building plan as agreed upon, including the space to be used for trading". Developer Dax Hunt told Moneyweb that the refusal, "insofar as the refusal is based on 'non-compliance with conditions of approval', is unlawful". In a statement on 29 September 2021 the Daxcon Development Trust said a municipal letter of 23 September 2021 had again refused the certificate, and that it had "real concerns as to the basis upon which the occupation certificate is being refused".