Development and Congestion
Newinbosch, the Adam Tas Corridor, northern expansion and other approvals measured against the roads, schools and services promised.
Investigations
Investigations
Each subject below was commissioned for research. A subject is marked a research entry until an editor-reviewed text exists; research entries list open questions only, never findings.
0 reviewed investigations · 16 research entries.
Planning & Development
Traffic & Parking
The Parking Crisis
Why central Stellenbosch runs short of parking, what the municipality has planned since 2012, and what has actually been built.
Public Money
Public Land and Property Leases
The property-leasing irregularities identified in the March 2026 mayoral committee agenda, and the wider record of municipal land transactions.
Municipal Spending
Five years of budgets against actual delivery: capital projects, maintenance, procurement and irregular expenditure.
Community & Culture
Crime & Safety
Municipal Law Enforcement and Parking Fines
How enforcement staff, patrol time and budgets are divided between parking, traffic safety and crime prevention.
Crime and Public Safety
SAPS crime trends, CCTV and licence-plate cameras, student safety and the division of policing responsibilities.
Housing & Social Issues
Housing Affordability and Gentrification
Rents, prices, affordable-housing delivery and displacement since 2021.
Healthcare & Education
Stellenbosch Provincial Hospital
The reported 2025 patient deaths, the investigations that followed, and staffing and capacity at a provincially run hospital.
Municipal Services
Public Infrastructure and Services
Roads, stormwater, water security, wastewater and the unequal reach of basic services across wards.
Governance & Accountability
Appointments and Administrative Conduct
The 2022 Public Protector appointment findings, the 2025 Kannemeyer recruitment controversy and public participation.