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The Parking Crisis
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
A 2021 CBD parking study summarised in the CITP 2022-2026 counted 686 on-street and 1 087 off-street public parking spaces (1 773 in total) in the Stellenbosch CBD.
Source: Review of the Stellenbosch CITP 2022-2026 - Final Draft 2 (AECOM), council agenda item B/SM 13/21-66.2, agenda pp.2617-2881 — CITP 2022-26 s3 (summary of 2021 parking study s4.3), agenda p.2678
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
A September 2020 survey, during COVID-19 restrictions, found overall maximum CBD parking utilisation of 55%, with some on-street locations reaching full saturation.
Source: Review of the Stellenbosch CITP 2022-2026 - Final Draft 2 (AECOM), council agenda item B/SM 13/21-66.2, agenda pp.2617-2881 — CITP 2022-26 agenda p.2678 (citing 2021 study pp.105, 107)
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
The 2021 parking study predicted a CBD shortage of 113 spaces by 2023 and a further 222 by 2028, and concluded the CBD could need 145 to 298 additional spaces between 2021 and 2028.
Sources: Review of the Stellenbosch CITP 2022-2026 - Final Draft 2 (AECOM), council agenda item B/SM 13/21-66.2, agenda pp.2617-2881; Hughes & Visagie (2025), parking study paper, South African Journal of Industrial Engineering (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — CITP 2022-26 agenda pp.2678-2679 (citing study pp.137, 139); SAJIE 2025 s1.1
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
The 2021 study's Techno Park survey (questionnaires to about 90 companies) found 1 857 parking bays against a demand of 2 577, a shortfall of 720 bays; it identified a 150-200 space at-grade facility at 'Location 5' in Techno Park and a 120-300 space multistorey facility at Eikestad Mall.
Source: Review of the Stellenbosch CITP 2022-2026 - Final Draft 2 (AECOM), council agenda item B/SM 13/21-66.2, agenda pp.2617-2881 — CITP 2022-26 agenda p.2679 (citing study pp.147, 155, 170); summary at p.2695
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
SMEC records a Council s78(4) resolution, which it dates to 2019, that open single-level parking be provided through an internal mechanism and multistorey parking through an external mechanism, with a private company to build, own, operate and transfer the facility to Council after 20 years. The Council item of 23 Aug 2024 lists that decision as Council 26 Feb 2020, item 13.3, and records that on 23 Feb 2022 Council amended it so that open one-level off-street parking would also be provided through an external mechanism unless the internal one was clearly more viable.
Sources: Eikestad Parking PPP Feasibility Study: Executive Summary (SMEC, ref B/SM 13/21-TT.9) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details; Eikestad Parking PPP Feasibility Study: Summary Report (SMEC) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details; 25th Council meeting 2024-08-23, item 10.6.2: Request for approval of the Eikestad Parking Public Private Partnership Feasibility Study (with Annexure 1 feasibility report) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — SMEC Executive Summary, 'Needs Analysis', printed p.iv (PDF p.5); Council agenda 23 Aug 2024 item 10.6.2, para 6.6 (35th Council 2020-02-26 item 13.3; Special Council 2022-02-23 item 8.11.2), PDF pp.6-8
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
SMEC parking surveys (06:00-18:00) were done 15-19 Sep 2020, 22-24 Apr 2021, 18-20 May 2023 (peak) and 11-15 Jul 2023 (off-peak), with inventories on 24 Aug 2020 and 3 Oct 2023.
Sources: Eikestad Parking PPP Feasibility Study: Executive Summary (SMEC, ref B/SM 13/21-TT.9) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details; Eikestad Parking PPP Feasibility Study: Summary Report (SMEC) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — SMEC Executive Summary 'Demand Analysis' pp.iii-iv; Summary Report s3.3.1
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
At the Eikestad Mall off-street parking area, SMEC observed weekday peak parking accumulation rising 20% from 2020 to 2021 and a further 85% from 2021 to 2023, with usable capacity exceeded in 2023; Friday increases were 71% and 37%, and Saturday (area L7) 60% and 29%.
Sources: Eikestad Parking PPP Feasibility Study: Summary Report (SMEC) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details; Eikestad Parking PPP Feasibility Study: Executive Summary (SMEC, ref B/SM 13/21-TT.9) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — SMEC Summary Report s3.5.1, Figs 3-8 to 3-10 (around pp.40-41); Executive Summary p.iv
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
In the SMEC focus area, overall maximum peak parking saturation was 92% in the peak period and 87% off-peak, and demand exceeded maximum usable capacity for about four hours on a peak-period weekday; SMEC expects traffic circulation as drivers search for on-street free parking.
Source: Eikestad Parking PPP Feasibility Study: Summary Report (SMEC) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — SMEC Summary Report s3.4.2, Figs 3-2/3-3 (around p.37)
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
SMEC sized a possible Eikestad facility (assuming use of the existing basement) at averages of 285, 319 and 399 bays for 2023 and 402, 502 and 483 bays for 2028 across three methods (2.57% annual growth). In its full report (Rev 2, 9 Jul 2024) the three methods gave additional-bay requirements of 7 to 292 (Method 1), 2 to 314 (Method 2, which SMEC itself calls flawed) and 92 to 300 (Method 3), which SMEC summarised as ranging 'from just 7 additional bays to 314' with an average 'around 148'. It sized the facility at 475-548 bays and proposed 498.
Sources: 25th Council meeting 2024-08-23, item 10.6.2: Request for approval of the Eikestad Parking Public Private Partnership Feasibility Study (with Annexure 1 feasibility report) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details; Eikestad Parking PPP Feasibility Study: Summary Report (SMEC) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details; Eikestad Parking PPP Feasibility Study: Executive Summary (SMEC, ref B/SM 13/21-TT.9) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — Council agenda 23 Aug 2024 item 10.6.2, Annexure 1 (SMEC feasibility study) s3.7.3-3.7.4 and Tables 3-23/3-24, printed pp.119-124 (PDF pp.143-148); executive summary Table 3-3, PDF p.29. Also SMEC Summary Report s3.6.3, Tables 3-2/3-3, printed pp.43-44 (PDF pp.57-58)
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
SMEC assessed nine sites and found the existing Eikestad open parking behind Eikestad Mall the most suitable; it states CBD demand for parking services 'amounted to 300 bays'.
Source: Eikestad Parking PPP Feasibility Study: Executive Summary (SMEC, ref B/SM 13/21-TT.9) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — SMEC Executive Summary 'Options Analysis' and 'Conclusion', pp.v-vi
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved Figure: stage unknown
SMEC's full feasibility report (Rev 2, Jul 2024) estimates construction at R99 439 000, a smart parking system at R1 999 141 and fibre at R5 000 (excluding VAT); with consultants' fees (12%) of R12 138 368.83 and services relocation of R1 714 073.56 the 2023 capital cost totals R115 295 583.39 at September 2023 prices, with construction assumed from June 2024 to Nov/Dec 2025. It puts operating cost at R1 246 000 a year (2023) and just over R1.52m in 2026, and maintenance at R469 003.50 a year (2023) and R542 930.18 (2026) in Table 8-4.
Sources: 25th Council meeting 2024-08-23, item 10.6.2: Request for approval of the Eikestad Parking Public Private Partnership Feasibility Study (with Annexure 1 feasibility report) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details; Eikestad Parking PPP Feasibility Study: Summary Report (SMEC) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — Council agenda 23 Aug 2024 item 10.6.2, Annexure 1 (SMEC feasibility study) s2.2, printed pp.19-20 (PDF pp.43-44); s8.5.3.1 capital cost, printed pp.211-213 (PDF pp.235-237); Table 8-3, PDF p.238; Table 8-4 'Cost Estimate / Year', PDF pp.239-240. Summary Report printed pp.16 and 59
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved Figure: stage unknown
SMEC's site comparison table gave assumed capital budgets for other options, for example Stellenbosch/Die Braak sites R222 750 000, Pick n Pay R155 925 000, Eikestad Mall R111 000 000, Bloemhof and Stelkor R89 100 000, Checkers R44 550 000, and R304 entrance / Adam Tas R267 300 000.
Source: Eikestad Parking PPP Feasibility Study: Summary Report (SMEC) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — SMEC Summary Report s4.2 options assessment table (around pp.46-48)
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved Figure: stage unknown
SMEC estimated annual revenue for the Eikestad facility at R11.7m to R18.3m in 2026 (first operating year) across seven scenarios, using existing Eikestad tariffs; its best scenario gave R16 710 286 (2023) and R18 309 998 (2026).
Source: Eikestad Parking PPP Feasibility Study: Summary Report (SMEC) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — SMEC Summary Report s6.1.6, Table 6.1 (around p.61)
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved Figure: stage unknown
SMEC found a 25-year BOOT concession more favourable than 20 years, said tax and VAT would give the public sector an extra NPV of R66m over 20 years and R122m over 25 years, said private-sector risk management could cut risk cost to the public sector by almost 60%, and recommended Treasury Approval 1.
Source: Eikestad Parking PPP Feasibility Study: Executive Summary (SMEC, ref B/SM 13/21-TT.9) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — SMEC Executive Summary 'Economic Analysis' and 'Financial Analysis', pp.v-vi
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved Figure: stage unknown
The CITP 2016-2020 budgeted R120.1m for two parking projects: TI042, 'Provision and Improvement of Parking Areas in Stellenbosch', R50m in each of 2017/18 and 2018/19 (R100m), and TI044, 'Construct a Parking Garage', R100 000 (2017/18) and R20m (2018/19) (R20.1m). The CITP 2022-2026 has no capital line for a large parking facility, although it states that the creation of the CBD and Techno Park parking facilities "is included in the ten year Infrastructure Services budget" (agenda p.2724); the only matching line in Appendix C is the R9m planning and development item. Appendix C lists parking area upgrades in Franschhoek (R711 442) and Stellenbosch (R800 000) in 2022/23 from developer charges, and 'Provision Bulk Parking Planning & Development' at R3m in each of 2023/24, 2024/25 and 2025/26 (R9m, own funds).
Sources: Comprehensive Integrated Transport Plan 2016-2020 (Final Report for Council Approval, 12 Feb 2016); Review of the Stellenbosch CITP 2022-2026 - Final Draft 2 (AECOM), council agenda item B/SM 13/21-66.2, agenda pp.2617-2881; Eikestad Parking PPP Feasibility Study: Summary Report (SMEC) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — CITP 2016-20 project list, printed p.272 (PDF p.301); CITP 2022-26 s7.2, agenda p.2724 (PDF p.108), and Appendix C, agenda pp.2870, 2873; SMEC Summary Report s2.3.1, printed p.16
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
Stellenbosch University's mobility manager Roelof Loubser told Eikestadnuus (8 Nov 2024) that there is ample parking in town and on campus, mostly on the periphery, and that SU's annual parking audits show "a large number of bays standing empty on our campus".
Source: Parking options for Stellenbosch further examined (Eikestadnuus) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — Eikestadnuus 8 Nov 2024, para 21
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
Eikestadnuus reported (8 Nov 2024) that Council adopted the Eikestad PPP feasibility report in August 2024, and that this was not approval of the facility but a step needed to submit it to National Treasury under the MFMA before a Request for Proposals. The municipal manager told the paper another extensive public participation process would follow before any approval.
Source: Parking options for Stellenbosch further examined (Eikestadnuus) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — Eikestadnuus 8 Nov 2024, paras 4-5
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
Eikestadnuus reported (8 Nov 2024) that a TIA had already been done for the Eikestad facility and that the RFP would include a new, updated and more detailed TIA; that an environmental impact assessment had found no environmental triggers; and that the municipality had informed Heritage Western Cape, with final heritage approval to be sought at design stage. Separately, the project triggered section 38 of the National Heritage Resources Act, and at its 18 January 2024 meeting Heritage Western Cape required a Heritage Impact Assessment (archaeology, townscape and visual).
Sources: Parking options for Stellenbosch further examined (Eikestadnuus) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details; Eikestad Parking Upgrade PPP - Public Participation Invitation - Municipal Notice 9/2024 (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — Eikestadnuus 8 Nov 2024, paras 7-8 (statements in the newspaper's own voice); Enviropart Notice 9/2024, 'Project proposal' (s38(1)(c)(i) NHRA; HWC 18 Jan 2024)
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
Municipal Notice 9/2024 invited comment (25 Jan-26 Feb 2024, open house 13 Feb 2024) on upgrading the Eikestad parking area (Erven 1962-RE, 1969-1976, 1954, 6402 and 6636); the site comprises 18 erven totalling 18 651,2 m2 in a historically significant landscape; at its 18 Jan 2024 meeting HWC required a Heritage Impact Assessment, to be done after the PPP is in place. The full feasibility report was 'available on request'.
Source: Eikestad Parking Upgrade PPP - Public Participation Invitation - Municipal Notice 9/2024 (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — Enviropart notice, 'Project proposal' and 'Opportunity to participate'
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
SU mobility manager Roelof Loubser told Eikestadnuus (8 Nov 2024): "We need park-and-ride facilities on the outskirts of town that everyone in Stellenbosch can use..." SU's Dr Leslie van Rooi told the paper that staff and students "many often park illegally".
Source: Parking options for Stellenbosch further examined (Eikestadnuus) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — Eikestadnuus 8 Nov 2024, paras 11-12
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved Figure: stage unknown
The municipality appointed Street Parking Solutions (SPS) to manage public parking in the CBD from 1 April 2019 with a cashless system (cards R30, loadable R15-R1 500); marshals had to be municipal residents and SPS staff were subject to SAPS background checks; officials were not to accept cash.
Source: New electronic parking management system (municipal news) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · archived copy of New electronic parking management system (municipal news) (opens in a new tab) · details — Municipal news 1 Apr 2019, bullet list
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved Figure: stage unknown
The municipal spokesperson, Stuart Grobbelaar, told MatieMedia (Oct 2021) that the SPS contract was a "normal fixed-term contract [...] that simply expired" on 30 September 2021, and that the municipality was managing CBD parking itself "for the time being"; MatieMedia reported, citing Mayco minutes of 15 Sep 2021, that a R440 000 Cape Winelands District grant for CBD safety would kickstart the project.
Source: Stellenbosch Municipality implements new trial parking system (MatieMedia / SMF) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — MatieMedia 26 Oct 2021, paras 2-3, 5
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
SPS owner Zunade Loghdey told MatieMedia (Oct 2021) that SPS had enquired several times in July about extending its contract and that "Stellenbosch municipality never responded"; he claimed that the municipality's new system had shortened attendant hours from 08:00-17:00 to 08:00-15:30, which could result in a loss of municipal income, and that there had been no objections to keeping SPS when the public could comment after the July council meeting. The municipal spokesperson, Stuart Grobbelaar, told MatieMedia the contract was a "normal fixed-term contract [...] that simply expired"; he did not respond to MatieMedia's queries about Loghdey's claims, and the municipality declined to "become involved in a public to and throw [sic] with a previous service provider".
Source: Stellenbosch Municipality implements new trial parking system (MatieMedia / SMF) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — MatieMedia 26 Oct 2021, paras 4-5, 10-11, 22 and first photo caption
Key finding CorroboratedEditor-approved
After the SPS contract expired, the municipality ran a trial parking system managed by law enforcement officers and parking attendants appointed by the municipality, according to Council minutes of 24 Aug 2021 as cited by MatieMedia.
Source: Stellenbosch Municipality implements new trial parking system (MatieMedia / SMF) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — MatieMedia 26 Oct 2021, photo caption citing Council minutes of 24 Aug 2021
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved Figure: stage unknown
In Oct 2021 the municipal spokesperson told MatieMedia that tariffs were 'exactly the same as before': off-street, the first 30 minutes free then R8 an hour; on-street, 'the first 30 minutes costs R4'. A resident complained publicly of an 'R8.00 parking fee for four minutes of parking' in Plein Street, saying the guard told him it was 'R8 [for] 0-1 hour'. The CITP 2022-2026 records that the on-street tariff was reduced 'from R8 per hour to R4 per hour due to political pressure exerted after the initial increase to R8'.
Sources: Stellenbosch Municipality implements new trial parking system (MatieMedia / SMF) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details; Review of the Stellenbosch CITP 2022-2026 - Final Draft 2 (AECOM), council agenda item B/SM 13/21-66.2, agenda pp.2617-2881 — MatieMedia 26 Oct 2021, 'Residential concerns' paras; CITP 2022-26 s3.2.14, agenda p.2666
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
Eikestadnuus reported that the municipality intends to provide alternatives to on-street parking, with freed-up street space apparently to be used for landscaping, wider sidewalks and cycling facilities; preparatory pedestrianisation works were under way in Nov 2024.
Source: Parking options for Stellenbosch further examined (Eikestadnuus) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — Eikestadnuus 8 Nov 2024, paras 9, 13-14
Key finding CorroboratedEditor-approved
Eikestadnuus reported in March 2026 that neither new roads, the contentious multistorey parking garage, nor the municipality's own NMT policy had yet been fully implemented.
Source: Stellenbosch se verkeer bly 'n groot kopseer - padopgraderings kom (Yael Malgas, Eikestadnuus) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — Eikestadnuus 23 Mar 2026, para beginning 'Die munisipaliteit het oor die jare' (Afrikaans; project translation)
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
The 2021 revised draft parking by-law report stated: 'The recent increase in demand for parking, and related increases in revenue, particularly for parking in the Central Business District (CBD) areas, has necessitated revisions'; it added that additional staff for operational management of parking or of a parking service provider may be required.
Source: Council item 11.5.6 'Request for approval for Stellenbosch Municipality's revised draft By-law on Parking' (meetings 14 & 28 April 2021), with Annexure A Parking By-law 2018 — Item 11.5.6 executive summary and para 6.5
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
The SAJIE paper by Hughes & Visagie (Dec 2025) applied a 'house of quality' evaluation to the proposed Eikestad facility using fictitious ('dummy') data, and concluded further studies with real stakeholder data are needed.
Source: Hughes & Visagie (2025), parking study paper, South African Journal of Industrial Engineering (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — SAJIE 36(3) pp.212-224, abstract and s5
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
In the National Household Travel Survey 2020, as reported in the CITP 2022-2026 (Table 3.20), congestion ranked third and parking ninth of 12 transport issues. SAJIE (2025) states, citing the CITP, that 93% of vehicles travelling in and around Stellenbosch are private light motor vehicles (including minibus taxis); this figure does not appear in the published CITP 2022-2026 or CITP 2016-2020.
Sources: Review of the Stellenbosch CITP 2022-2026 - Final Draft 2 (AECOM), council agenda item B/SM 13/21-66.2, agenda pp.2617-2881; Hughes & Visagie (2025), parking study paper, South African Journal of Industrial Engineering (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — CITP 2022-26 s3.2.14.1, Table 3.20, agenda p.2666; SAJIE 2025 s1.1 (ref [2])
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved Figure: stage unknown
Stellenbosch Municipality's audited revenue from 'Parking Fees' (sales of goods and rendering of services) was R5 028 539 in 2024/25, down from R5 722 596 in 2023/24.
Source: Stellenbosch Municipality Audited Annual Financial Statements for the year ended 30 June 2025 (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — AFS 2024/25 note 29 'Sales of goods and rendering of services', PDF p.109
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved Figure: stage unknown
Audited 'Parking Fees' revenue was R4 422 045 in 2022/23 (comparative in the 2023/24 AFS), so parking tariff income rose about 29% to 2023/24 and fell about 12% in 2024/25 (calculated from the audited figures).
Sources: Stellenbosch Municipality Audited Annual Financial Statements for the year ended 30 June 2024 (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details; Stellenbosch Municipality Audited Annual Financial Statements for the year ended 30 June 2025 (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — AFS 2023/24 note 29, PDF p.101; AFS 2024/25 note 29, PDF p.109
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved Figure: stage unknown
Audited revenue from municipal traffic fines was R169 181 492 in 2024/25 and R143 096 788 in 2023/24; 'Law enforcement' fines were R95 036 and R22 720. Total fines, penalties and forfeits were R187 263 479 and R166 867 895.
Source: Stellenbosch Municipality Audited Annual Financial Statements for the year ended 30 June 2025 (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — AFS 2024/25 note 31 'Fines, penalties and forfeits' and 31.1, PDF p.111
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved Figure: stage unknown
In 2022/23 audited municipal traffic fine revenue was R146 459 602 and 'Law enforcement' fines R126 077 (comparatives in the 2023/24 AFS).
Source: Stellenbosch Municipality Audited Annual Financial Statements for the year ended 30 June 2024 (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — AFS 2023/24 note 31.1, PDF p.103
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved Figure: stage unknown
Traffic fines written off as irrecoverable were R102 206 318 in 2024/25, R101 264 460 in 2023/24 and R82 979 503 in 2022/23; the municipality explains the write-offs by an NPA directive cancelling fines not converted to a summons within 18 months under the Criminal Procedure Act.
Sources: Stellenbosch Municipality Audited Annual Financial Statements for the year ended 30 June 2025 (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details; Stellenbosch Municipality Audited Annual Financial Statements for the year ended 30 June 2024 (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — AFS 2024/25 note 43, PDF p.120 and budget-comparison explanation, PDF p.14; AFS 2023/24 note 43, PDF p.112
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved Figure: stage unknown
At 30 June 2025 gross traffic-fine receivables were R261 099 733 (R233 078 454 a year earlier) against an impairment allowance of R208 198 318 (R180 782 289), leaving R52 901 415 (R52 296 165) carried as recoverable; impairment is set from the ratio of receipts to the value of fines issued.
Source: Stellenbosch Municipality Audited Annual Financial Statements for the year ended 30 June 2025 (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — AFS 2024/25 note 6 ageing, PDF p.75; statutory receivables, PDF p.76; note 6.1.2 impairment reconciliation, PDF p.77; impairment basis ('value of fines issued in comparison to the receipts generated'), note 6 (statutory receivables), PDF p.79
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved Figure: stage unknown
The municipality outsources traffic-fine administration: 'Traffic Fines Management' contracted services cost R14 785 281 in 2024/25, R13 065 594 in 2023/24 and R9 646 176 in 2022/23, and agent TMT collects traffic fines and pays the money over to the municipality.
Sources: Stellenbosch Municipality Audited Annual Financial Statements for the year ended 30 June 2025 (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details; Stellenbosch Municipality Audited Annual Financial Statements for the year ended 30 June 2024 (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — AFS 2024/25 note 41 contracted services, PDF p.120, and note on agents, PDF p.122; AFS 2023/24 note 41, PDF p.111
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
Traffic Services issued 34 400, 43 504 and 55 506 section 56 notices and 28 062, 29 867 and 35 823 section 341 notices in 2021/22, 2022/23 and 2023/24, and 357 144, 372 420 and 353 279 camera speeding fines; the municipality says s341 notices are used, for example, for parking offences.
Source: Annual Report 2023/24 with Annual Report Oversight Report 2023/24 (final, as submitted to National Treasury) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — Annual Report 2023/24 Table 163 'Service Data for Traffic Services', PDF p.254; s341 explanation in Oversight Report MPAC answers, PDF p.35
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
Law Enforcement fines issued (s56 and s341) fell from 5 196 in 2022/23 to 2 078 in 2023/24. The municipality told MPAC the 2022/23 fines were issued while it was 'supported by POCS in 22/23 with additional staff', that those contracts were not renewed in 2023/24, and that the staff reduction caused the drop.
Source: Annual Report 2023/24 with Annual Report Oversight Report 2023/24 (final, as submitted to National Treasury) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — Annual Report 2023/24 s3.17 Table 162, PDF p.252; Oversight Report MPAC question on Table 165, PDF p.35
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
In its 2023/24 annual report the municipality said 'the temporary traffic parking project is continuing successfully within limits', benefiting the contract staff (job creation) and the municipality, 'which is managing parking within the municipal area internally'.
Source: Annual Report 2023/24 with Annual Report Oversight Report 2023/24 (final, as submitted to National Treasury) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — Annual Report 2023/24 s3.17.1 Traffic Services highlights, PDF p.253
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
The 2023/24 annual report lists a municipally funded EPWP project 'Parking / Que Marshall and Scholar Safety' with 331 jobs created.
Source: Annual Report 2023/24 with Annual Report Oversight Report 2023/24 (final, as submitted to National Treasury) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — Annual Report 2023/24 EPWP table (municipal funded projects), PDF p.235
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved Figure: stage unknown
Capital project 'Provision of Bulk Parking Planning and Development' had an adjustment budget of R7.239m and actual spending of R7.085m in 2023/24.
Source: Annual Report 2023/24 with Annual Report Oversight Report 2023/24 (final, as submitted to National Treasury) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — Annual Report 2023/24 Table 129 capital expenditure (Roads, Transport and Stormwater), PDF p.210
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved Figure: stage unknown
The draft 2026/27 MTREF tabled at Mayco on 25 Mar 2026 allocates R500 000 in 2026/27 (nothing in 2027/28 or 2028/29) to 'Provision of Bulk Parking Planning & Development' and R1 000 000 in 2027/28 to 'Parking Area Upgrades - Stellenbosch'; no capital allocation for building a multistorey garage appears.
Source: MayCo 2026-03-25 item 6.3: Medium Term Revenue and Expenditure Framework 2026/2027-2028/2029 (draft budget annexure) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · archived copy of MayCo 2026-03-25 item 6.3: Medium Term Revenue and Expenditure Framework 2026/2027-2028/2029 (draft budget annexure) (opens in a new tab) · details — Mayco 25 Mar 2026 item 6.3 (draft MTREF 2026/27) capital schedule, PDF pp.111-112
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved Figure: stage unknown
Draft 2026/27 tariffs: CBD off-street Zone 1 (Eikestad, Checkers, Pick n Pay/Stelmark) stays free for 30 minutes, then R12.50 (31-59 min), R21 (1-2 h) up to R135 (12-24 h or lost ticket), up from R12, R20 and R128; on-street CBD parking (e.g. Kerk, Plein, Dorp, Andringa streets) rises from R10.00 to R10.50 an hour, charged from R5 per first half-hour.
Source: MayCo 2026-03-25 item 6.3: Medium Term Revenue and Expenditure Framework 2026/2027-2028/2029 (draft budget annexure) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · archived copy of MayCo 2026-03-25 item 6.3: Medium Term Revenue and Expenditure Framework 2026/2027-2028/2029 (draft budget annexure) (opens in a new tab) · details — Mayco 25 Mar 2026 item 6.3, sundry tariffs (Traffic Services), PDF pp.155-156
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A Mayco agenda item of 25 Mar 2026 (7.3.2) asks Council to rescind 12 in-principle approvals to lease municipal property, including three parking leases, 'Technopark Parking' (portion of Erf 9190), 'Happy Folks Parking' (portion of Erf 8116) and 'Mercedes Benz parking' (Erf 52), because, the item says, National Treasury's comments (the annexed 27 June 2025 letter on the Stellenbosch Flying Club lease, one of the 12) mean that the property policy's deviation from a competitive process and the June 2022 delegation (EM85: leases under 10 years and under R5m to the Executive Mayor with Mayco) are not in line with the MFMA and Municipal Asset Transfer Regulations; the letter itself does not mention EM85 or the June 2022 delegation and does not call the policy or the delegation unlawful, though it notes that the property policy gives both Council and the Executive Mayor 'certain powers to decide on deviations from public competition' and advises the municipality to review it (PDF p.210). The item also says the public participation processes were not completed owing to 'a severe staff shortage' in Property Management.
Source: Agenda: Mayoral Committee Meeting 2026-03-25 (incl. item 7.3.2 review and rescission of in-principle approvals to lease municipal properties) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — Mayco agenda 25 Mar 2026 item 7.3.2, paras 2-6.2.2, PDF pp.198-202; annexed National Treasury letter of 27 Jun 2025 (Stellenbosch Flying Club lease, Farm 502L), PDF pp.209-211
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
The draft 4th review of the IDP (Mayco 25 Mar 2026) records, against a Ward 9 priority to assess park-and-ride feasibility for the CBD, that 'the development of the Eikestad Parking Garage is currently underway as a Public-Private Partnership'.
Source: MayCo 2026-03-25 item 6.1: Tabling of the Draft 4th Review of the 5th Generation IDP 2022-2027 (annexure) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — Mayco 25 Mar 2026 item 6.1 draft IDP 4th review, Ward 9 priorities, printed p.415 (PDF p.439)
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National Treasury data show Stellenbosch's audited 'fines, penalties and forfeits' rising from R90.7m (2017/18) to R118.2m (2018/19), R100.0m (2019/20), R108.9m (2020/21), R122.9m (2021/22), R146.7m (2022/23), R166.9m (2023/24) and R187.3m (2024/25); the 2025/26 budget is R173.4m.
Source: National Treasury Municipal Money API: Income & expenditure (Table A4 / v2) annual aggregates for WC024 by item, financial year and amount type (budget stages and audited) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · archived copy of National Treasury Municipal Money API: Income & expenditure (Table A4 / v2) annual aggregates for WC024 by item, financial year and amount type (budget stages and audited) (opens in a new tab) · details — Municipal Money incexp_v2, item 2000 'Fines, penalties and forfeits', amount type AUDA (ORGB for 2025/26)
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
A council item of Aug 2024 quotes the earlier parking resolutions: 27 Sep 2017 (item 7.6.1) launched a Municipal Systems Act s78 process for parking in Stellenbosch, Klapmuts and Franschhoek; 28 Mar 2018 (item 7.6.2) moved to s78(3) to explore an external mechanism; and 26 Feb 2020 (35th meeting, item 13.3) decided under s78(4) that single-level parking be provided internally and multistorey parking externally, at Eikestad Mall (portion of Erf 1692 and erven 1969-1976, 6402, 6636) and Techno Park (portion of Erf 13171).
Source: 25th Council meeting 2024-08-23, item 10.6.2: Request for approval of the Eikestad Parking Public Private Partnership Feasibility Study (with Annexure 1 feasibility report) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — Council agenda 23 Aug 2024 item 10.6.2, para 6.6 'Previous / Relevant Council Resolutions', PDF pp.6-8
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
At a special meeting on 23 Feb 2022 (item 8.11.2) Council amended the s78(4) decision so that single-level off-street parking would be provided through an external mechanism unless an internal one was clearly more viable, approved in principle Checkers Complex and Stelmark Centre parking management as interim pilots for up to three years, confirmed the Eikestad multi-level garage as a PPP, and resolved that parking be leased out short-term until the PPP is finalised.
Source: 25th Council meeting 2024-08-23, item 10.6.2: Request for approval of the Eikestad Parking Public Private Partnership Feasibility Study (with Annexure 1 feasibility report) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — Council agenda 23 Aug 2024 item 10.6.2, para 6.6 (Special Council 2022-02-23 item 8.11.2), PDF p.8
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
For the 23 Aug 2024 Council meeting, Mayco (14 Aug 2024, item 7.6.2) recommended that Council approve the Eikestad feasibility report and 'the multi-story parking as a Public Private Partnership (PPP)' so that phase 2 could start; after a councillor workshop on 20 Aug 2024 the municipal manager proposed replacement recommendations: in-principle approval of the feasibility study under MFMA s120(6), noting that this 'is not an approval for the development of a parking garage', that a Request for Proposals would come to Council only after National Treasury approval, with an updated TIA, final Heritage Western Cape approval at design stage and a further public participation process.
Sources: 25th Council meeting 2024-08-23, item 10.6.2: Request for approval of the Eikestad Parking Public Private Partnership Feasibility Study (with Annexure 1 feasibility report) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details; Agenda: Council meeting 2024-10-30 (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details; Agenda: Council meeting 2024-10-30 (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — Council agenda 23 Aug 2024 item 10.6.2, Mayco recommendations and MM inputs 2024-08-20, PDF pp.9-10; 25th Council minutes 23 Aug 2024 item 10.6.2 (tabled as item 7.1 in the 26th Council agenda of 30 Oct 2024), PDF p.26 of both the original and updated agenda
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
The Aug 2024 item set an indicative PPP timeline: Request for Proposals by 31 Oct 2024, Treasury view TVR IIB by 29 Nov 2024, negotiations and PPP agreement by 28 Feb 2025, TVR III by 7 Mar 2025 and a final Council resolution by 31 Mar 2025, followed by contract signature, contract management and construction.
Source: 25th Council meeting 2024-08-23, item 10.6.2: Request for approval of the Eikestad Parking Public Private Partnership Feasibility Study (with Annexure 1 feasibility report) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — Council agenda 23 Aug 2024 item 10.6.2, para 6.2 timeline graphic, PDF p.3
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
In the Aug 2024 item the Infrastructure Services directorate stated that the CBD 'has a critical shortage of parking', that complaints are received daily, and that the shortage was 'created by historical planning dispensations where the parking requirements for developments in the CBD were relaxed'; it reported that National Treasury's final views (TVR1) were still awaited.
Source: 25th Council meeting 2024-08-23, item 10.6.2: Request for approval of the Eikestad Parking Public Private Partnership Feasibility Study (with Annexure 1 feasibility report) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — Council agenda 23 Aug 2024 item 10.6.2, paras 4 and 6.2 (Directorate's comments), PDF pp.1-4
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The feasibility report annexed to the Aug 2024 item states that the municipality currently earns 'about R70 000 revenue per month' from the Eikestad parking area but must pay staff on site, making it 'a loss-making activity (staff costs are more than revenue)'; it adds that the municipality cannot fund the R115.2m (2023) facility, about 23% of its R505m 2023/24 capital budget, and 'does not favour managing parking areas directly'.
Source: 25th Council meeting 2024-08-23, item 10.6.2: Request for approval of the Eikestad Parking Public Private Partnership Feasibility Study (with Annexure 1 feasibility report) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — Council agenda 23 Aug 2024 item 10.6.2, Annexure 1 (SMEC feasibility study) value-for-money table, PDF p.33 (printed p.9); s8.3.2 simplified value assessment, PDF p.222
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
In a reply to Western Cape Provincial Parliament Question 8 dated 2 June 2023, answered by Hon Ricardo Mackenzie (Mobility), the province reported that Stellenbosch Municipality had an approved establishment of 50 traffic officers, of whom 20 posts were filled (30 vacancies), and said that where there are vacancies "service delivery is negatively affected and not all areas are serviced" and that this "creates additional pressure on Provincial Traffic".
Source: WCPP question 8 (Hon Lulama Mvimbi) to the Minister of Mobility (answered by Hon Ricardo Mackenzie): traffic officer vacancy rates by municipality (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · archived copy of WCPP question 8 (Hon Lulama Mvimbi) to the Minister of Mobility (answered by Hon Ricardo Mackenzie): traffic officer vacancy rates by municipality (opens in a new tab) · details — WCPP Q8, answer (ii) table and answer (b)
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
The Young Urbanists' petition update of 22 Aug 2024 said a 727-page report recommending approval of the Eikestad multistorey garage had been added to the agenda of the 23 Aug 2024 Council meeting, argued that a full Heritage Impact Assessment and independent review had not been done and that the garage contradicts the municipality's SDF 2019, CITP 2022-2026 and NMT Master Plan 2020, said the report "dismisses the objections" raised by the Stellenbosch Interest Group, Young Urbanists, Active Mobility Forum, Stellenbosch Fietsry, Stellenbosch Ratepayers Association and others, and said that "over 3,000 signatures" (the petitioners' own count) and "countless objections" had been ignored. The council item (23 Aug 2024) said comments from the public "have been largely addressed" and the Infrastructure directorate said the development "aligns with the approved CITP".
Sources: Petition update: 'Urgent Action Needed - Email Council to Oppose the Eikestad Parking Garage' (Young Urbanists) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details; 25th Council meeting 2024-08-23, item 10.6.2: Request for approval of the Eikestad Parking Public Private Partnership Feasibility Study (with Annexure 1 feasibility report) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — Petition update text, paras 2-3 and points 1-3; Council agenda 23 Aug 2024 item 10.6.2 (Infrastructure Services), PDF pp.1, 3 ('largely addressed') and 4 (Directorate's comment)
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
SMEC's full Eikestad feasibility study (Revision 2, 9 Jul 2024, annexed to the Aug 2024 Council item) recommends a user-pays build-own-operate-transfer PPP for a facility of about 498 bays, with a 25-year concession preferred over 20 years; the private party would finance it through a non-recourse special-purpose-vehicle structure modelled at 15% equity and 85% debt (equity 16%, debt 12.75%, WACC 10.31%), with tariffs assumed to rise 8% every two years under Council's tariff policy, increases to be justified annually and approved by Council.
Source: 25th Council meeting 2024-08-23, item 10.6.2: Request for approval of the Eikestad Parking Public Private Partnership Feasibility Study (with Annexure 1 feasibility report) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — Council agenda 23 Aug 2024 item 10.6.2, Annexure 1 (SMEC feasibility study) executive summary PDF pp.29-34 (printed 5-10); s8 financing assumptions PDF pp.244-249 (printed 220-225); document control PDF p.12
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SMEC's reference model for the preferred Scenario 6 (1 923 parked vehicles a day, against 1 169 at the existing Eikestad lot) gives a net present value of R19 973 666 and an IRR of 12.64% over 20 years, or R30 363 253 and 14.62% over 25 years; its base scenario (existing demand) is negative (-R32 728 014 over 20 years), and only Scenarios 3 to 6 are positive. Projected revenue is R16.293m in 2026 and R17.838m in 2027, or R518.5m over 20 years.
Source: 25th Council meeting 2024-08-23, item 10.6.2: Request for approval of the Eikestad Parking Public Private Partnership Feasibility Study (with Annexure 1 feasibility report) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — Council agenda 23 Aug 2024 item 10.6.2, Annexure 1 (SMEC feasibility study) s8.7, Table 8-11 PDF p.256 (printed 232); Table 8-12 PDF p.257 (printed 233); revenue PDF pp.249-250
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SMEC's value-for-money section says the municipality's direct outlays would be about R7.0m for feasibility and advisory services and R1.74m for relocating bulk services; it would gain a building worth R120m (2023 value, R275m if it appreciates with inflation) and parking revenue of about R35.92m a year from 2044 (20-year term) or R37.95m from 2049 (25-year term). A share of the private party's net return of 5% would yield R5.8m over 20 years or R11.3m over 25 years (15%: R17.3m / R33.7m), and SMEC expects a share 'in the vicinity of 5%'.
Source: 25th Council meeting 2024-08-23, item 10.6.2: Request for approval of the Eikestad Parking Public Private Partnership Feasibility Study (with Annexure 1 feasibility report) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — Council agenda 23 Aug 2024 item 10.6.2, Annexure 1 (SMEC feasibility study) s8.8.1, PDF pp.261-262 (printed 237-238); executive summary PDF p.33
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
SMEC reports that peak parking accumulation at the surveyed CBD sites rose 20% from 2020 to 2021 and a further 85% from 2021 to 2023, based on surveys on 15-19 Sep 2020, 22-24 Apr 2021, 18-20 May 2023 (peak) and 11-15 Jul 2023 (off-peak); it says 7 temporary EPWP workers employed at the existing Eikestad lot 'will be absorbed fully by the Municipality'.
Source: 25th Council meeting 2024-08-23, item 10.6.2: Request for approval of the Eikestad Parking Public Private Partnership Feasibility Study (with Annexure 1 feasibility report) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — Council agenda 23 Aug 2024 item 10.6.2, Annexure 1 (SMEC feasibility study) executive summary PDF pp.28 and 33 (printed 4 and 9); s8 PDF p.264
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
In SMEC's risk allocation the heritage risk is allocated to the public sector, and usage (demand) risk 'remains with the private sector', but the public sector 'needs to ensure that the required projects to increase demand and that policing of the illegally parked vehicles is done, to provide the required demand'.
Source: 25th Council meeting 2024-08-23, item 10.6.2: Request for approval of the Eikestad Parking Public Private Partnership Feasibility Study (with Annexure 1 feasibility report) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — Council agenda 23 Aug 2024 item 10.6.2, Annexure 1 (SMEC feasibility study) Tables 8-9/8-10, PDF pp.253-256 (printed 229-232)
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
The draft legal due diligence annexed to the feasibility study (Mandatum CC, 8 Jul 2024) says that because the PPP contract is projected to run 20 years, the municipality must follow MFMA section 33. Section 33 applies when a contract will impose financial obligations on the municipality beyond the three years covered by its annual budget. At least 60 days before the council meeting that approves the contract, the municipal manager must publish the draft contract and an information statement for public comment and solicit the views and recommendations of National Treasury, the provincial treasury and the national department responsible for local government. Council must then consider these and adopt a resolution approving the entire contract exactly as it is to be executed. Treasury gives views and recommendations under s33; it does not approve the contract. Under s33(3) such contracts must be available in full to Council and may not be withheld from public scrutiny except as PAIA allows. The report's checklist marks the s120(6) Council decision "In process" and s120(7)/s33 compliance, procurement, tariff-policy and rates by-law changes as "Will be done".
Sources: 25th Council meeting 2024-08-23, item 10.6.2: Request for approval of the Eikestad Parking Public Private Partnership Feasibility Study (with Annexure 1 feasibility report) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details; Local Government: Municipal Finance Management Act 56 of 2003, s33 'Contracts having future budgetary implications' (Acts Online) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — Council agenda 23 Aug 2024 item 10.6.2, Annexure 1 Appendix E project due diligence report, s17 and s18 checklist items 43-54, PDF pp.482-485; MFMA s33(1)(a)-(c) and s33(3) (Acts Online)
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
The Aug 2024 documents describe the Eikestad PPP inconsistently: SMEC recommends build-own-operate-transfer (BOOT); the council item calls it build-operate-transfer (BOT) with the facility transferred to the municipality after about 25 years; and the legal due diligence also calls it BOT but says the building accedes to the municipality's land once built and gives 'an estimated period of 20 years'. SMEC's staffing section also describes 1 185 filled posts of 1 996 as 'an effective vacancy rate of 59.3%', which is in fact roughly the fill rate (59.4%; vacancy about 40.6%, calculated from the source figures).
Source: 25th Council meeting 2024-08-23, item 10.6.2: Request for approval of the Eikestad Parking Public Private Partnership Feasibility Study (with Annexure 1 feasibility report) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — Council agenda 23 Aug 2024 item 10.6.2, paras 4 and 6.1, PDF pp.1-2; Appendix E s1 and s3.6, PDF pp.445-446 and 451; Annexure 1 executive summary PDF pp.27-34 and s2.3, PDF p.45
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
The Aug 2024 item reports that Provincial Treasury commented on value for money, risk transfer, affordability and public participation; that National Treasury's initial comments asked for more on need and options, due diligence, BBBEE, procurement, affordability, value for money and risk transfer; that three workshops were held and further National Treasury comments were awaited; that COGTA had not commented; and that National Treasury requires a Council decision in principle before it formally issues its views and recommendations (TVR1).
Source: 25th Council meeting 2024-08-23, item 10.6.2: Request for approval of the Eikestad Parking Public Private Partnership Feasibility Study (with Annexure 1 feasibility report) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — Council agenda 23 Aug 2024 item 10.6.2, paras 4 and 6.2, PDF pp.2-4
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
Municipal Notice 96/2022 invited public comment by 19 Aug 2022 on a proposal to lease the Eikestad parking area to Eikestad Mall Management for management on a short-term basis, with an option of annual renewal until the PPP is finalised. It says the PPP project cycle 'may take more than 36 months', that internal parking mechanisms were found 'less favourable and not sustainable', that ending the short-term contracts of staff managing these areas was a benefit, and that rental 'can be set at an amount higher than the average rate of return'.
Source: Municipal Notice No. 96/2022: Notice for public comment – short-term lease of Eikestad Parking Area, Stellenbosch CBD (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · archived copy of Municipal Notice No. 96/2022: Notice for public comment – short-term lease of Eikestad Parking Area, Stellenbosch CBD (opens in a new tab) · details — Municipal Notice 96/2022, paras 2, 3.2 and 3.4-3.5 (single page)
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
For Council on 24 May 2023 (14th meeting, item 11.6.2) the administration reported 89 comments and a signed petition (555 signatures when comment closed; the item does not quote it, and says most signatories appeared to be occasional CBD visitors) on Franschhoek's Main Road, and recommended implementing parking management once the Dirkie Uys/La Rochelle parking area had been upgraded (construction estimated Oct-Dec 2023) as a free alternative.
Source: Agenda: 14th Meeting of the Council of Stellenbosch Municipality, 2023-05-24 (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — 14th Council agenda 24 May 2023 item 11.6.2, PDF pp.2124-2126
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Municipal Notice 108/2025 (13 Jun 2025) announced paid parking management on Franschhoek's Main Road from 1 Jul 2025 at R10.00 an hour, included in the 2025/26 tariffs, with free parking kept at the upgraded Dirkie Uys/La Rochelle area. It cites the authorising resolution as '14th Meeting of the Council (Item 11.6.2 held on 24th May 2024)'.
Sources: Municipal Notice No. 108/2025: Franschhoek Parking Management (with document route form) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · archived copy of Municipal Notice No. 108/2025: Franschhoek Parking Management (with document route form) (opens in a new tab) · details; Agenda: 14th Meeting of the Council of Stellenbosch Municipality, 2023-05-24 (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — Municipal Notice 108/2025, p.2 (p.1 is the signed route form); 14th Council agenda item 11.6.2, PDF p.2124
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
On 23 Aug 2024 Council resolved by 'majority vote with 1 abstention' to 'in principle approve the Feasibility Study Report' for the Eikestad parking PPP 'as required in terms of Section 120(6) of the MFMA', noting that this 'is not an approval for the development of a parking garage but merely the feasibility study' and that the approval 'has to be submitted to National Treasury in terms of Section 120 (6) of the MFMA in order to proceed to the next phase'; a Request for Proposals would follow only if National Treasury approved. Councillors GA Petersen and M van Stade asked that their votes of dissent be minuted.
Sources: Agenda: Council meeting 2024-10-30 (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details; Agenda: Council meeting 2024-10-30 (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — 25th Council minutes 23 Aug 2024 item 10.6.2 (tabled as item 7.1 in the 26th Council agenda of 30 Oct 2024), PDF p.26 of both the original and updated agenda, resolutions (f)-(i)
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
On 30 Jul 2025, after an ANC caucus (12:35 to 12:40), Council resolved by 'majority vote with 1 abstention' on the Eikestad parking PPP: it noted the detailed Traffic Impact Assessment and approved 'the distribution and market engagement phase' of the Expression of Interest (EOI); the Request for Proposals is to come back to Council for further public participation and a final decision, and 'National and Provincial Treasury approval of the RFP and Public Private Partnership Agreement is required, prior to releasing the RFP to the market'.
Sources: Minutes: Council meeting 2025-07-30 (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details; Agenda: Council meeting 2025-07-30 (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — 33rd Council minutes 30 Jul 2025 item 10.6.2, resolutions (a)-(e), PDF p.31 (printed p.27); 33rd Council agenda 30 Jul 2025 item 10.6.2, recommendations, PDF pp.605, 613
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
The 30 Jul 2025 council item states that 'Provincial and National Treasury had provided approval for the Municipality to proceed to the Request for Proposal stage', and that 'There are no direct financial implications for the Municipality. The ultimate awarded bidder will finance, construct and operate the facility.'
Sources: Agenda: Council meeting 2025-07-30 (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details; 25th Council meeting 2024-08-23, item 10.6.2: Request for approval of the Eikestad Parking Public Private Partnership Feasibility Study (with Annexure 1 feasibility report) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — 33rd Council agenda 30 Jul 2025 item 10.6.2, para 6.1 (PDF p.606) and Financial Implications (PDF p.608); feasibility study s8.8.1 (Annexure 1 to Council agenda 23 Aug 2024 item 10.6.2), PDF p.261
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
The draft Expression of Interest annexed to the 30 Jul 2025 item (EOI no. STMPPPEOI002) gives an indicative timeline of RFP issue in November 2025, bid submission in April 2026 and a preferred bidder in July 2026, with financial close six to eight months later and operation 12-24 months after that, 'by no means exhaustive or final'. It states a 20- to 25-year concession, construction within 24 months of contract signing with a first phase of 300 bays within 12 months, and that the current facility has 'about 250 parking spaces at at-grade level'. The EOI closing date was left blank ('Add Date').
Source: Agenda: Council meeting 2025-07-30 (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — 33rd Council agenda 30 Jul 2025 item 10.6.2, Annexure B (EOI), s8 Key dates PDF p.701, s12-13 PDF p.706, s15 PDF p.707
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
The CITP 2016-2020 records that the 2011 CITP proposed a park-and-ride area for 1 200 vehicles next to the R310 (Helshoogte Road), a 1 000-vehicle garage at Coetzenburg and an 1 800-vehicle multi-level garage at the University (Hamanshand Street), 'some of which have subsequently not been implemented'.
Source: Comprehensive Integrated Transport Plan 2016-2020 (Final Report for Council Approval, 12 Feb 2016) — CITP 2016-2020 s8.6, printed p.201
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The CITP 2016-2020 listed a 'Park and Ride Feasibility Study for Stellenbosch and Cape Town Int. Airports' (PT012) at R200 000 in 2018/19.
Source: Comprehensive Integrated Transport Plan 2016-2020 (Final Report for Council Approval, 12 Feb 2016) — CITP 2016-2020 project list PT012, printed p.275
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved Figure: stage unknown
The CITP 2022-2026 concludes that while previously proposed park-and-ride facilities 'appear to be a good solution', 'there is no evidence to support the feasibility of the concept', 'but it should remain an option for future consideration'; it budgets 'Park and Ride (Transport Interchange)' at R100 000 in 2022/23 and R250 000 for 2023-2033, and targets park-and-ride assessment reports in 2024/25 and 2025/26.
Source: Review of the Stellenbosch CITP 2022-2026 - Final Draft 2 (AECOM), council agenda item B/SM 13/21-66.2, agenda pp.2617-2881 — CITP 2022-26 s5.2.3, agenda p.2695; Table 6.4, agenda p.2711; s7, agenda pp.2724-2726; Appendix C, agenda p.2873
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
SU's Dr Leslie van Rooi told Eikestadnuus (8 Nov 2024) that SU runs park-and-ride from Coetzenburg and Lentelus sports grounds but staff and students prefer to drive around looking for parking; the municipal manager told the paper that a report on possible park-and-ride facilities would be included in a report back to Council.
Source: Parking options for Stellenbosch further examined (Eikestadnuus) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — Eikestadnuus 8 Nov 2024, paras 5-6, 11
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
At a Special Council meeting on 23 February 2022 (item 8.11.2, nem con) Stellenbosch Council confirmed that Eikestad multi-level parking would be done through a public-private partnership and resolved that, given the PPP project life cycle, the parking be leased out on a short-term basis until the PPP process is finalised, subject to public comment and a final Council decision.
Source: 25th Council meeting 2024-08-23, item 10.6.2: Request for approval of the Eikestad Parking Public Private Partnership Feasibility Study (with Annexure 1 feasibility report) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — item 10.6.2 agenda p.8, para 6.6 (Special Council 2022-02-23 item 8.11.2 (e)-(h))
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
Municipal Notice 96/2022 invited public comment and alternative proposals, by 19 August 2022, on a proposal to lease the Eikestad Parking Area to Eikestad Mall Management on a short-term basis with an option of annual renewal until the PPP process is finalised.
Source: Municipal Notice No. 96/2022: Notice for public comment – short-term lease of Eikestad Parking Area, Stellenbosch CBD (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · archived copy of Municipal Notice No. 96/2022: Notice for public comment – short-term lease of Eikestad Parking Area, Stellenbosch CBD (opens in a new tab) · details — Notice 96/2022 paras 2, 3.4, 3.5
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved Figure: stage unknown
The Eikestad Parking PPP feasibility study tabled at Council on 23 August 2024 proposed a 498-bay multi-storey build-operate-transfer facility on the Eikestad open parking area, built and run by a private party for about 25 years, with an estimated construction cost of R99.4 million (excl. VAT) and an initial investment that 'may be more than R 124.1 million'; final National Treasury views were still awaited.
Source: 25th Council meeting 2024-08-23, item 10.6.2: Request for approval of the Eikestad Parking Public Private Partnership Feasibility Study (with Annexure 1 feasibility report) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — item pp.1-4 (BOT, ~25 years); feasibility study at agenda p.29 (498 bays), p.34 (R124.1m), p.43 (R99 439 000 excl. VAT); p.10 (final NT views awaited)
Municipal Law Enforcement and Parking Fines
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
A Mayco item for 25 Mar 2026 (7.1.4) proposes leasing the municipal vehicle testing station at Stellenbosch Traffic Services (1 Joubert Street) to a private operator for 10 years by tender, because it runs at a loss: tariffs are set by the provincial MEC under Regulation 139(1)(b), the station dates from 1982 and most equipment is over 10 years old; it says the loss contributes to the Traffic Department's budget deficiencies.
Source: Agenda: Mayoral Committee Meeting 2026-03-25 (incl. item 7.3.2 review and rescission of in-principle approvals to lease municipal properties) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — Mayco agenda 25 Mar 2026 item 7.1.4, paras 2, 4-6.2, PDF pp.101-103
Key finding CorroboratedEditor-approved
Stellenbosch Municipality's Parking By-law then in force was promulgated on 5 July 2013, according to council item 11.5.6 (April 2021).
Source: Council item 11.5.6 'Request for approval for Stellenbosch Municipality's revised draft By-law on Parking' (meetings 14 & 28 April 2021), with Annexure A Parking By-law 2018 — Item 11.5.6 para 6.1, agenda p.952ff
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A revised 'Stellenbosch Municipality Parking By-law, 2018' was accepted in draft by Council on 24 Aug 2020 (item 11.5.1, nem con), advertised for comment from 14 Sep to 14 Oct 2020 (only Bolt SA commented; its proposals were declined), recommended by the Infrastructure Services Committee (4 Mar 2021) and Mayco (14 Apr 2021), and tabled to Council as item 11.5.6 on 14/28 April 2021 for approval.
Source: Council item 11.5.6 'Request for approval for Stellenbosch Municipality's revised draft By-law on Parking' (meetings 14 & 28 April 2021), with Annexure A Parking By-law 2018 — Item 11.5.6 paras 6.2.1, 6.6 and recommendations; Annexure A p.957
Key finding CorroboratedEditor-approved
The revised draft by-law defines 'authorised officer' to include traffic wardens and traffic officers appointed under NRTA s3A and also 'any person nominated by any organisation and authorised by the Municipality', and separately defines 'authorized official' (a uniformed municipal employee with a distinctive permit and appointment certificate), 'parking marshals' (employees of a parking management organisation) and 'parking attendants'. Its contents include payment for parking, clamping or removal of unlawfully parked vehicles, impoundment and sale, exemptions, appeal and presumptions.
Source: Council item 11.5.6 'Request for approval for Stellenbosch Municipality's revised draft By-law on Parking' (meetings 14 & 28 April 2021), with Annexure A Parking By-law 2018 — Annexure A s1 definitions and contents list, agenda pp.957-968
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
The 2021 council report flagged as a risk that 'Delegations for the operational management of a parking service or the operational management of a parking service provider may need to be clarified', and said additional staff may be required.
Source: Council item 11.5.6 'Request for approval for Stellenbosch Municipality's revised draft By-law on Parking' (meetings 14 & 28 April 2021), with Annexure A Parking By-law 2018 — Item 11.5.6 paras 6.5, 6.7
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
Part B of Schedule 5 to the Constitution lists traffic and parking as a local government matter; the draft parking by-law cites this and s156(2) and (5) of the Constitution as its basis.
Source: Council item 11.5.6 'Request for approval for Stellenbosch Municipality's revised draft By-law on Parking' (meetings 14 & 28 April 2021), with Annexure A Parking By-law 2018 — Annexure A preamble, agenda p.957
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
CPA s334(2): a person declared a peace officer by Gazette notice may only exercise the powers while holding a certificate of appointment from the employer, to be produced on demand, and 'A power exercised contrary to the provisions of paragraph (a) shall have no legal force or effect.'
Source: Criminal Procedure Act 51 of 1977 s334 (Acts Online) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — CPA s334(1)-(2)
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CPA s341: a person who receives a written notification from a peace officer for a Schedule 3 offence may, within 30 days, pay the stated amount and will not be prosecuted; where the notice is issued by a peace officer of a local authority, payment may be made to the local authority and 'shall be deemed to be a fine'; the local authority must send the magistrate a copy within seven days and refund any amount exceeding what the magistrate determines under s341(5).
Source: Criminal Procedure Act 51 of 1977 s341 Compounding of certain minor offences (Acts Online) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — CPA s341(1), (2)(a)-(d)
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
GN 1114 (GG 41982, 19 Oct 2018) declares law enforcement officers appointed by a municipality to be peace officers within the municipality's area for listed offences, including municipal by-laws and 'applicable road traffic and road transportation legislation', with powers to issue CPA s56 and s341 notices, search arrested persons (s23), arrest without warrant under listed parts of s40(1), demand name and address (s41(1)) and execute warrants (s44).
Source: GN 1114 of 19 Oct 2018, GG 41982: Declaration of peace officers (CPA s334) - law enforcement officers appointed by a municipality (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · archived copy of GN 1114 of 19 Oct 2018, GG 41982: Declaration of peace officers (CPA s334) - law enforcement officers appointed by a municipality (opens in a new tab) · details — GN 1114 Schedule, Columns 1-4
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
Under GN 1114 a certificate of appointment may only be issued to a municipal law enforcement officer if the employer holds a certificate of competency from the SAPS National Commissioner confirming the person is competent to exercise the Column 4 powers, after criteria including prior convictions, firearm fitness and training.
Source: GN 1114 of 19 Oct 2018, GG 41982: Declaration of peace officers (CPA s334) - law enforcement officers appointed by a municipality (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · archived copy of GN 1114 of 19 Oct 2018, GG 41982: Declaration of peace officers (CPA s334) - law enforcement officers appointed by a municipality (opens in a new tab) · details — GN 1114 para (i)-(iii)
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
The Minister of Justice told Parliament (reply NW3041, PMG page dated 26 Oct 2023) that for GN 1114 'law enforcement officer' means a member of a municipal police service, or a traffic officer, reserve traffic officer, traffic warden or reserve traffic warden appointed by a municipality under the NRTA, and that a municipality cannot establish a criminal investigation unit that is not a municipal police service.
Source: PMG: Question NW3041 to the Minister of Justice - municipal law enforcement officers as peace officers (reply) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · archived copy of PMG: Question NW3041 to the Minister of Justice - municipal law enforcement officers as peace officers (reply) (opens in a new tab) · details — PMG NW3041 reply paras 1-3
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RTMC Notice GN 7935 (GG 55409, 18 Sep 2026) sets national powers of a traffic warden 'subject to' the NRTA, CPA, AARTO or other law, including: arrest without warrant for an offence committed in the warden's presence; demand names and addresses; 'Issue Section 56 and Section 341 notices and or AARTO 31 Notices in respect of parking infringements, licence disc, registration number plates (display) and tyre roadworthiness only to parked vehicles at roadside'; and 'Enforce parking by-laws (arranging for vehicles to be clamped or removed ...)'. Training must be an accredited qualification at an approved Traffic Training Centre.
Source: GN 7935, GG 55409 of 18 Sep 2026: NRTA notice - Powers, duties and training requirements of a traffic warden (RTMC CEO, dated 9 Sep 2026) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · archived copy of GN 7935, GG 55409 of 18 Sep 2026: NRTA notice - Powers, duties and training requirements of a traffic warden (RTMC CEO, dated 9 Sep 2026) (opens in a new tab) · details — GN 7935 paras 1 and 2(f),(g),(h),(q),(v)
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
AARTO phase 2 began on 1 July 2026 in 62 municipalities, with phase 3 to cover the remaining municipalities and demerit points to follow, according to the Minister of Transport's parliamentary reply NW5257.
Source: PMG: Question NW5257 to the Minister of Transport - AARTO rollout (reply) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · archived copy of PMG: Question NW5257 to the Minister of Transport - AARTO rollout (reply) (opens in a new tab) · details — PMG NW5257 reply
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Muneera Allie, spokesperson for the Western Cape Mobility Department, told The National (1 Sep 2026) that AARTO was not implemented in the Western Cape on 1 July and that the province continued to engage on outstanding operational, legislative, regulatory and systems-related concerns.
Sources: AARTO rollout: nearly 500,000 traffic-fine notices issued since July 1 (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details; PMG: Question NW5257 to the Minister of Transport - AARTO rollout (reply) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · archived copy of PMG: Question NW5257 to the Minister of Transport - AARTO rollout (reply) (opens in a new tab) · details — The National 1 Sep 2026, paras quoting Allie
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved Figure: stage unknown
In May 2021 the municipality said it had approved, for 2021/22, an Auxiliary Law Enforcement Officer policy (R400 000 budget, up to 20 unpaid volunteers), a Rewards for Criminal Information policy, and an Externally Funded Law Enforcement and Traffic Officer policy from 1 July 2021 under which private parties can pay for officers; it also stated 'Although policing is not a municipal function...'.
Source: Serious about safety in Stellenbosch (municipal news) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · archived copy of Serious about safety in Stellenbosch (municipal news) (opens in a new tab) · details — Municipal news 31 May 2021, paras 2-6
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
The Western Cape Government said on 12 Dec 2025 that 19 new peace officers plus 6 existing Stellenbosch Municipality employees completed the provincial Law Enforcement Support programme, to be deployed to areas including Cloetesville and Kayamandi.
Source: Cloetesville, Kayamandi set to benefit from new Stellenbosch Municipality Peace Officer Graduates (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · archived copy of Cloetesville, Kayamandi set to benefit from new Stellenbosch Municipality Peace Officer Graduates (opens in a new tab) · details — WCG statement 12 Dec 2025, paras 1-3
Development and Congestion
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
According to the municipality's Draft 4th Review of the IDP 2022-2027 (tabled at MayCo 25 Mar 2026), the Council formally approved a Local Spatial Development Framework and development guidelines for the Adam Tas Corridor in October 2022, and an Adam Tas Corridor overlay zone was approved and gazetted in 2024 and included as a local area overlay zone in the Stellenbosch Municipality Zoning Scheme By-law, 2024 (04 October 2024); its stated purpose is to award the LASDF's envisaged zoning rights to individual land portions, with conditions per property, for landowners to take up.
Sources: MayCo 2026-03-25 item 6.1: Tabling of the Draft 4th Review of the 5th Generation IDP 2022-2027 (annexure) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details; Draft Annual Report 2024/25 (V20) with annexures, to Council (January 2026) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — Draft 4th Review IDP (March 2026) PDF p.124 (printed p.100), s4.7; Draft Annual Report 2024/25 Table 129 PDF p.201 (printed p.189): ATC LSDF 'adopted by the Council in 2022'; overlay 'Approved as part of the Stellenbosch Municipality Zoning Scheme By-law 2024'
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
The Draft 4th Review IDP states that, according to a preliminary development conceptual framework, the Adam Tas Corridor is estimated to produce approximately 3 million square metres of bulk within a 293-hectare area, with 69% earmarked for residential use.
Source: MayCo 2026-03-25 item 6.1: Tabling of the Draft 4th Review of the 5th Generation IDP 2022-2027 (annexure) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — PDF p.123 (printed p.99), s4.7
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
The municipality reports that the Adam Tas Corridor landowners' collective and the municipality entered into a Memorandum of Understanding on the ATC LASDF's spatial vision and implementation, approved by the Council in August 2022, and that a project facilitation unit (PFU) to coordinate implementation was 'earmarked to be set up by 30 June 2024, however, challenges arose, and the set-up of the PFU is still ongoing' (Draft 4th Review IDP, March 2026); the Western Cape Economic Development Partnership (EDP) was appointed by the Council to help set up the PFU and a Steering Committee.
Sources: MayCo 2026-03-25 item 6.1: Tabling of the Draft 4th Review of the 5th Generation IDP 2022-2027 (annexure) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details; Draft Annual Report 2024/25 (V20) with annexures, to Council (January 2026) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — Draft 4th Review IDP (March 2026) PDF p.124 (printed p.100); Draft Annual Report 2024/25 Table 129 'Adam Tas Governance Structure' PDF p.201 (printed p.189): 'The development of the institutional arrangements for the governance structures is still in progress.'
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
Stellenbosch Municipality describes Adam Tas Corridor Precinct 10 (Northern Extension), north of Kayamandi and west of the R304, adjacent to Cloetesville and Welgevonden Estate, as a planned mixed-use housing development, but its stated yield has changed between documents: '±4 000 - 4 400 residential opportunities' (Annual Report 2023/24), '±3 500 - 4 000' (Draft Annual Report 2024/25) and '±3500 mixed-use housing opportunities' (Draft 4th Review IDP, March 2026).
Sources: Annual Report 2023/24 with Annual Report Oversight Report 2023/24 (final, as submitted to National Treasury) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details; Draft Annual Report 2024/25 (V20) with annexures, to Council (January 2026) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details; MayCo 2026-03-25 item 6.1: Tabling of the Draft 4th Review of the 5th Generation IDP 2022-2027 (annexure) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — Annual Report 2023/24 PDF p.178 (printed p.129) s(e); Draft Annual Report 2024/25 PDF p.139 (printed p.127) s(d); Draft 4th Review IDP (March 2026) PDF p.458 (printed p.434), ward priorities table comment
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
For Precinct 10 (Northern Extension), the Draft Annual Report 2024/25 records that the formal land use application was submitted on 1 December 2023, public comment closed on 25 February 2024, an amended development plan and subdivision layout (changed for the planning and construction of a reservoir) was submitted on 11 December 2024, and a Municipal Planning Tribunal decision was anticipated in the second quarter of 2025/26; the 2023/24 Annual Report had anticipated development rights during 2024/25, and the Draft 4th Review IDP (March 2026) said environmental consultants were finalising a Basic Assessment Report for submission to the provincial Department of Environmental Affairs and Development Planning and that the application was anticipated to serve before the MPT in February 2026.
Sources: Draft Annual Report 2024/25 (V20) with annexures, to Council (January 2026) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details; Annual Report 2023/24 with Annual Report Oversight Report 2023/24 (final, as submitted to National Treasury) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details; MayCo 2026-03-25 item 6.1: Tabling of the Draft 4th Review of the 5th Generation IDP 2022-2027 (annexure) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — Draft Annual Report 2024/25 PDF p.140 (printed p.128); Annual Report 2023/24 PDF p.179 (printed p.130); Draft 4th Review IDP (March 2026) PDF p.458 (printed p.434), comment column
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved Draft budgeted figure (not adopted; not delivery)
The Draft 4th Review IDP's draft capital budget lists, under the Housing Development department, the project 'Adam Tas Corridor Precinct 10' with no allocation in 2026/27 ('-'), R8 695 652 in 2027/28 and R20 000 000 in 2028/29.
Source: MayCo 2026-03-25 item 6.1: Tabling of the Draft 4th Review of the 5th Generation IDP 2022-2027 (annexure) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — PDF p.528 (printed p.504), s10.8.2 Table 132 (Directorate: Planning and Economic Development), columns Draft budget 2026/27, 2027/28, 2028/29
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
According to the High Court judgment of 30 June 2026, Stellenbosch Municipality's council approved, subject to conditions, at meetings on 24 and 30 July 2024, a land swap that Botmaskop's developers requested: portions of erf 3363 and the Remainder of Farm 333 Stellenbosch for a portion of land higher up the mountain on Portion 2 of Farm 490. Conditions included a restrictive title condition prohibiting further development on the swapped land and a requirement that the developer restore the natural fauna and flora. A valuation report recorded the extents as about 4.69 ha (portion of erf 490), 4.02 ha (erf 3363) and 0.67 ha (erf 333) and found them of equal value.
Source: Stellenbosch Interest Group v Provincial Minister of Local Government, Environmental Affairs and Development Planning and Others (23747/2024) [2026] ZAWCHC 342 (30 June 2026), Mangcu-Lockwood J (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — Paras [187]-[190], [195], [197] (PDF pp.80-84; printed pp.80-84)
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
On 30 June 2026 the Western Cape High Court (Mangcu-Lockwood J) dismissed the Stellenbosch Interest Group's Part B relief over the Botmaskop development, which was a 77-unit gated residential estate allowed by a 2021 provincial amendment of a 2003 environmental authorisation. The dismissed relief included review of the municipality's 30 July 2024 land swap approval, and the court found 'no basis to conclude that it was unlawful, irrational or arbitrary'. The court also dismissed an application to amend the case to review the municipality's rezoning approval of 28 November 2022. It ordered the applicant to pay the costs of the developer, Botmaskop, in Parts A and B, and, in the amendment application, the costs of Botmaskop, the previous developer Reset and the plot purchasers on the attorney-client scale; no costs order was made in favour of the municipality or the province.
Source: Stellenbosch Interest Group v Provincial Minister of Local Government, Environmental Affairs and Development Planning and Others (23747/2024) [2026] ZAWCHC 342 (30 June 2026), Mangcu-Lockwood J (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — Order (a)-(d) PDF pp.4-5; para [3] PDF pp.5-6; para [6](i) PDF p.8; para [7] PDF p.8; para [214] PDF p.90
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
According to its decision letter (application LU/10917), Stellenbosch Municipality's Municipal Planning Tribunal resolved on 21 January 2022 to approve the rezoning of Farm 81/33, Stellenbosch, from Agriculture Zone to Subdivisional Area. The rezoning permits multi-unit residential, local business, an education (school) erf, community uses, utility services and private open space. It is subject to a revised subdivision plan addressing density in line with the draft Adam Tas Corridor LSDF and Development Guidelines (2021) for Precinct 10, integration with surrounding areas, 'Provision of "Inclusionary Housing"', and integrated public transport and NMT infrastructure. The stated reasons include that the property is inside the urban edge and that the development supports 'Council's Northern Extension Project as well as the ATC initiative'.
Source: MPT decision letter: Application for rezoning, subdivision, approval of development name, site development plan and street names, Farm No. 81/33, Stellenbosch Division (LU/10917) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — Para 2 (MPT resolution of 21 Jan 2022; rezoning and land uses (a)-(f)), para 3.1(a)-(e) (conditions), paras 4.1-4.2 (reasons: urban edge; Northern Extension and ATC)
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
The Western Cape DEA&DP granted environmental authorisation (ref. 16/3/3/1/B4/45/1011/21) on 16 August 2021 to Cloetesdal Developments (Pty) Ltd for the Newinbosch mixed-use development on the Remainder of Portion 33 of Farm No. 81, Cloetesdal, Stellenbosch. It authorised about 1 216 units (single residential, group housing and town houses), a school on about 6 ha, a church on about 2 ha and a retail area of about 14 000 m². The 2025 external audit report describes the EA as amended on 29 June 2023 (ref. 16/3/3/5/B4/45/1085/22): about 1 320 residential units (adding apartments), a school site of about 3.3 ha, a church on about 2 ha and a retail area of about 3 ha.
Sources: Newinbosch 3rd External Environmental Audit Report (construction phase), audit of 23 Sep 2025, report dated 24 Nov 2025; Appendix A: DEA&DP Environmental Authorisation 16/3/3/1/B4/45/1011/21 of 16 Aug 2021 (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details; Newinbosch Mixed Use Development: 2nd Construction Phase External Environmental Compliance Audit Report, final (Cornerstone Environmental Consultants), with the amended Environmental Authorisation of 29 June 2023 appended (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — Appendix A EA, PDF pp.55-56 (date, decision), PDF p.58 (EA p.4, s.B project description; s.C site); amended-EA description quoted in audit s1, PDF p.5 (printed p.1); amended EA, 2nd audit report (October 2024) PDF pp.57-58, 61-62
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
In the third construction-phase external environmental audit of Newinbosch (site visit 23 September 2025; report dated 24 November 2025, which states that it has been submitted to DEA&DP), auditor Cornerstone Environmental Consultants stated that the development is undertaken in phases, 'with some phases that have been completed'. In its opinion the contractor 'is complying with the recommended mitigation and management measures that were relevant at the time of the external audit'. It found site management 'greatly improved since the previous audit' and said attention must still be given to housekeeping, waste management and cement and concrete handling.
Source: Newinbosch 3rd External Environmental Audit Report (construction phase), audit of 23 Sep 2025, report dated 24 Nov 2025; Appendix A: DEA&DP Environmental Authorisation 16/3/3/1/B4/45/1011/21 of 16 Aug 2021 (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — Declaration PDF p.2 (report date); s1 PDF p.5 (printed p.1); Table 2 PDF p.8 (printed p.4) (submission); s7 Conclusion PDF p.53 (printed p.49)
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
Stellenbosch Municipality's Draft Annual Report 2024/25 reports these planning milestones: the 'Innovation Precinct' or 'Smart City District' next to Klapmuts South, now called Stellenbosch Bridge, 'was approved in 2024'; the Council adopted the review report of the MSDF and CEF on 30 October 2024; and an urban design study and precinct plan for the Rhenish Complex was adopted by Council on 29 November 2023.
Source: Draft Annual Report 2024/25 (V20) with annexures, to Council (January 2026) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — Table 129 PDF p.201 (printed p.189)
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
Stellenbosch Municipality's Annual Report 2023/24 lists the 'Construction of R304 / Newinbosch Intersection' as completed in 2023/24 under its Intersection Improvement Programme. The same section lists the Adam Tas/R44 intersections (Alexander, Merriman), the Techno-Park and Adam Tas link road, and Bird Street dualling as still in planning and design.
Source: Annual Report 2023/24 with Annual Report Oversight Report 2023/24 (final, as submitted to National Treasury) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — S3.10.4 PDF p.203 (printed p.154)
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
Stellenbosch Municipality's Municipal Planning Tribunal resolved on 29 November 2024 to approve application LU/16572 for Erf 7001, Hendrickse Street, Stellenbosch (Cloetesville): closure of part of a public place, rezoning from Public Open Space Zone to Subdivisional Area Overlay Zone, and subdivision into 208 erven, of which Erf 1 to Erf 201 are Conventional Residential erven of about 115-312 m² (about 3.32 ha in total). It also approved building-line departures and consent for a telecommunications mast. The stated reason is that the municipality needs the property for an integrated urban settlement development 'with a particular goal to deliver on their mandate to provide medium to upper market housing opportunities'. The decision letter is signed for the Director: Planning and Economic Development and dated 2 December 2024.
Source: MPT decision letter: Erf 7001, Stellenbosch (Hendrickse Street, Cloetesville), application LU/16572 (TP591/2023), with annexures incl. Infrastructure Services memo of 5 Aug 2024 (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — PDF p.1 (resolution 29 Nov 2024; items 1.1-1.3.1), PDF p.2 (items 1.3.2-1.5; 'BE APPROVED'), PDF p.4 (reason 3.1), PDF p.6 (signature date 2/12/2024)
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved Approved figure (not delivery)
In a memo of 5 August 2024 annexed to the Erf 7001 decision letter, Stellenbosch Municipality's Infrastructure Services set conditions to be met before transfer of the first property or approval of building plans: a new 7.0 ML Cloetesville Reservoir and pump upgrades, for which it says R22 million (excluding VAT) is on the 2024/25-2026/27 budget for 'Bulk water supply pipe: Cloetesville / Idas Valley'; a bulk sewer line from Kayamandi to Merriman Street, about which it says: 'Currently this project is not on the municipal budget. Budget should therefore be allocated to unlock this housing project.'; and an extended turning lane at the R44/Hendrickse intersection. It did not support the parking departure because 'Row housing is not supported by the Infrastructure Directorate, specifically for stormwater drainage reasons'.
Source: MPT decision letter: Erf 7001, Stellenbosch (Hendrickse Street, Cloetesville), application LU/16572 (TP591/2023), with annexures incl. Infrastructure Services memo of 5 Aug 2024 (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — PDF p.15 (printed p.793; memo header, parking departure), PDF p.16 (printed p.794; water, funding), PDF p.17 (printed p.795; sewer, funding; roads item 3.1.1)
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
A Stellenbosch Municipality decision letter on application LU/14643, dated 23 May 2023, approved a departure for Farm 81/33 (Newinbosch) to permit coverage of 60% and 65% in place of the 50% allowed. It also approved the estate's HOA constitution, architectural guidelines, typical site development plans for Phases F, H and R, the access control gates and landscaping plans, and the development and street names. Conditions require a Newinbosch Masters Association to be established.
Source: Decision letter: departure (coverage) and permission to comply with conditions of approval, Farm 81/33, Stellenbosch Division, application LU/14643 (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — PDF p.1 (items 2.1.1-2.1.2), PDF p.2 (conditions 3.3-3.7; reasons 4.1-4.2), PDF p.3 (item 5, street names), PDF p.6 (signature date)
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
A Stellenbosch Municipality decision letter on application LU/15801 (TP416/2023), dated 15 May 2024, approved an amended subdivision and phasing plan and the site development plans for Phases J and K of Newinbosch (Farm 81/33). It notes that 'This approval does not extend the validity period of the initial approval granted for the subdivision and rezoning of the subject property, dated 11/04/2022.'
Source: Decision letter: amendment of approved subdivision and zoning plans and site development plans for Phases J and K, Farm 81/33, Newinbosch, application LU/15801 (TP416/2023) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — PDF p.1 (items 2.1.1-2.1.2; condition 3.1), PDF p.2 (conditions 3.2-3.13), PDF p.3 (reasons 4.1-4.2; matter noted 5.1), PDF p.5 (signature date)
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
Stellenbosch Municipality's Municipal Planning Tribunal resolved on 20 August 2021 (application LU/10313) to approve the subdivision of Farm Cloetesdal No. 81/29 into three portions and the rezoning of Portion 1 (about 2.24 ha) from Agriculture and Rural Zone to Subdivisional Area for multi-unit residential and private open space, with the road portions rezoned for public roads. A departure to raise density from 50 to 71 dwelling units per hectare was 'NOT BE CONSIDERED' at that stage. Condition 3.3 reads: 'Inclusionary housing be considered to expand housing opportunity for a broader range of income groups.' The reasons include that the land is within the urban edge and in line with 'the Northern Extension Project's vision', and that matters raised by the Stellenbosch Ratepayers Association 'were considered and addressed'.
Source: MPT decision letter: subdivision, rezoning, title deed consent and permanent departure, Farm Cloetesdal No. 81/29, Stellenbosch Division, application LU/10313 (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — PDF p.1 (resolution 20 Aug 2021; items 2.1.1-2.1.3), PDF p.2 (conditions 3.1-3.6; reasons 4(a)-(d)), PDF p.3 (reason 4(f); item 5.1 density; item 6), PDF p.5 (signature date 27/8/2021)
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
On 22 April 2022 Stellenbosch Municipality's Municipal Planning Tribunal approved, under application LU/13517, the subdivision of Farm 81/29 into 119 Multi-Unit Residential erven for group housing, one erf for 'a block of flats consisting of 60 units', private open space and a private road, and a departure to exceed the maximum density 'of 50 dwelling units per hectare to 60 dwelling units per hectare'. Condition 3.15 requires the developer and the municipality to agree, within 12 months of final notification and before building plans are submitted, on inclusionary housing of 'no less than 30% falling within the affordability thresholds for rental and/or ownership'. Condition 3.16 gives the developer the option 'but no obligation' to follow the Inclusionary Zoning Policy instead, if adopted. The reasons state the plan is in line with 'Precinct 10' of the Adam Tas Corridor on density.
Source: MPT decision letter: subdivision and departure, Farm No. 81/29, Stellenbosch Division, application LU/13517 (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — PDF p.1 (resolution 22 Apr 2022; items 2.1-2.1.1(d)), PDF p.2 (item 2.2; 'BE APPROVED'), PDF p.4 (conditions 3.15-3.16; reasons 4.1-4.3), PDF p.7 (signature date 11/5/2022)
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
A Stellenbosch Municipality decision letter on application LU/15776 (TP394/2023) for Redwood Estate, Farm No. 81/29, dated 7 August 2024, granted consent under title deed T52460/99 condition D(a)-(e) and approved an amended subdivisional and phasing plan, the Redwood Estate Master Home Owners' Association constitution, a site development plan and the street naming. It states that the amendment 'will allow for slightly larger and more practical erven' and that the site development plan 'will not result in any additional rights being granted'. It keeps 'The remaining conditions imposed by council in its approval letter dated 11 May 2022 and 28 August 2021'.
Source: Decision letter: title deed consent, amendment of approved subdivisional plan, permissions and street naming, Redwood Estate, Farm No. 81/29, Stellenbosch Division, application LU/15776 (TP394/2023) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — PDF p.1 (items 2.1-2.2(b)), PDF p.2 (items 2.2(c)-2.4.4), PDF p.3 (conditions 2.4.5-2.4.9), PDF p.4 (reasons 2.5.1-2.5.4), PDF p.6 (signature date)
Housing Affordability and Gentrification
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
According to Stellenbosch Municipality's Draft Annual Report 2024/25 and its Draft 4th Review IDP (March 2026), the Council adopted an Inclusionary Zoning (Housing) Policy (called the Inclusionary Housing Policy in the IDP) on 27 June 2023; the municipality says it is 'the first intermediate city to adopt a policy of this nature'. The draft annual report also says the Council approved the final amended MSDF and Capital Expenditure Framework on 27 June 2023.
Sources: Draft Annual Report 2024/25 (V20) with annexures, to Council (January 2026) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details; MayCo 2026-03-25 item 6.1: Tabling of the Draft 4th Review of the 5th Generation IDP 2022-2027 (annexure) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details; Minutes: Special Meeting of the Council of Stellenbosch Municipality, 27 June 2023 (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — Draft Annual Report 2024/25 Table 129 PDF p.201 (printed p.189); Draft 4th Review IDP (March 2026) PDF p.88 (printed p.64), KPI D3836 comment 'The Council adopted the Inclusionary Housing Policy on 27 June 2023'
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved Approved figure (not delivery)
For Erf 7001, Cloetesville, Stellenbosch Municipality reports that it is making land available through the ATR process to a developer for medium- to upper-GAP housing, not BNG houses. The Municipal Planning Tribunal approved the land use application and development rights were obtained on 29 November 2024. The Appeal Authority then approved the project after the appeal period, and a call for proposals from private developers was planned for 2025/26. The 2024/25 housing capital budget lists 'Erf 7001 Cloetesville (380) FLISP' at R292 396 (CRR).
Sources: Draft Annual Report 2024/25 (V20) with annexures, to Council (January 2026) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details; Annual Report 2023/24 with Annual Report Oversight Report 2023/24 (final, as submitted to National Treasury) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details; Housing Market Studies for Intermediate Cities/Larger Towns in the Western Cape: Stellenbosch Town Report, Final Report, August 2022 (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — Draft Annual Report 2024/25 PDF pp.137-138 (printed pp.125-126) s(b); Table 104 PDF p.134 (printed p.122); Annual Report 2023/24 PDF p.177 (printed p.128) s(c); Housing market study (August 2022) PDF p.46 (printed p.46), 'Government housing delivery'
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
Stellenbosch Municipality reports that for social (rental) housing on Portions 2 and 9 of Farm No. 81, Stellenbosch (between Cloetesville and Kayamandi, bounded by the R304 and the railway line), the tender was awarded in March 2024. A draft Land Availability Agreement with the developer went to Council on 14 November 2024, and the land use application was advertised for public comment, which closed on 12 May 2025.
Sources: Draft Annual Report 2024/25 (V20) with annexures, to Council (January 2026) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details; Annual Report 2023/24 with Annual Report Oversight Report 2023/24 (final, as submitted to National Treasury) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — Draft Annual Report 2024/25 PDF p.137 (printed p.125); Annual Report 2023/24 PDF pp.176-177 (printed pp.127-128)
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved Budgeted figure (not delivery)
Stellenbosch Municipality's Draft Annual Report 2024/25 says the Housing Development section secured grant and municipal funding for Human Settlements 'totalling R47 342 761'. It managed an adjusted capital budget of R17 376 606 in 2024/25 and spent 92% of it. The budget lines include Erf 64 Kylemore (R778 988), Erf 7001 Cloetesville FLISP (R292 396), social housing planning (R10 518 992), Klapmuts La Rochelle (R2 000 000), ISSP Kayamandi (R2 000 000) and Jamestown housing (R900 857 HSDG plus R318 100 CRR).
Source: Draft Annual Report 2024/25 (V20) with annexures, to Council (January 2026) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — S3.2.7, PDF p.133 (printed p.121); Table 104 PDF p.134 (printed p.122)
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
Stellenbosch Municipality reports 97 title deeds transferred and 151 handed over in 2023/24, and 219 transferred (173 in Kayamandi) and 127 handed over in 2024/25. It says the NGO Khaya Lam had assisted with 2 324 transfers to date by the 2023/24 report and 2 543 by the 2024/25 report. For the historic Kayamandi projects 4B, 5A and 8 (280 transferable properties), 167 deeds of sale had been finalised by 30 June 2025.
Sources: Annual Report 2023/24 with Annual Report Oversight Report 2023/24 (final, as submitted to National Treasury) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details; Draft Annual Report 2024/25 (V20) with annexures, to Council (January 2026) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — Annual Report 2023/24 Tables 119-120 PDF p.187 (printed p.138), PDF p.190 (printed p.141); Draft Annual Report 2024/25 Table 113 PDF p.150 (printed p.138), Table 114 and Khaya Lam/Kayamandi projects PDF p.151 (printed p.139), PDF p.155 (printed p.143)
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
Stellenbosch Municipality's eviction tables report, for 1 June 2023 to 30 July 2024: 71 site visits, 70 meaningful engagements, 30 departmental reports filed at court, 30 court orders, 8 settlement agreements, 20 evictions completed and 2 refusals of alternative accommodation. For 1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025 they report 74, 67, 45, 32, 7, 20 and 0. Separately, 8 public rental and 26 staff rental eviction cases were processed in 2024/25.
Sources: Annual Report 2023/24 with Annual Report Oversight Report 2023/24 (final, as submitted to National Treasury) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details; Draft Annual Report 2024/25 (V20) with annexures, to Council (January 2026) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — Annual Report 2023/24 Table 118 PDF p.186 (printed p.137); Draft Annual Report 2024/25 Table 110 PDF p.149 (printed p.137); Draft Annual Report 2024/25 PDF p.162 (printed p.150)
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved Budgeted figure (not delivery)
According to the August 2022 Stellenbosch Town Housing Market Study commissioned by the Western Cape DEA&DP (prepared by CAHF), municipal data showed 17 945 people on the housing demand database as of November 2021, of whom 11 396 (64%) lived in Stellenbosch town. Of these town applicants, 86.7% reported monthly income of R0-R3 500. The study cautions that the database relies on people who come forward and on self-reported, unverified income.
Source: Housing Market Studies for Intermediate Cities/Larger Towns in the Western Cape: Stellenbosch Town Report, Final Report, August 2022 (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — PDF p.12 (printed p.12), 'Housing demand' (text and income chart)
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved Budgeted figure (not delivery)
The 2022 Stellenbosch Town Housing Market Study found, using Lightstone deeds data (2017-2021), that 62% of Stellenbosch town's 14 244 residential properties were valued over R1.2 million and only 28% (3 931) at R900 000 or less. It calculated that buying a property valued over R1.2 million with a mortgage needs a minimum monthly household income of R29 600 (7.75% interest, 10% deposit, 20 years, 30% of income, no FLISP), and that only 20.5% of town households could afford a home of about R1.2 million or more with a mortgage.
Source: Housing Market Studies for Intermediate Cities/Larger Towns in the Western Cape: Stellenbosch Town Report, Final Report, August 2022 (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — PDF p.5 (data sources), PDF p.19 (ownership market: 14 244 properties, 62%, 28%/3 931, R29 600 and assumptions), PDF p.17 (summary of demand side assessment: 20.5%)
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved Budgeted figure (not delivery)
The 2022 Stellenbosch Town Housing Market Study reported TPN data for 2021 (municipality-wide): average monthly rent of R13 911 for a 3-bedroom and R8 655 for a 2-bedroom unit. It estimated that about 8 000 University of Stellenbosch students need private accommodation, against an NSFAS housing allowance of about R5 000 a month, and noted beds at the MySpace development priced at R8 500-R12 500 a month. For Stellenbosch town, it also found 'no private sector construction of new houses below R300 000 in 2021'.
Source: Housing Market Studies for Intermediate Cities/Larger Towns in the Western Cape: Stellenbosch Town Report, Final Report, August 2022 (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — PDF p.28 (TPN rents, municipality-wide), PDF p.17 and p.30 (about 8 000 students; NSFAS allowance about R5 000 a month; MySpace R8 500-R12 500 per bed, p.30), PDF p.34 and p.49 (new build below R300 000, Stellenbosch town)
Public Land and Property Leases
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
On 22 June 2022 a Special Council meeting of Stellenbosch Municipality (item 9.2.3, resolved nem con) adopted an amended System of Delegations effective 1 July 2022.
Sources: Agenda: Mayoral Committee Meeting 2026-03-25 (incl. item 7.3.2 review and rescission of in-principle approvals to lease municipal properties) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details; Stellenbosch Municipality Mayoral Committee agenda 25 March 2026, item 7.3.2: Review and rescission of several in-principle approvals to lease municipal owned properties (pp. 198-207 excerpt) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — agenda p.207, para 6.4
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
National Treasury (Chief Director: MFMA Implementation, Wayne McComans) wrote to Stellenbosch Municipality on 27 June 2025, responding to a municipal request received 19 May 2025 on a proposed long-term lease of Farm 502L to the Stellenbosch Flying Club. The letter said it was unclear whether alternative proposals were received, that the information statement was not provided, that the current lease agreement does not address all the minimum terms in MATR regulation 45, that the council item merely noted aircraft-noise objections, and advised the municipality to review its property policy, under which both Council and the Executive Mayor may decide on deviations from public competition, against SCM regulation 40 read with MFMA sections 115 and 117.
Source: Agenda: Mayoral Committee Meeting 2026-03-25 (incl. item 7.3.2 review and rescission of in-principle approvals to lease municipal properties) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — agenda pp.209-211 (Annexure 1 to item 7.3.2); p.198 (item's 'May 2025' dating)
Allegation or disputed matter DisputedEditor-approved
Sources: Agenda: Mayoral Committee Meeting 2026-03-25 (incl. item 7.3.2 review and rescission of in-principle approvals to lease municipal properties) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details; Stellenbosch Municipality Mayoral Committee agenda 25 March 2026, item 7.3.2: Review and rescission of several in-principle approvals to lease municipal owned properties (pp. 198-207 excerpt) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
The municipality attributed the failure to finalise public participation or return items for these approvals to 'severe staff shortages in the Property Management Department over the last four years'.
Sources: Agenda: Mayoral Committee Meeting 2026-03-25 (incl. item 7.3.2 review and rescission of in-principle approvals to lease municipal properties) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details; Stellenbosch Municipality Mayoral Committee agenda 25 March 2026, item 7.3.2: Review and rescission of several in-principle approvals to lease municipal owned properties (pp. 198-207 excerpt) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — agenda pp.198-199 para 4; p.201 para 6.2.1
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
The 25 March 2026 item recommended that the EM85 delegation be removed with immediate effect and that the Property Management Department immediately update the property management policy, bringing the 12 items back once the policy is finalised.
Sources: Agenda: Mayoral Committee Meeting 2026-03-25 (incl. item 7.3.2 review and rescission of in-principle approvals to lease municipal properties) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details; Stellenbosch Municipality Mayoral Committee agenda 25 March 2026, item 7.3.2: Review and rescission of several in-principle approvals to lease municipal owned properties (pp. 198-207 excerpt) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — agenda pp.199-200, para 5(c),(d),(f)
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
The municipality stated that because the leases will not be implemented, no income will be received for some of these properties; it did not quantify the amount.
Sources: Agenda: Mayoral Committee Meeting 2026-03-25 (incl. item 7.3.2 review and rescission of in-principle approvals to lease municipal properties) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details; Stellenbosch Municipality Mayoral Committee agenda 25 March 2026, item 7.3.2: Review and rescission of several in-principle approvals to lease municipal owned properties (pp. 198-207 excerpt) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — agenda p.206, para 6.3
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
MEC Bredell's spokesperson Wouter Kriel told Eikestadnuus (26 June 2026) that there was no conclusion yet on whether there was serious malpractice or maladministration and that the MEC was still awaiting Provincial Treasury's assessment and the Legal Services review. No outcome had been published by 29 October 2026.
Source: Stellenbosse munisipale transaksies dán bekyk, sê LUR-woordvoerder (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — article body (Kriel quotes)
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
Eikestadnuus reported (31 March 2025) that objections lodged in the public participation process included the Van der Stel Sport Council, Friends of Stellenbosch Mountain, 13 individuals and a petition with 1 340 signatures.
Source: Stellenbosch FC gets Van der Stel complex, despite strong opposition (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — article body
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved Figure: stage unknown
Stellenbosch Municipality tendered the Transvalia Complex (erven 825, 1123, 1133, 1128, 1134, 1142 and 1160, Dorp Street) under Tender B/SM 111/24 (closing 26 August 2024) for tourism-related redevelopment on a long-term lease of not more than 30 years subject to Council approval, retaining 143 public parking bays; the combined 2021 municipal valuation was approximately R23.27 million.
Source: Tender B/SM 111/24: Re-development and Lease of Transvalia Properties (tender document with adverts and drawings) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · archived copy of Tender B/SM 111/24: Re-development and Lease of Transvalia Properties (tender document with adverts and drawings) (opens in a new tab) · details — bid notice; specifications printed pp.46-48 (PDF pp.48-50) (paras 1.2-1.4, 2.3-2.4, 3.1)
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved Figure: stage unknown
Audited rental income from municipal fixed assets was about R11-12m a year between 2021/22 and 2024/25 (R12.2m, R12.4m, R11.1m, R11.7m).
Source: National Treasury Municipal Money API: Income & expenditure (Table A4 / v2) annual aggregates for WC024 by item, financial year and amount type (budget stages and audited) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · archived copy of National Treasury Municipal Money API: Income & expenditure (Table A4 / v2) annual aggregates for WC024 by item, financial year and amount type (budget stages and audited) (opens in a new tab) · details — item 1400, AUDA FYE2022-2025
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved Figure: stage unknown
At 30 June 2025 Stellenbosch Municipality's property rental debtors stood at R33.1 million gross, of which R32.4 million (about 98%) was provided for as impaired, leaving R0.74 million net.
Sources: Stellenbosch Municipality Audited Annual Financial Statements for the year ended 30 June 2025 (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details; Report of the Auditor-General to the Western Cape Provincial Parliament and the council on Stellenbosch Municipality, year ended 30 June 2025 (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · archived copy of Report of the Auditor-General to the Western Cape Provincial Parliament and the council on Stellenbosch Municipality, year ended 30 June 2025 (opens in a new tab) · details — AFS note 5.2; AGSA para 8
Municipal Spending
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
The Auditor-General gave Stellenbosch Municipality an unqualified audit opinion with no findings (clean audit) for each financial year from 2019/20 to 2023/24.
Sources: National Treasury Municipal Money API: Audit opinions cube, facts for WC024 (FYE2011-2024): opinion code/label and link to each audit report (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · archived copy of National Treasury Municipal Money API: Audit opinions cube, facts for WC024 (FYE2011-2024): opinion code/label and link to each audit report (opens in a new tab) · details; Report of the Auditor-General to the Western Cape Provincial Parliament and council on Stellenbosch Municipality, financial year ended 30 June 2024 (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · archived copy of Report of the Auditor-General to the Western Cape Provincial Parliament and council on Stellenbosch Municipality, financial year ended 30 June 2024 (opens in a new tab) · details; Report of the Auditor-General to the Western Cape Provincial Parliament and council on Stellenbosch Municipality, financial year ended 30 June 2023 (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · archived copy of Report of the Auditor-General to the Western Cape Provincial Parliament and council on Stellenbosch Municipality, financial year ended 30 June 2023 (opens in a new tab) · details — audit_opinions cube rows FYE2020-2024; AGSA FYE2024 report para 2
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved Figure: stage unknown
Stellenbosch Municipality's audited operating revenue (excluding capital transfers) was R2.10bn in 2022/23, R2.35bn in 2023/24 and R2.62bn in 2024/25 (nominal), per National Treasury municipal data.
Source: National Treasury Municipal Money API: Income & expenditure (Table A4 / v2) annual aggregates for WC024 by item, financial year and amount type (budget stages and audited) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · archived copy of National Treasury Municipal Money API: Income & expenditure (Table A4 / v2) annual aggregates for WC024 by item, financial year and amount type (budget stages and audited) (opens in a new tab) · details — item 2900, amount type AUDA, FYE2023-2025
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved Figure: stage unknown
Audited property rates revenue rose from R422.0m in 2021/22 to R530.6m in 2024/25 (nominal, +26%); the 2025/26 adjusted budget is R577.8m.
Source: National Treasury Municipal Money API: Income & expenditure (Table A4 / v2) annual aggregates for WC024 by item, financial year and amount type (budget stages and audited) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · archived copy of National Treasury Municipal Money API: Income & expenditure (Table A4 / v2) annual aggregates for WC024 by item, financial year and amount type (budget stages and audited) (opens in a new tab) · details — item 1800, AUDA FYE2022-2025, ADJB FYE2026
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved Figure: stage unknown
Audited revenue from fines, penalties and forfeits rose from R122.9m in 2021/22 to R187.3m in 2024/25 (nominal).
Source: National Treasury Municipal Money API: Income & expenditure (Table A4 / v2) annual aggregates for WC024 by item, financial year and amount type (budget stages and audited) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · archived copy of National Treasury Municipal Money API: Income & expenditure (Table A4 / v2) annual aggregates for WC024 by item, financial year and amount type (budget stages and audited) (opens in a new tab) · details — item 2000, AUDA FYE2022-2025
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved Figure: stage unknown
Stellenbosch spent 84% (2021/22), 85% (2022/23) and 87% (2023/24) of its adjusted capital budget (new, renewal and upgrading assets), and R473.2m in 2024/25 against an original capital budget of R599.3m (79%).
Source: National Treasury Municipal Money API: Capital acquisition (v2) annual aggregates for WC024 by capital type, year and amount type (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · archived copy of National Treasury Municipal Money API: Capital acquisition (v2) annual aggregates for WC024 by capital type, year and amount type (opens in a new tab) · details — National Treasury municipal capital dataset (capital_v2): capital types NEW, RENEWAL and UPGRADING; amount types ADJB (adjusted budget) and AUDA (audited actual); financial years ending 2022 to 2025. Percentages calculated from those amounts.
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved Figure: stage unknown
Irregular expenditure reported by Stellenbosch Municipality fell from R89.8m in 2020/21 to R45.1m (2021/22), R38.4m (2022/23) and R12.4m (2023/24); unauthorised expenditure was nil in each year and fruitless and wasteful expenditure was R4.3m in 2021/22 and nil in 2022/23 and 2023/24.
Sources: National Treasury Municipal Money API: Unauthorised, irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure cube aggregates for WC024 by item and year (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · archived copy of National Treasury Municipal Money API: Unauthorised, irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure cube aggregates for WC024 by item and year (opens in a new tab) · details; Report of the Auditor-General to the Western Cape Provincial Parliament and council on Stellenbosch Municipality, financial year ended 30 June 2021 (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · archived copy of Report of the Auditor-General to the Western Cape Provincial Parliament and council on Stellenbosch Municipality, financial year ended 30 June 2021 (opens in a new tab) · details — uifwexp cube FYE2021-2024; AGSA FYE2021 para 10 (R89.8m, SCM non-compliance)
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
The Auditor-General gave Stellenbosch Municipality an unqualified opinion on its 2024/25 financial statements with no material findings on the audited performance information or on compliance, and no significant internal control deficiencies, i.e. a clean audit.
Source: Report of the Auditor-General to the Western Cape Provincial Parliament and the council on Stellenbosch Municipality, year ended 30 June 2025 (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · archived copy of Report of the Auditor-General to the Western Cape Provincial Parliament and the council on Stellenbosch Municipality, year ended 30 June 2025 (opens in a new tab) · details — paras 2, 21, 28, 35
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved Figure: stage unknown
In 2024/25 Stellenbosch Municipality recorded R9.92 million of current-year irregular expenditure (all of it, together with R0.26m identified from the prior period, attributed to breaches of the SCM procurement process), wrote off R19.40 million, and reported a closing irregular expenditure balance of R2.87 million; it reported no unauthorised or fruitless and wasteful expenditure in 2024/25 or 2023/24.
Source: Stellenbosch Municipality Audited Annual Financial Statements for the year ended 30 June 2025 (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — note 54
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved Figure: stage unknown
At 30 June 2025 gross consumer service receivables were R503.6 million with an impairment allowance of R263.2 million; non-exchange receivables were R338.3 million gross, including R261.1 million in traffic fines of which R208.2 million was impaired.
Sources: Stellenbosch Municipality Audited Annual Financial Statements for the year ended 30 June 2025 (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details; Report of the Auditor-General to the Western Cape Provincial Parliament and the council on Stellenbosch Municipality, year ended 30 June 2025 (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · archived copy of Report of the Auditor-General to the Western Cape Provincial Parliament and the council on Stellenbosch Municipality, year ended 30 June 2025 (opens in a new tab) · details — AFS notes 5.1, 6; AGSA paras 8-9
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved Figure: stage unknown
Stellenbosch Municipality's borrowings fell from R584.3 million at 30 June 2024 to R514.7 million at 30 June 2025, while cash and cash equivalents fell from R150.7 million to R30.7 million and short-term investments rose from R455.7 million to R518.8 million.
Source: Stellenbosch Municipality Audited Annual Financial Statements for the year ended 30 June 2025 (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — SFP p.7; note 19
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved Figure: stage unknown
Unspent conditional grants at 30 June 2025 totalled R27.2 million (capital R9.2m, operational R18.1m), down from R37.2 million a year earlier.
Source: Stellenbosch Municipality Audited Annual Financial Statements for the year ended 30 June 2025 (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — notes 18, 18.1, 18.2; SFP
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved Figure: stage unknown
The 2025/26 MTREF tabled in May 2025 budgeted revenue excluding capital transfers of R2 869.3 million, expenditure of R2 741.1 million and capital expenditure of R642.5 million, of which R198.0 million was to be funded by borrowing.
Source: Appendix 1: MTREF 2025/2026 budget documentation, May 2025 (Council) - final/approved budget tabled at 32nd Council 30 May 2025 (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · archived copy of Appendix 1: MTREF 2025/2026 budget documentation, May 2025 (Council) - final/approved budget tabled at 32nd Council 30 May 2025 (opens in a new tab) · details — Table A1
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved Figure: stage unknown
The draft 2026/27 MTREF tabled at Mayco on 25 March 2026 proposed operating revenue of R3 232.3 million (+6.71%), operating expenditure of R3 073.2 million (+7.86%), a capital budget of R579.3 million (down 2.64%), a 6.00% property rates tariff increase with a new General Valuation Roll from 1 July 2026, and external loans of R437 million over the MTREF, R222 million in year one.
Source: MayCo 2026-03-25 item 6.3: Medium Term Revenue and Expenditure Framework 2026/2027-2028/2029 (draft budget annexure) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · archived copy of MayCo 2026-03-25 item 6.3: Medium Term Revenue and Expenditure Framework 2026/2027-2028/2029 (draft budget annexure) (opens in a new tab) · details — PDF pp.2 (loans, purpose para (b)), 34 (revenue), 36 (rates, GV roll), 39 (expenditure), 42 (capital budget)
Appointments and Administrative Conduct
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
On 3 Sep 2025 Executive Mayor Jeremy Fasser issued a statement. He said he had conducted a preliminary investigation into allegations of 'constructive dismissal, bullying or any other infringement on workplace rights' arising from a circulating video 'made in 2023'. He said he would convene a special council meeting to start an internal investigation and would review the Recruitment and Selection Policy.
Source: Statement by Executive Mayor Jeremy Fasser (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — paras 1-2
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
Judgment in Deon Garden and Construction CC v Stellenbosch Municipality (case 9140/2021), [2026] ZAWCHC 504, was delivered by Fortuin J in the Western Cape Division of the High Court on 4 Sep 2026. Hearings were held on 2 Sep 2025, 5 Nov 2025, 24-25 Feb 2026 and 24 Mar 2026, and the merits were separated from quantum under Rule 33(4).
Source: Deon Garden and Construction CC v Stellenbosch Municipality (9140/2021) [2026] ZAWCHC 504 (4 September 2026), Fortuin J (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — cover; paras 1-2
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved Figure: stage unknown
The plaintiff claimed R4 374 192.67 (R3 955 405.52 in lost earnings and R418 787.15 in establishment costs) arising from the municipality's cancellation, on 22 Sep 2020, of a contract concluded on 30 May 2019 under tender BSM 07/19. The contract was for invasive alien vegetation clearing in WC024, with a panel of 13 contractors, and ran to 30 June 2021.
Source: Deon Garden and Construction CC v Stellenbosch Municipality (9140/2021) [2026] ZAWCHC 504 (4 September 2026), Fortuin J (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — paras 1, 5, 15-16
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
The court declared that the municipality's cancellation by letter of 22 Sep 2020 was not authorised by the contract, constituted a breach, and was a repudiation. It found the contract had no express or tacit term allowing cancellation on withdrawal of DEA funding, and that the municipality was 'the deciding party' in the withdrawal of funding.
Source: Deon Garden and Construction CC v Stellenbosch Municipality (9140/2021) [2026] ZAWCHC 504 (4 September 2026), Fortuin J (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — paras 69, 72, 100, 108(a)
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
The plaintiff's damages claim was dismissed because it did not prove patrimonial loss for either lost earnings or establishment costs. The court found the contract guaranteed no quantum of work.
Source: Deon Garden and Construction CC v Stellenbosch Municipality (9140/2021) [2026] ZAWCHC 504 (4 September 2026), Fortuin J (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — paras 57, 84, 92, 101, 108(b)
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
The municipality was ordered to pay 75% of the plaintiff's taxed party-and-party costs, including the costs of the separated merits trial, with counsel's fees on scale B. Each party otherwise bears its own costs.
Source: Deon Garden and Construction CC v Stellenbosch Municipality (9140/2021) [2026] ZAWCHC 504 (4 September 2026), Fortuin J (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — paras 106-108(c)-(d)
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
Under the heading 'Accountability', the court criticised the municipality on six grounds: (1) it advertised and awarded the tender before concluding the funding agreement; (2) its officials withdrew contractors from the field before the funder acted; (3) its own letter of 8 Oct 2019 instructed the DEA to 'cancel the NRM project with immediate effect'; (4) it told the funder, inaccurately, that the contractors would continue to be used; (5) it left 13 contractors without work for a further eleven months before telling them; (6) it re-procured the same work on a new tender advertised before the cancellation letter.
Source: Deon Garden and Construction CC v Stellenbosch Municipality (9140/2021) [2026] ZAWCHC 504 (4 September 2026), Fortuin J (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — paras 23, 95
Dorp Street Sunday Market
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
The municipality said in a statement on 29 October 2024 that the application to continue on Dorp Street was not approved because the area "is not designated for informal trading or market activities", citing pedestrian safety, access for elderly/disabled people, liability, property-owner objections, and that access to municipal property had not been through an open/competitive process. Organiser Leani Breedt told Cape Argus (1 Nov 2024) that they were appealing, that they had "followed all the procedures they asked about", that no notice had been given before the market was shut down in June, and that the municipality could not provide concrete evidence of the complaints.
Sources: Finding a new, more suitable venue for the Dorp Street Sunday Market (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · archived copy of Finding a new, more suitable venue for the Dorp Street Sunday Market (opens in a new tab) · details; Stellenbosch Market fights closure order (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — Stellenbosch Municipality, "Finding a new, more suitable venue for the Dorp Street Sunday Market", 29 Oct 2024, paras 2-7
Root44 Market: the zoning and trading dispute
Key finding 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.
Sources: Root 44 Market – Here are the facts (statement by Municipal Manager Geraldine Mettler) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · archived copy of Root 44 Market – Here are the facts (statement by Municipal Manager Geraldine Mettler) (opens in a new tab) · details; Stellenbosch Municipality claps back against claims over Root 44 Market closure (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details; Stellenbosch Municipality defends planning decisions amid Root44 Market closure (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — Stellenbosch Municipality, "Root 44 Market - Here are the facts", 28 Sep 2021, para 2
Key finding 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.
Sources: Root 44 Market – Here are the facts (statement by Municipal Manager Geraldine Mettler) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · archived copy of Root 44 Market – Here are the facts (statement by Municipal Manager Geraldine Mettler) (opens in a new tab) · details; Community rebellion halts 'illegal' Stellenbosch development (Jan-Jan Joubert) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details; Stellenbosch Municipality claps back against claims over Root 44 Market closure (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — 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"
Key finding 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.
Sources: Root 44 Market – Here are the facts (statement by Municipal Manager Geraldine Mettler) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · archived copy of Root 44 Market – Here are the facts (statement by Municipal Manager Geraldine Mettler) (opens in a new tab) · details; Stellenbosch Municipality defends planning decisions amid Root44 Market closure (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details; Root44 closed until further notice, management blames municipal red tape (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — Stellenbosch Municipality, "Root 44 Market - Here are the facts", 28 Sep 2021, para 4
Key finding 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.
Sources: Community rebellion halts 'illegal' Stellenbosch development (Jan-Jan Joubert) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details; Court to decide fate of 'rowdy' Stellenbosch wine emporium (Bobby Jordan) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — Moneyweb, "Community rebellion halts 'illegal' Stellenbosch development", 9 Jun 2021, section "New development"; Sunday Times, "Court to decide fate of 'rowdy' Stellenbosch wine emporium", 23 Feb 2025 ("previously obtained a court order to stop illegal building")
Key finding 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.
Source: Community rebellion halts 'illegal' Stellenbosch development (Jan-Jan Joubert) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — Moneyweb, "Community rebellion halts 'illegal' Stellenbosch development", 9 Jun 2021, section "Construction resumed"
Key finding 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".
Sources: ROOT 44 – THE TRUTH (statement by Dax Hunt on behalf of Daxcon Development Trust) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details; Community rebellion halts 'illegal' Stellenbosch development (Jan-Jan Joubert) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — Moneyweb, "Community rebellion halts 'illegal' Stellenbosch development", 9 Jun 2021, section "Hidden layer"; Daxcon Development Trust statement, "ROOT 44 - THE TRUTH", 29 Sep 2021, para 1 (letter of 23 Sep 2021)
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
On or about 9 December 2021 the municipality granted a partial Temporary Occupancy Certificate (s14 National Building Regulations and Building Standards Act 103 of 1977) for the ground floor of the Root44 Wine Emporium for 6 months ending 30 June 2022, after a Memorandum of Agreement on permitted uses; permitted uses were wine-tasting, wine sales and made-to-order cuisine for on-site consumption.
Source: Root 44 developers get temporary occupation (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · archived copy of Root 44 developers get temporary occupation (opens in a new tab) · details — Stellenbosch Municipality, "Root 44 developers get temporary occupation", 9 Dec 2021, paras 1-3
Key finding CorroboratedEditor-approved
The Daxcon Development Trust put the Root44 property up for sale through a sealed-bid process run by Galetti Corporate Real Estate (registration to 31 July 2025, final offers end of August 2025); SMF News reported on 3 Sep 2026 that the property was still for sale.
Sources: Prominent Stellenbosch market up for sale (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details; Root44 still for sale after a year on the market (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details; Popular Root44 Market closure turns heated (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — SMF News, "Prominent Stellenbosch market up for sale", 23 Jul 2025, para 1; SMF News, "Root44 still for sale after a year on the market", 3 Sep 2026, paras 1-2
Root44 parkrun: suspension and access
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
A temporary departure for a parkrun on Farm No. 537, Remainder Farm No. 1537, Farm No. 1537/1 and Farm No. 1537/2 was approved on 20 July 2015 and lapsed on 20 July 2020, the municipal spokesperson told District Mail (May 2022).
Source: Some movement on run's restart (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — DistrictMail & Helderberg Gazette, "Some movement on run's restart", 26 May 2022, Grobbelaar quote
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
Root44 parkrun's event team posted that the event had the "highest attendance in the world" two weeks running, with 1135 finishers on Saturday 24 October 2015; event director Wallace du Plessis told SMF News (Aug 2023) that 900–1 500 people attended weekly before the pandemic.
Sources: Highest parkrun attendance in the world…. again! (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details; Root 44 parkrun nears reopening after lengthy approval process (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — parkrun South Africa (Root44 event team), "Highest parkrun attendance in the world.... again!", 30 Oct 2015, para 1; SMF News, "Root 44 parkrun nears reopening after lengthy approval process", 2 Aug 2023
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
parkrun's event team posted that Root44 parkrun stopped in March 2020 because of Covid-19. The municipal spokesperson told District Mail (May 2022) that its temporary land-use permission lapsed on 20 July 2020, that a consent-use application with public participation was required (Agriculture and Rural zoning permits consent use), and that one had been submitted for Farm 537 and Rem. Farm 1537.
Sources: Some movement on run's restart (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details; Silver lining for enthusiastic parkrunners (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details; Root 44 parkrun news page (posts incl. 24 Mar 2025 'Root44 reborn', 7 Aug 2025 'Root44 on hold') (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — DistrictMail & Helderberg Gazette, "Some movement on run's restart", 26 May 2022; DistrictMail & Helderberg Gazette, "Silver lining for enthusiastic parkrunners", 3 Apr 2024, para 2
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
Root44 parkrun resumed on Saturday 8 March 2025 as event #357, with 286 participants per the event team's post (parkrun blog: 'just over 300 runners, joggers, walkers and volunteers').
Sources: Root 44 parkrun news page (posts incl. 24 Mar 2025 'Root44 reborn', 7 Aug 2025 'Root44 on hold') (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details; Sometimes people cry when they're happy – the return of Root 44 parkrun (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — parkrun South Africa (Root44 event team), news post "Root44 reborn", 24 Mar 2025; parkrun ZA Blog, "Sometimes people cry when they're happy - the return of Root 44 parkrun", 12 Mar 2025, para 2
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
District Mail reported that Root44 parkrun's last event was on 26 July 2025. parkrun's own post said the event was suspended because its temporary event permit lapsed "as a result of insurance issues and other local regulations"; the event page now says it "no longer takes place" (375 events recorded; page retrieved 29 Oct 2026). District Mail attributed the suspension to a pending permit renewal; no source records a municipal refusal.
Sources: Popular Root44 parkrun suspended over permit delays (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details; Root 44 parkrun news page (posts incl. 24 Mar 2025 'Root44 reborn', 7 Aug 2025 'Root44 on hold') (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details; Root 44 parkrun home page (event statistics) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — DistrictMail & Helderberg Gazette, "Popular Root44 parkrun suspended over permit delays", 6 Aug 2025, paras 1-2; parkrun South Africa (Root44 event team), news post "Root44 on hold", 7 Aug 2025; parkrun South Africa, Root 44 parkrun event page, statistics block
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
parkrun's page reports cumulative Root 44 statistics of 375 events, 38,871 finishers, 284,130 finishes and 1,341 volunteers.
Source: Root 44 parkrun home page (event statistics) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — parkrun South Africa, Root 44 parkrun event page, statistics block
Stellenbosch Transport Projects since 2012
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
The CITP 2016-2020 records that the 2011 Stellenbosch CITP proposed a western 'by-pass' road to relieve congestion and carry through traffic, and that the Stellenbosch Roads Masterplan (2012) found the R44 (Paradyskloof-Van Reede) and Adam Tas Road (R44-Merriman) operating above capacity.
Source: Comprehensive Integrated Transport Plan 2016-2020 (Final Report for Council Approval, 12 Feb 2016) — CITP 2016-2020 s8.3.2, printed p.193
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved Figure: stage unknown
The CITP 2016-2020 capital programme listed 'Feasibility Study and EIA: Western Bypass' (TM008) at R500 000 in 2016/17 and R500 000 in 2017/18, responsible party 'WCG / SM', type Planning.
Source: Comprehensive Integrated Transport Plan 2016-2020 (Final Report for Council Approval, 12 Feb 2016) — CITP 2016-2020 project list TM008, printed p.268
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
At the CITP workshop of 24 April 2015 stakeholders recorded that 'The WCG plans to build roads that do not align with the Municipality's density and mobility plans – in particular the Western Bypass is considered to be a conflicting plan.'
Source: Comprehensive Integrated Transport Plan 2016-2020 (Final Report for Council Approval, 12 Feb 2016) — CITP 2016-2020 s5.3.1, printed pp.98-99
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
The CITP 2022-2026 states the 2019 Roads Master Plan (approved by Council in 2022) repeated the 2012 RMP's three western-bypass options: Option 1 Class 1 expressway Annandale-north of Welgevonden; Option 2 shorter Class 2 arterial from a grade-separated R44/Technopark intersection; Option 3 reduced link Technopark-Adam Tas Road (SRMP002). Option 1 requires expropriation and proclamation by the provincial government; Options 2 and 3 are 'considered more feasible'.
Source: Review of the Stellenbosch CITP 2022-2026 - Final Draft 2 (AECOM), council agenda item B/SM 13/21-66.2, agenda pp.2617-2881 — CITP 2022-26 s7.1.3.1, agenda pp.2718-2719
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
The CITP 2022-2026 reports that implementation of western-bypass Option 3 is 'currently underway, with the upgrading of the R44/Techno Park intersection complete and the planning of the link between Technopark and Adam Tas Road (R310) in progress'.
Source: Review of the Stellenbosch CITP 2022-2026 - Final Draft 2 (AECOM), council agenda item B/SM 13/21-66.2, agenda pp.2617-2881 — CITP 2022-26 s7.1.3.1, agenda p.2719
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
The CITP 2022-2026 reports conflicting model estimates of the western bypass effect: the 2019 RMP macroscopic model predicts a reduction of 970 vehicles/hour/direction on the central R44 (around 50% of its capacity), whereas the RHDHV 'Gateway' study (2017) found only a slight (10%) reduction.
Source: Review of the Stellenbosch CITP 2022-2026 - Final Draft 2 (AECOM), council agenda item B/SM 13/21-66.2, agenda pp.2617-2881 — CITP 2022-26 s7.1.3.1, agenda pp.2719-2720
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved Figure: stage unknown
Appendix C of the CITP 2022-2026 (10-year Infrastructure Services budget, Jan 2023, CRR own funds) budgets the 'Adam Tas - Technopark Link Road' at R2 300 000 in 2022/23 and R88 000 000 over 2023-2033 (phased amounts of R3m, R5m, R20m, R30m and R30m).
Source: Review of the Stellenbosch CITP 2022-2026 - Final Draft 2 (AECOM), council agenda item B/SM 13/21-66.2, agenda pp.2617-2881 — CITP 2022-26 Appendix C, agenda p.2872
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
The CITP 2022-2026 states the Eastern Link Road 'has a long history', was 'proposed many years ago' as a north/south link supplementing the R44, that its original route was compromised (Stellenbosch College/Denneoord; Coetzenburg sports grounds), and that 'it was opposed in the past by many, which in effect led to it being excluded from further considerations'; portions (Wilderbosch extension north to Trumali and south to Technopark) remain in the 10-year budget.
Source: Review of the Stellenbosch CITP 2022-2026 - Final Draft 2 (AECOM), council agenda item B/SM 13/21-66.2, agenda pp.2617-2881 — CITP 2022-26 s7.1.3.1, agenda pp.2717-2718
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved Figure: stage unknown
Appendix C of the CITP 2022-2026 budgets 'Wilderbosch Extension to Trumali (Eastern link)' at R1 000 000 in 2022/23 and R20 000 000 over 2023-2033, and 'Wilderbosch Extension to Techno Park (Eastern link)' at R17 000 000 over 2023-2033 (R1.5m then R15.5m in the outer years), all CRR own funds.
Source: Review of the Stellenbosch CITP 2022-2026 - Final Draft 2 (AECOM), council agenda item B/SM 13/21-66.2, agenda pp.2617-2881 — CITP 2022-26 Appendix C, agenda p.2870
Key finding CorroboratedEditor-approved
Eikestadnuus (23 Mar 2026) reports that the Roads Master Plan, first drawn up in 2012 and updated in 2022, contains the eastern link road between Technopark and the town centre (extension of Van Reede Road, a link to Pastorie Road and a proposed new bridge over the Eerste River), and that neither new roads, the multistorey parking garage nor the municipality's NMT policy have been fully implemented.
Source: Stellenbosch se verkeer bly 'n groot kopseer - padopgraderings kom (Yael Malgas, Eikestadnuus) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — Eikestadnuus 23 Mar 2026, paras 3-8
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
In September 2012 Western Cape Transport and Public Works Minister Robin Carlisle announced that a Kantey & Templer study identified R44 (Somerset West-Stellenbosch) improvements including closure of median openings, consolidation of accesses and grade-separated roundabouts at the Annandale and Winery Road intersections, and that CCA Environmental Consultants were appointed for the environmental process.
Source: Corridor study on R44 and Bredell Road upgrade to commence (WC Minister of Transport and Public Works Robin Carlisle) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · archived copy of Corridor study on R44 and Bredell Road upgrade to commence (WC Minister of Transport and Public Works Robin Carlisle) (opens in a new tab) · details — gov.za media statement 18 Sep 2012, paras 1-4
Key finding CorroboratedEditor-approved
According to the CITP 2022-2026, the R44 upgrade (Steynsrust Road km 20.15 to Van Rheede St km 33.00) went through a Basic Assessment from 2012; the Final BAR is dated November 2017; Environmental Authorisation was granted by the provincial DEA&DP on 29 March 2018; appeals followed and the Minister amended the EA on 27 August 2019 to require the Annandale interchange below ground and to keep two of the 22 median openings open (the source does not say which two).
Sources: Review of the Stellenbosch CITP 2022-2026 - Final Draft 2 (AECOM), council agenda item B/SM 13/21-66.2, agenda pp.2617-2881; Corridor study on R44 and Bredell Road upgrade to commence (WC Minister of Transport and Public Works Robin Carlisle) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · archived copy of Corridor study on R44 and Bredell Road upgrade to commence (WC Minister of Transport and Public Works Robin Carlisle) (opens in a new tab) · details — CITP 2022-26 s7.1.3.1, agenda p.2720
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
The CITP 2022-2026 lists five major road projects needed in the medium term - portions of the Eastern Link Road, portions of the Western Bypass, the R44 upgrade ('mostly provincial responsibility'), the Jamestown links and the R304/Bird Street link - and describes the R304 as a 'provincial responsibility'.
Source: Review of the Stellenbosch CITP 2022-2026 - Final Draft 2 (AECOM), council agenda item B/SM 13/21-66.2, agenda pp.2617-2881 — CITP 2022-26 s7.1.3.1 and 7.6.1, agenda pp.2717, 2721, 2725
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved Figure: stage unknown
The CITP 2022-2026 reports that a new access road from the R304 and partial dualling of the R304 for the Newinbosch development (Adam Tas Corridor precinct 10) were 'almost completed', that the R304 would be doubled between Kayamandi and the R44, and that 'exactly how the current bottleneck of the R44/Bird intersection will be upgraded, is not known'. Appendix C budgets 'Bird Street Dualling - Adam Tas to Kayamandi' at R30.5m over 2023-2033 (R150 000 in 2022/23).
Source: Review of the Stellenbosch CITP 2022-2026 - Final Draft 2 (AECOM), council agenda item B/SM 13/21-66.2, agenda pp.2617-2881 — CITP 2022-26 agenda pp.2721, 2871
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
Base-year (2018) modelling in the 2019 Roads Master Plan found demand exceeded capacity on, among others, the R304 (Bottelary-R44), the R44 (Paradyskloof-Van Reede), Bird Street, Merriman/Cluver, Dorp Street (R44-Piet Retief), Adam Tas Road (R44-Merriman), Piet Retief, Van Reede/Vrede, Alexander and George Blake Streets.
Source: Review of the Stellenbosch CITP 2022-2026 - Final Draft 2 (AECOM), council agenda item B/SM 13/21-66.2, agenda pp.2617-2881 — CITP 2022-26 s7.1.3.2, agenda p.2722
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
Weekday AM-peak inbound counts on the R44 south of Technopark were 2 497 veh/h (2017), 3 167 (2019) and 3 216 (2022); the CITP estimates about 45 000 vehicles/day two-way there and notes R44 volumes north of Techno Park are capped by capacity (around 1 200 veh/h/lane).
Source: Review of the Stellenbosch CITP 2022-2026 - Final Draft 2 (AECOM), council agenda item B/SM 13/21-66.2, agenda pp.2617-2881 — CITP 2022-26 Tables 3.24-3.25, agenda pp.2673-2676
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved Figure: stage unknown
Appendix C of the CITP 2022-2026 budgets, over 2023-2033, 'Main Road Intersection Improvements: R44/Merriman Street' R65m (DC-Roads), 'Strand/Adam Tas/Alexander' R39m (DC-Roads) and 'Adam Tas Intersection Upgrades' R12m (CRR); Dorp Street West dualling shows R0.
Source: Review of the Stellenbosch CITP 2022-2026 - Final Draft 2 (AECOM), council agenda item B/SM 13/21-66.2, agenda pp.2617-2881 — CITP 2022-26 Appendix C, agenda pp.2870, 2872
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
Dualling of Lower Dorp Street between the R44 and Adam Tas Road was listed as high-priority planning in the 2019 Roads Master Plan update; in March 2026 the municipal spokesperson, Stuart Grobbelaar, told Eikestadnuus that the Bird Street dualling and Lower Dorp Street widening were in the design or planning phase (translated from Afrikaans); Eikestadnuus reported that work on Lower Dorp Street was expected to start later in 2026.
Sources: Review of the Stellenbosch CITP 2022-2026 - Final Draft 2 (AECOM), council agenda item B/SM 13/21-66.2, agenda pp.2617-2881; Stellenbosch se verkeer bly 'n groot kopseer - padopgraderings kom (Yael Malgas, Eikestadnuus) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details; Bekommernis oor ontwikkeling in Stellenbosch: 'Dorp word nou 'n stad' (Yael Malgas, Eikestadnuus) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — CITP 2022-26 s4.5.3.2, agenda p.2688; Eikestadnuus 23 Mar 2026, final paras
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
The CITP 2022-2026 proposes a pilot of dedicated HOV/public-transport lanes on the R44 between Somerset West and Stellenbosch, with an IDP target of an assessment report to the Provincial Department of Transport in 2023/24.
Source: Review of the Stellenbosch CITP 2022-2026 - Final Draft 2 (AECOM), council agenda item B/SM 13/21-66.2, agenda pp.2617-2881 — CITP 2022-26 s6.8 and Table 6.4, agenda pp.2709-2711
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
The CITP 2022-2026 (citing the 2020 CITP update) records about 120 km of sidewalks and 30 km of cycle infrastructure, only around 30% of roads with sidewalks, cycle facilities mostly shared with pedestrians and 'not coherent', and stakeholder concern that the NMT Masterplan and Cycle Plan have not had the funding and implementation needed.
Source: Review of the Stellenbosch CITP 2022-2026 - Final Draft 2 (AECOM), council agenda item B/SM 13/21-66.2, agenda pp.2617-2881 — CITP 2022-26 s3.2.x and s9.3-9.4, agenda pp.2661-2662, 2737-2738
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved Figure: stage unknown
Appendix C of the CITP 2022-2026 budgets over 2023-2033: Non-Motorised Transport Implementation R31m; Cycle Plan design and implementation R4.5m; Bicycle Lockup Facilities R1.3m; Stellenbosch bicycle network R1m; Kayamandi pedestrian bridge (R304, river and railway) R26m (IUDG). The CITP 2016-2020 had listed a 'Detailed Cycle Plan & Implementation' (NMT004) at R10m in each of 2017/18 and 2018/19 (MIG/SM).
Sources: Review of the Stellenbosch CITP 2022-2026 - Final Draft 2 (AECOM), council agenda item B/SM 13/21-66.2, agenda pp.2617-2881; Comprehensive Integrated Transport Plan 2016-2020 (Final Report for Council Approval, 12 Feb 2016) — CITP 2022-26 Appendix C, agenda pp.2872-2873; CITP 2016-20 printed p.277
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
Stellenbosch Trail Fund says it proposed a 'Bicycle Park and Walk' concept to the municipality in August 2023, received Council approval in October 2024 for a pilot, and launched the first site in Andringa Street on 26 March 2026; it receives no municipal funding for this work.
Source: Announcing the launch of STF operated 'Bicycle Park & Walk' facilities (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — STF release 26 Mar 2026, paras 2-3, 'Community Support'
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
According to the CITP 2022-2026, there was no passenger rail service in Stellenbosch at the time (rail is run by PRASA/Metrorail, a national entity); at an 8 April 2022 meeting PRASA shared plans to restore services from Eerste Rivier to Muldersvlei from 1 September 2022.
Source: Review of the Stellenbosch CITP 2022-2026 - Final Draft 2 (AECOM), council agenda item B/SM 13/21-66.2, agenda pp.2617-2881 — CITP 2022-26 s3.2.2 and 3.2.7.2, agenda pp.2651, 2659
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved Figure: stage unknown
The CITP 2022-2026 states a total budget of R431m for 2023/24-2027/28 across Roads and Stormwater (R151m), Traffic Engineering (R118m) and Transport Planning (R162m); Appendix C's 10-year (2023-2033) grand total for the three departments is R843 129 950.
Source: Review of the Stellenbosch CITP 2022-2026 - Final Draft 2 (AECOM), council agenda item B/SM 13/21-66.2, agenda pp.2617-2881 — CITP 2022-26 s12, agenda pp.2772-2773; Appendix C grand total, agenda p.2874
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved
The draft CITP 2022-2026 was opened for 30 days of public comment until 12 May 2023 (Municipal Notice 45/2023); the version in the council agenda is 'Final Draft 2' dated 13 March 2023. No published record confirms final Council adoption or MEC approval of the CITP 2022-2026.
Sources: Municipal Notice No. 45/2023: Public Participation - CITP 2022-2026 (archived copy (Google Drive), opens in a new tab) ↗ · details; Review of the Stellenbosch CITP 2022-2026 - Final Draft 2 (AECOM), council agenda item B/SM 13/21-66.2, agenda pp.2617-2881 — Notice 45/2023; CITP cover, agenda p.2617
Key finding VerifiedEditor-approved Figure: stage unknown
A Jamestown Development Roads Master Plan (B/SM 39/18) was completed in March 2020; the CITP says its proposed Jamestown-Stellenbosch links had not been workshopped with interested and affected parties and 'do not have any status at present'. Appendix C budgets a Jamestown Transport Network at R5m (2023-2033).
Source: Review of the Stellenbosch CITP 2022-2026 - Final Draft 2 (AECOM), council agenda item B/SM 13/21-66.2, agenda pp.2617-2881 — CITP 2022-26 agenda pp.2720-2721, 2871
Allegation or disputed matter DisputedEditor-approved
Sources: Review of the Stellenbosch CITP 2022-2026 - Final Draft 2 (AECOM), council agenda item B/SM 13/21-66.2, agenda pp.2617-2881; 25th Council meeting 2024-08-23, item 10.6.2: Request for approval of the Eikestad Parking Public Private Partnership Feasibility Study (with Annexure 1 feasibility report) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details; Parking options for Stellenbosch further examined (Eikestadnuus) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details
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