The Parking Crisis
Why central Stellenbosch runs short of parking, what the municipality has planned since 2012, and what has actually been built.
Key findings
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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
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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)
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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)
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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)
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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
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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
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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)
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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)
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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)
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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'
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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)
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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
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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
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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])
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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)
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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)
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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)
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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
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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
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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)
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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)
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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
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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
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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)
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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
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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)
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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))
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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
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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)
What remains unknown
- How many legal parking bays exist in central Stellenbosch, by street and facility?
- How many bays have been added or removed since 2021, and why?
- What became of the 2024 multistorey parking feasibility study?
- Have developers received parking-requirement departures, and with what effect?
- What do the December 2025 Stellenbosch University parking findings show?
Documents
- 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
- Hughes & Visagie (2025), parking study paper, South African Journal of Industrial Engineering
- Eikestad Parking PPP Feasibility Study: Executive Summary (SMEC, ref B/SM 13/21-TT.9)
- Eikestad Parking PPP Feasibility Study: Summary Report (SMEC)
- Parking options for Stellenbosch further examined (Eikestadnuus)
- Stellenbosch se verkeer bly 'n groot kopseer - padopgraderings kom (Yael Malgas, Eikestadnuus)
- Eikestad Parking Upgrade PPP - Public Participation Invitation - Municipal Notice 9/2024
- Stellenbosch Municipality implements new trial parking system (MatieMedia / SMF)
- New electronic parking management system (municipal news)
- Serious about safety in Stellenbosch (municipal news)
- Municipal 'Documents are being restored' page at the address of Mayco minutes 15 Sep 2021 (per local filename)
- Stellenbosch Peace Officer & Traffic Warden 2026 - Apply by 19 Oct (job-portal article)
- WCPP question 8 (Hon Lulama Mvimbi) to the Minister of Mobility (answered by Hon Ricardo Mackenzie): traffic officer vacancy rates by municipality
- Petition update: 'Urgent Action Needed - Email Council to Oppose the Eikestad Parking Garage' (Young Urbanists)
- Local Government: Municipal Finance Management Act 56 of 2003, s33 'Contracts having future budgetary implications' (Acts Online)