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[@schucks]

She is part of it, her dont care attitude says it all.

[@markmcculloch2570]

She loves expanding. Just look at the attitude.

[@Eliz020958]

Lifestyle audit

[@charmelbhagdath9239]

Municipal manager doesn't seem intelligent enough. Basic matriculants answers about development blah-blah. Also bossy and commanding when answering. Purely grandstanding and defensive. Watch the eye movements alternating between truth and lies.

[@Nicola-ii7mm]

Her responses are so unprofessional. She should show some intelligence and respect instead of shushing an interviewer and saying people think she’s a witch.

[@tuyakulamusheko169]

I was just about to say

[@ChildofGod-g8f]

We as human beings just can't stop ourselves. We have to have every piece of open land, forget other people and forget wildlife. It's very upsetting.

[@danievermeulen5469]

Stellenbosch mafia at work again! You can’t beat them.

[@Palmstreet-u7x]

then people tell me DA are a legit Party ??????

[@ianmacaskill2732]

the Stellenbosch mafia don't want this happening to their town. This is the new set of crooks.

[@chiefnkosi7705]

Not one ANC comment😂this is a first on such a piece in this channel.

[@willynelson8750]

@@chiefnkosi7705 Stellenbosch mafia is hurting a town, ANC, especially Zuma, doomed an entire country for generations, as did the apartheid regime. Only a fool thinks an honest politician exists

[@mob5343]

the DA Mafia to powerful in stellenboch.anton bredell should be investigated

[@MpumiM-1]

Now u have added one😂 come on man

[@dw3540]

If it goes up in Cape Winelands, it is an estate. And I have no idea who the people are than can afford to live there, but it's definitely not the locals.

[@gauchetvanantwerpen147]

SkellmBosch, jou doring 🙂 From Sunny South Africa

[@Palmstreet-u7x]

i then thought Cape Town is DA run, so what now, this is why i say and will never stop---show me a honest politician

[@KNathi1]

I think if we could agree on just that, we actually could start getting along.

[@FunkyByteAcademy]

Da in stellies and Franschhoek are heavily corrupt. Got their fingers in the cookie jar. EFF and ANC are sleeping on this.

[@JOY29702]

As for Cape Independence, will be very interesting to watch it become a reality. Coloured and black communities in CPT haven't seen anything yet. Phil Craig will show them flames!

[@shepherdmumbure2410]

never you will get one

[@augustinekubalo4360]

She is definitely getting something out of it, some sort of benefit or kickback. Look into her

[@Palmstreet-u7x]

10000000 % she is in,

[@MOCHS981]

@@Palmstreet-u7x she doesn't even belong here but in Worcester

[@markmcculloch2570]

The rich can never be trusted. Period.

[@ZambeziSentinel]

😂

[@meltucker2013]

She is unprofessional and frankly needs to resign and let a well educated well spoken polite individual who is able to get onto with the job without her big fat ego

[@nicksolomon958]

Govan- as always a very balance fact base insert- added to your mastery of skills you always showcase in your investigative journalism slots. I really enjoy your presenter skills and intuitive analysis- top class performance 😊

[@SvenBlumer]

As always the playing "by the book" and having the paperwork "sorted", but it smells to high heaven of insider corruption. Worthy of Investigation. While we're at it, IF it is the case, we might as well uncover the kabal that conspires to make such proceedings possible. This being my birth-town that I don't live in currently, I'd love to hear of a little cleaning of house!

[@Fikova24]

Geraldine, needs to be investigated. This screams misadministration.

[@user-pe8uk4do5j]

Very sad indeed that government allows such estates in such a beautiful place.

[@truth-Hurts375]

Imagine the money these White Developers pay to get these approved ....

[@Deontjie]

Those hill was a pine plantation. All existing developments everywhere once used to be nature. Even the area where you are living right now. What is important is that the municipality does not trade the access to the public open space away to the developers. Not one square millimetre. All politicians should undergo a lifestyle audit every few years. Just to keep them honest. The biggest problem in Stellenbosch is traffic.

[@lizlsnyman-bouwer4238]

This is sickening. I can’t help feeling helpless in Midrand on agricultural holdings if this kind of thing is happening in Stellenbosch. I don’t think the general rates payer participates in most public participation processes when it comes to new developments. It’s published in the government gazette - who really follows that religiously? And town planners have so many sneaky ways of excluding interested and affected parties with backward municipal processes like using postal services to inform immediate neighbours while every single South African knows postal services is no longer a functional service. When will municipal bylaws, processes and procedures catch up with 2024 (and earlier) realities of a serious breakdown in basic services far beyond their locus of control? In the meantime developments like these are happening and local residents are suffering. Don’t get me wrong. I’m all for development and progress. But it’s got to be a fair process.

[@tanndobaloyi3338]

Some towns have nice problems

[@ilaven1968]

Could you go and have a look at Cloetesville? No social development. Hundreds of private developments around it. Children are staying in hokkies on their parent's properties. Drugs, gangs, and unemployment were at their peak while the Stellenbosch Municipality is one of the wealthiest Municipalities in our country. The town itself is busy losing its character due to developments. This Municipality needs to be investigated.

[@claudetteduplessis4345]

And where is the infrastructure to accomodate this influx of people? Schools, roads, hospitals?

[@ilaven1968]

@@claudetteduplessis4345 Stellenbosch used to have its peak hours with traffic, but now it's almost all the time. Look how Khayamandi explodes. Papegaai berg reservation was taken from and now a wine farm was sacrificed.

[@RockinRaqui]

@ilaven1968 yes yes yes this!!!! AUDREY AND ELVENA have been promised for decades and they still live in the same homes. The government does nothing and they deserve the care poured in.

[@ilaven1968]

@@RockinRaqui Stellenbosch Municipality is to blame for all this.

[@schalkvandermerwe3838]

Even Pretoria East has lost its Big Town feel. Densification or bust!

[@FinancialConsultdotcodotza]

Clearly, the municipal manager has a finger in the pie? Stellenbosch doesn't exist because of estates. Winelands says it all. University not estates

[@pieterscribante3999]

I used to run and ride bike through that area. Several trails now suddenly stop and have steep drops. It seriously disrupted the environment and enjoyment of by ordinary people. It is ridiculous.

[@chantelvanvuuren6515]

Municipalities in Cape town should definitely be investigated,the amount of corruption here is an abomination.Anton Bredell is another person,that is extremely involved but these people get away with everything.The developers don't need public participation,it gets overlooked,money talks.This is sad but it happens every day,the world that we live in is unconstitutional. What's right is wrong and what's wrong is right,it's all about the money.

[@alfredwebster8031]

Stellenbosch, Franshoek and Paarl, the future.

[@RememberD1517]

she is benefitting from this

[@maritzaretief367]

of course. you can see she's eating nicely.

[@LukhanyoHlophe]

Was watching Listing Cape Town just a few hours ago, Stellenbosch and Franshoek have beautiful farm estates i must say.

[@mzanzifosho1]

These guys are ruthless. also had to leave a flat in Stellenbosch after they developed the place with the tenants still living there!

[@madeitthroughentertainment1658]

Stop hating and get money😂. We all would love to own a piece there and that includes you. When squatter camps mushroom no one ever complains about the environment. At least that estate will be eco-friendly. I will be joining them soon 😁😁😁🤪

[@adeptiotsolutions3644]

Follow the money

[@Ms131415161718]

The DA stays hating poor people 😭🤚🏾

[@giftmpofu8294]

The truth is, if you can, never be poor, poor people are voiceless, can be tramped upon and can be talked to.

[@lebogangmokoenalebza6949]

AT THE END OF THE DAY everything shall return back the land shall return to the rightful owners

[@Hartsock2009]

court system is burnt no law and order in South Africa, nothing will happen

[@Palmstreet-u7x]

most properly when one goes and looks one of the judges will soon be moving, never trust a politician lawyer judge and mostly a South African cop, thy are highest on the list

[@ji-youngj573]

6:21 I reacted the same too! She could be benefiting from this.

[@Palmstreet-u7x]

her whole demeanour says all, when people look away then you know they are lying, watch Judge Judy--her famous words are dont look there, and it is so, when people cannot look u in the eye u know they are lying, and she is

[@Pilot0119]

Please do a lifestyle audit on that overfed lady.

[@gavinashton8464]

She is so corrupt and It Will Come Out🙌🏼

[@RalphPina]

This is pretty typical for a DA municipality - arrogant, unaccountable, chase rates at all costs. We lived below Botmaskop for 35 years. The municipality allowed that "natural area" to become overrun with alien vegetation, worsening by the year. A cynic would argue that when you allow land to degrade then environmental objections to "development" have no leg to stand on. What was public land is now to be privatised.

[@wentzelwilliams5568]

That Mettler lady is rude- she lacks proper communication etiquette - interjecting Govan when it's his turn to speak. Arrogance on steroids.

[@waleedsulaiman651]

KICKBACKS!. that is all I can say.... Some hands are being greased handsomely

[@UrsulaZA]

The middleclass is disappearing in South Africa.

[@feliciaswart1218]

If you have money you can do what you want and bribe whoever you want

[@meltucker2013]

money has changed hands and numerous people have lined their pockets . no doubt about it.

[@neillkruger5087]

Greetings from Zambia

[@edwinnetto6248]

So we have water supply problems to rural area of Calitzdorp where there is a municipal borehole with water just running away because it naturally overflows, its been overflowing for 4 years, but Carte Blanche talks about flowers on privately owned property!

[@insert-name1500]

You get what you vote for.

[@wentzelwilliams5568]

Well said.

[@mariscaforrer1372]

Absolutely horrible what they have done to the mountains.. Just more and more and more complexes going up, more and more people. There’s already no parking in Stellenbosch, traffic is a nightmare. I miss the town I grew up in!! 💔

[@zikhonankabi1974]

What in the Yellowstone, is going on...

[@sburger1146]

Money and greed😢

[@MaricoAdams-iz9cs]

This saddens me 😢, now I know one side of the story #R200mil. Eye sore, now you can look into my backyard...I'm from Ida's Valley

[@Deontjie]

A lot of Idas Valley residents had became prominent figures, and moved out. Not many residents in the Western Cape has such a beautiful municipal dam and forest area in their backyard. Create an homeowners group that fight litter and graffiti in that beautiful area, Pressure the municipality to maintain that area for the benefit of the existing residents.

[@Whattheruckpod]

They're destroying our town, who gave these people the right to take over a mountain?

[@lucyjuicy2657]

Leave them. The rainwater running through that area will deal with them.

[@lensflash]

Imagine all the rates and taxes the estate would add to the council coffers

[@neilneil1652]

Excatly.....

[@Francis-ot7pm]

This is extremely telling. Needs to be investigated. I'm not surprised.

[@lyttonwilliams7161]

The lady is rude

[@Palmstreet-u7x]

shes not rude, shes just being dishonest, what is Judge Judys famous quote ????? dont look up there look me in the eyes, when a person on camera looks away just know shes lying, her whole body says all, no paper work was followed,

[@jacquesjacobs6871]

Goeie ou Suid Afrika. Een reël vir die ryk mense en 'n ander vir die res. En die mense wat besluite maak word vet op die omkoopgeld.

[@chiefnkosi7705]

Sounds like ANC

[@Palmstreet-u7x]

and i thought Cape town is DA run,or am i missing something, or is it the Stellenbosch mafia at work again, lol

[@lucyjuicy2657]

@@Palmstreet-u7x DA run and corruption brought to you by the DA. Go to the courts and see all the DA coruption cases that the news dont report on

[@BradleyLord-e3i]

The truth be told.when the rich get richer.the poor will get poorer.until the second coming of christ!✨️(Matthew 25:29)

[@markmcculloch2570]

😂

[@Palmstreet-u7x]

@@markmcculloch2570 well that Bradley is speaking the truth,lol stellenbosch mafia at work again, lol, we all know they control much

[@veronicakarstel9126]

These developers will consider the environment.

[@lunariverberkhoutrodger3688]

That land looks like mostly plantation. The indigenous flaura has already been severely disturbed and in need of rehabilitation. A sad story even before development.

[@rulenestephens3713]

Same thing is happening in Hoedspruit. Property prices has gone up so high that even the middle class can't afford to live here. Mostly overseas buyers. And the water problem is a huge story for Carte Balance...new developments keeps on being approved, but there is no infrastructure to support this. The town ends up without water regularly.

[@MarnusvdMerwe]

The municipality should have auctioned off the land itself and develop it. Would have been fair and transparent

[@carinlawrie8448]

This development is disastrous to the environment The implications are that we have to fight for the right to live within a valuable and beautiful area. Although there were some alien trees, the area contained some wonderful species of all kinds of fynbos, as well as of many kinds of insects. May it be restored to its former glory.

[@Deontjie]

I always though it was an abandoned pine plantation.

[@ChiefBlock]

The MK Stellenbosch will definitely take a look at this

[@janetteirisolivier6101]

I am sadden by this development. I am from Stellenbosch, Ida's Valley. 😢

[@nas6587]

"Alien trees"...😂😂... money always wins and that's how it's always gona be....

[@purpigment]

All the existing suburbs in Stellenbosch, as in other towns and cities across the world, were once natural habitats for wild animal and plant life. Botmaskop is no exception. Helshoogte, like the rest of Stellenbosch, is a crime-ridden area so it makes sense to develop it as a high security estate. Hopefully many local artisans have found gainful employment by the ultra-rich developers. However, this certainly does not promote long-term inclusive economic growth. On the contrary, it will, like all the dozens of other urban and suburban developments across the planet in both democratic and autocratic countries, increase the gap between rich and poor. Nobody really cares, least of all politicians, be they democratic or autocratic. Ideologies are smokescreens. Money talks. Tragic but true.

[@francoisswanepoel7265]

Hahaha, semigration officially became a word😂

[@morriesworld2776]

People in council got kickbacks.

[@neilneil1652]

Funny that nobody is moaning about the annihilation of the fauna and flora on the nature reserve situated on Papagaaiberg....?

[@wentzelwilliams5568]

Even funnier is that we all know how the invention of land grabs started when the settlers set foot here 🙆🏾💁🏾.

[@Deontjie]

@@wentzelwilliams5568 Even earlier. Didn't the Zulus drove the Xhosas of their land?

[@wentzelwilliams5568]

You're missing the point Zulu and Xhosa are indigenous to Africa...​@Deontjie

[@Deontjie]

@@wentzelwilliams5568 I thought Sterkstroom in South Africa is the cradle of humankind. Meaning all humans originated from here. If Zulus and Egyptians are indigenous to Africa, are they both welcome here? Somalis, Nigerians?

[@zoeanastasia4438]

​​@@Deontjie You can ask all the questions you want. It won't change the fact that the settlers were/are NOT African.

[@mrm7505]

Land is auctioned for development consistent with the existing or higher value in some suburbs and for social housing in others with no regard for existing owners and impact on property values.

[@pieterrossouw8596]

Municipality wants those sweet property rates and taxes. If you live in even a half-decent area (nevermind this development) they'll re-evaluate your property value for you (regardless of whether you're thinking about selling), and charge you increased rates based on their assessment. Talk about conflicts of interest.

[@basilrichards4205]

Die mense is skelm jong

[@stephenhubber9184]

The rich get richer...

[@viking9167]

We will miss Malema

[@cboffard8350]

"Land which is part of one of the world's ... floral kingdoms" ... From those aerial pics, there is very little fynbos on or next to that land.

[@Heinrich.Fourie]

There is always no rejections and the people usually was not even ask and the will still get away with it because high up the ladder people is always involved

[@OoberIets]

She's coloured she can do with the land as she pleases. Aslong as the person selling is coloured. The rest have no say cos our land belongs to only the coloureds. No one else has a say. Thank you.

[@FunkyByteAcademy]

She didn't sell anything. She works for white dominated municipality. Everyone has a say with this corruption. This land was never meant to be used for this.

[@wayne975]

I am looking to create a Old Age - Joinvile self sustaining farm. But need seeding as I starving or not really but hungry.

[@reeceribbonaar8876]

Same thing is happening in South of Cape Town, in Noordhoek. Estate after Estate is popping up on slopes of Table Mountain. Why and Who is allowing this? This is just another form of segregation.

[@lucyjuicy2657]

The DA

[@socailplayer]

DA plan in action! Coloureds won't be able to afford anything! Who do you think will own your land! You Voted for them

[@grantaylward7385]

All political and government structures and parties are on one goal.apart from the honest ungreedy people we are trying to make a better life for ourselves our families and them all to come in a prosperous world There are some people in the world but only see greed and destruction. Enjoy the simpler things in life that are a way that is gratifying

[@Palmstreet-u7x]

or the Stellenbosch mafia, again at work lol

[@SASLnk]

Are you shtting me? NO ONE CAN AFFORD IT.

[@Palmstreet-u7x]

@@SASLnk you will be surprised,go look what people are paying for property in Cape Town, American actors German citizens are paying million Rand's and even 100 millions for property,

[@Deontjie]

Yes, rich coloureds will be able to afford it. Patricia de Lille for example. Me, as a white man, can not afford it. Not because I am white, because I do not have enough money.

[@rupertmcnaughtdavis3649]

Partly on my grandfather's farm,think I'll do a land claim.

[@teresagillmer9464]

But who can afford it?

[@jessj5693]

The corrupt

[@Palmstreet-u7x]

they who are buying it can afford it,

[@pieterrossouw8596]

people with dollars and euros

[@lydiaikaneng719]

A sectional titles wall fell into my property causing damages. Development was subject o storrm water plan ,which does not exist meaning thers no approved plans and I am taken from pillar to post by city of joburg. Please help me get answers as my entire ground floor of my property is damaged.

[@siphesihlehlongwane9690]

Please no shakes 😢

[@MrRupertguy]

no one mentions the rates that those residents will be paing based on property values - lose untended forrest area - gain revenue - just another point to consider

[@blxckoutbxyww]

you guys need to get new cameras for in studio noways!

[@paint_in_pink]

*note at 13:27 the developer after saying 2021 shifts his eyes quickly upward...the 'look' and expression, is a give away.

[@nicobotha2195]

thanks

[@ceciliasaayman6244]

SKANDALIG SKANDALIG Kaapstad.

[@warrenduplessis9955]

Went on holiday to western cape, spent 48hrs in stellenbosch, easily the most boring place ive ever visited. Definitely wont go back.👎🏼

[@ntu2ko819]

How is dffe allowing this😢

[@mtblover]

Carte Blance, do a show on the explosion of shacks on Pappagaaiberg. Nie ek of my kinders sal dit ook kan bekostig nie. So what. So if the farmer planted vineyard, no-one would say anything about it. What is being paid by the informal settlement occupants. What is the municipality getting from them to service them? Stop complaining. You doing it out of jealousy.

[@wentzelwilliams5568]

Please heal. The issue is Botmaskop. Deflecting won't erase the incorrect procedures being followed.

[@germaineabrahams1645]

Who is the presenter ? Where does he originate from ?

[@winonak1581]

Govan Whittles. From King Williams Town in EC.

[@Marmiteman21]

Those trees aren’t “alien”

[@octoii2418]

Evil has run through everything root and stem

[@tobolee6385]

Anything to get out a ANC ruled province ..

[@citrusworld6118]

Nothing is going to be reversed; this is the done deal with usual glitches. EIA is losing its value to SEA…adaptative thinking is the way instead of restrictive approach. What can stop the River Club development? Every stakeholder has its own lens of trade-offs and benefits; that’s where the motive at🍷

[@gertpretorius2150]

Mettler on the payroll? Send the squatters there.

[@levikalombo1630]

I get julius malema point now. State needs to hold the land and not the private colonialist.

[@adrianolszewski231]

It won't make any difference.Get some knowledge how people are treated in socialism and communism.

[@vanessawhite8229]

😂

[@Daily_newsRecap]

Please don't tell me that socialism and communism doesn't work .. U ENGLAND (UK)THERE LAND IS OWNED BY THE KING . SO what is the issue here

[@Daily_newsRecap]

Please don't tell me that socialism and communism doesn't work .. U ENGLAND (UK)THERE LAND IS OWNED BY THE KING . SO what is the issue here

[@neilneil1652]

Troll!

[@nickybabalas]

Its Russian backed money. I am familiar with some of the key people selling the properties. Its all Russian linked.

[@KholiswaJikeka-jc3do]

It's land for Isreal people that why they build faster

[@Palmstreet-u7x]

[@lucyjuicy2657]

Dont worry the rain will wash that properties away. Give it a few years, just watch.

[@sherd2239]

She is a 🧹🧹🧹🧹🧹🧹

[@adrivanderlinde7998]

More traffic, yay!!! 😢

[@stblad3]

To a certain extent I understand that this is not what people may want or like. The developer made mention of the huge area of alien trees. With the amount of veld fires that the Western Cape has every year, I see it as better where you have an estate that contribute to the local rates and taxes, rather than a piece of veld that needs millions to be spent on it during fire season.