Mowbray Golf Course redevelopment divides opinion ahead of public comment deadline
Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit · 2 July 2026 · 9m
Speaker 1: the big sort of in the South African context Cape Town specific debates in this Speaker 1: country. There are many cities around the world that have the same debate going on Speaker 1: is around development, what gets development, what gets developed and where who benefits from those Speaker 1: developments, who should benefit from those developments. And one of the specific areas of this Speaker 1: Course. The city is proposing to end the lease that the golf course has on Speaker 1: the bit of land or fairly significant bit of land that it currently occupies, and Speaker 1: says instead there should be a mixed use redevelopment of that seventy four hectare site, Speaker 1: and that there should be homes with market related prices. There should affordable housing, There Speaker 1: amen, some people are going making the sign of the cross and eating garlic, and Speaker 1: others are going mmm. We are first joined by Mike Flax, who chairs the King Speaker 1: David Mowbray Golf Course Committee, as it were, heads up the club management and Mike, Speaker 1: the sixth of July, which is Monday. Why do you want the period extended? Speaker 2: Morning, John, Thanks for having us on. We wanted extended, and in fact it has Speaker 2: been extended. No fire month. I mean it is a very tight period for comments.
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