The City of Cape Town gives the go-ahead for the construction of a R4 billion mixed-use development

The City of Cape Town has given the go-ahead for the construction of a R4 billion mixed-use development to be occupied by global retail giant Amazon, with some 19 000 jobs promised to those responsible for carrying out the project. Environmental activists argued that construction of the development on the floodplain between the Black and Liesbeek Rivers will damage the ecosystem and increase the risk of flooding in adjacent properties. This site is also historically significant as the Khoisan were first driven from the site by European settlers upon their arrival in Cape Town, according to Heritage Western Cape. A two-year provisional protection was granted to protect the area from development and has since lapsed in 2020.To tell us more about these developments, we are joined by The Mayor of the City of Cape Town Dan Plato.