{"id":48562,"date":"2023-10-03T16:06:54","date_gmt":"2023-10-03T14:06:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/jurassic-giants-failed-fest-20231002-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-19T21:33:35","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T19:33:35","slug":"jurassic-giants-failed-fest-20231002-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/jurassic-giants-failed-fest-20231002-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Jurassic Giants Festival cancelled due to non-compliance with City Events Bylaw"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Jurassic Giants Festival that was set to take place at Maynardville Park, Wynberg, from Friday 22 September until Sunday 1 October, was shut down to the point of extinction. The festival\u2019s organisers angered and disappointed many ticket holders as well as the City of Cape Town.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_838856a9\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/9480\/ecc9529e98d542c6929b07830469d229.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/38b6ac2b5388481197a8b3a3b6eac09a.jpg\" title=\"The organisers promised a bigger and better event than ever before, but festival goers expressed disappointment and disgust to what they experienced in Wynberg. PHOTO: Supplied\"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">The organisers promised a bigger and better event than ever before, but festival goers expressed disappointment and disgust to what they experienced in Wynberg. PHOTO: Supplied<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/9480\/43326e799c234849995dbe24129be442.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/9b106e3b884145dda41b75e2546031f4.jpg\" title=\"On Friday the Jurassic Giants Festival was called off due to non-compliance, according to the City. A woman at the festival shared a video and pointed to lack of coordination a poor selection of activities and food stalls in Maynardville Park.PHOTOs: Supplied\"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">On Friday the Jurassic Giants Festival was called off due to non-compliance, according to the City. A woman at the festival shared a video and pointed to lack of coordination a poor selection of activities and food stalls in Maynardville Park.PHOTOs: Supplied<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cape Town\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/9480\/9bf221a87b92492d897358d281c9b332.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/faa33bde3fe04c0c9aee116243098991.jpg\" title=\"On Friday the Jurassic Giants Festival was called off due to non-compliance, according to the City. PHOTO: Supplied\"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">On Friday the Jurassic Giants Festival was called off due to non-compliance, according to the City. PHOTO: Supplied<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In a statement issued by the City\u2019s Media Office on Friday 22 September, the municipality confirmed that the \u201cDinosaur festival [was] called off due to non-compliance.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The City said its Events Permit Office (EPO), accompanied by Metro Police, shut down the \u201cunpermitted Dinosaur expo\u201d and cautioned the event had been deemed illegal due to non-compliance with the Events Bylaw and the Safety at Sports and Recreational Events Act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe event organiser hosted the event Dinosaur World Festival Cape Town in Wynberg without permission from the Event Permit Office. The organisers also held the event despite being without a land-use permit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That application was pending.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This was backed by video footage shared on social media by underwhelmed festival goers during the festival\u2019s first few days. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a slew of videos posted about the event on Facebook, one is entitled \u201cThis is what you get at the dino world in Wynberg\u201d, the videographer is heard saying. \u201cAs you can tell, there are no directions [to exhibitions in the park], no safety, no signage, no nothing. You got workers busy with electrical wiring while children are running around.\u201d [sic]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a related video the same videographer points to numerous electricity plug points on the terrain, hooked up to varying exhibition dinosaurs and machinery, posing health and safety risks to festival goers and kids.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSo, on a rainy day, these guys (the organisers) left these open plugs everywhere . . . I\u2019m pretty sure these are health and safety violations,\u201d the man critiqued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In another video posted about the event, a woman, audibly frustrated, points to a lack coordination, a poor selection of activities and food stalls in Maynardville Park, where the festival was being set up. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s almost 10:30 and, quite literally, this is what we paid for. Nothing is set up . . . that\u2019s supposed to be the food [referring to the food stalls] over there, I <span>think<\/span>. Here\u2019s a sad jumping castle, and that apparently is the rides we were supposed to pay for,\u201d [sic] the woman added, pointing to a ride half-built.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The festival\u2019s social media advertising posted with the handle <span>Dinosaur World<\/span> on Facebook dated Tuesday 5 September promised structures of prehistoric giants in length of over 10 metres among several other attractions. \u201cSpreading over 15 000 m\u00b2, various exhibitors, music DJs, food stalls and markets from across Cape Town will participate in the dinosaur jamboree.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The post additionally boasted: \u201cDino Expo has switched up gears; and [it\u2019s] full throttle towards a jaw-dropping Jurassic jungle experience . . . The Dino World has gone BIGGER! Figuratively and quite literally.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The standard ticket prices booked after Saturday 16 September were promoted as follows: common area ticket R40 per person; common area family of four (two kids and two adults) ticket R130; common area family or group of eight tickets (kids and adults) R255; Common area family or group of 16 tickets (kids and adults) R500. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The City went on to confirm that the event organiser was also issued a fine for hosting an event without a permit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDuring the visit to the site, the permit officer found that there were no medical personnel on site and there were groups of young children in what was essentially an unsafe environment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The City argues illegal events endanger patron\u2019s lives as a result of the lack of security and crowd management, to name but a few.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhile the City supports events and will continue to play its role as an enabler, it is important that events are hosted in a safe environment that is in accordance with the law.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As excited citizens commented on the same statement posted by the City on Facebook, asking how long permits take to be issued, the City responded by saying: \u201cThe event organiser was asked by the Event Permit Office to submit the land-use application in June. A reminder was sent to him about the land-use application in July and then again early in September. The event organiser submitted the application only in mid-September. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt is also important to note the event organiser did not apply for Building Development Management approval for large structures erected on the event space and nor did he have those structures signed off by a qualified structural engineer as required by legislation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event has been postponed to be held between 17 and 20 October next year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <span>People\u2019s Post<\/span> spoke to the event organiser David Huni who said, in his opinion: \u201cMy event is being discriminated against,\u201d listing numerous disputes related to documentation between several City departments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI feel touched by the disappointment faced by the children since I am a father myself who wishes to uphold promises made to them. All kids love dinosaurs and wish to learn more about them. But I prefer to look at the positive side in that we will return to host the show in Cape Town next year,\u201d he vowed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Huni confirmed that the application processes for all relevant permits necessary will be done all over again to ensure the festival\u2019s success in Cape Town.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf our clients want a refund, we will do so. If not, they\u2019re existing tickets will still be valid, come next year\u2019s event.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ticket holders are urged to contact Dinosaur World SA by sending an email to enquiries@dinoworldsa.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The City urges anyone who comes across a suspected illegal event, or an advertisement or hears about an illegal event, to email events.permit@capetown.go.za or contact the City\u2019s Events Permit Office on 021 417 4035.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Jurassic Giants Festival that was set to take place at Maynardville Park, Wynberg, from Friday 22 September until Sunday 1 October, was shut down to the point of extinction. 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