{"id":50870,"date":"2023-02-14T06:00:34","date_gmt":"2023-02-14T04:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/not-in-our-back-yard-community-garden-a-bone-of-contention-between-church-and-councillor-20230214\/"},"modified":"2025-03-19T20:33:04","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T18:33:04","slug":"not-in-our-back-yard-community-garden-a-bone-of-contention-between-church-and-councillor-20230214","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/not-in-our-back-yard-community-garden-a-bone-of-contention-between-church-and-councillor-20230214\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Not in our back yard’: Community garden a bone of contention between church and councillor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Community leaders from the Parkwood Baptist church are up in arms with a local councillor over a space, opposite the church, that has been allocated for a community garden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Church leaders claim they applied to the City to use the space as a parking lot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Tuesday 7 February, pastor Paul Phillips from the church, which is based on Walmer Road, called a community meeting to voice their disagreement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cToday\u2019s gathering is where we want to raise a concern regarding the non-transparent process of non-public participation that has been followed by the councillor to put up a structure and to allow a non-participating organisation, that no one is aware of within our community to afford them the opportunity to run a project in our community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe location of the structure, opposite a church, is going to disturb the church. It\u2019s another religious group that is going to put up a structure that conflicts with the current church,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are inter-faith but at the same time, we expect, from the councillor, to be transparent or to afford the community the opportunity to have a choice and to be part of the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf there is no public participation, we have many other organisations who are very relevant to render a very good service in the community and not to favour one particular group.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n
\"\"

<\/p>\n

Parkwood residents and community leaders gathered at a public meeting on Tuesday 7 February. PHOTO: natasha bezuidenhout<\/div>\n
<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Another issue raised at the public meeting was that of backyard dwellers, who say that housing was more important than a community garden. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dominique Booysen, chair of the Parkwood Backyarders Association, explained that they were removed from the field in 2018 while building structures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn 2018, we were busy building structures here and the City and law enforcement removed us by force. Last week, we had a meeting with the councillor and without letting us know, they are building this here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t have a problem if they are going to do a garden but we had a meeting with the church and we don\u2019t want this garden here because all they are going to do is smoke dagga here,\u201d Booysen claimed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy main concern is also housing for backyard dwellers, the homeless and landless people, not gardening. We asked the councillor if they can\u2019t move this further down so that the church could also have parking.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A resident, who grew up in Parkwood near the Baptist church, says a park had previously been removed from the area during a parking application.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Baptist church has put in an application for parking already and councillor Nelson says there is no record of it. There was a park here before and it was moved, so half of the application was done. So, it tells you that the City does have a record of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWho are we going to trust tomorrow?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\n
\"\"

<\/p>\n

A community garden in Parkwood has become a bone of contention among residents and church leaders.PHOTO: natasha bezuidenhout<\/div>\n
<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Mark Schrikker, a community leader, said councillors who were not playing their part would be removed from office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe saddest part is that our councillors are playing games with us and they want to divide us. They tried the same thing in Lavender Hill and I promised them if they continued they would be removed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf you don\u2019t do certain things that we want, you will be removed. We are taking back our city.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Ward 65 councillor Donovan Nelson, there will not be structures built on the allocated space as it would be a community garden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a community garden. The organisation is turning the dumping site into a community garden.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He adds while the church claimed to have applied for parking on that stretch of field, they are yet to come up with the relevant documents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe church claims to have made the application, 20 years ago, for parking. I\u2019m not aware of that. If they have the documents then they have a valid claim, but they have not produced it and we are talking about four terms ago. The challenge is that illegal dumping is taking over public spaces and an organisation asked to turn the dumping site into a garden. There are no structures and no structures will be built, that is misleading.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He added that produce from the garden would be given to members of the community such as the elderly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe church is politicising this. The garden is something that is needed to uplift the community and there is opposition. We have also made the observation on Sundays that there is no need for a parking lot.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Community leaders from the Parkwood Baptist church are up in arms with a local councillor over a space, opposite the church, that has been allocated for a community garden.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":50876,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_yoast_wpseo_linkdex":"","_yoast_wpseo_content_score":"","_yoast_wpseo_inclusive_language_score":"","_yoast_wpseo_is_cornerstone":"","_yoast_wpseo_canonical":"","_yoast_wpseo_opengraph-title":"","_yoast_wpseo_opengraph-description":"","_yoast_wpseo_opengraph-image":"","_yoast_wpseo_opengraph-image-id":"","_yoast_wpseo_twitter-title":"","_yoast_wpseo_twitter-description":"","_yoast_wpseo_twitter-image":"","_yoast_wpseo_twitter-image-id":"","newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","_crsspst_to_novanewscoza":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozabloemnewsexpress":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozacityvision":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozadistrictmailhelderberg":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozaeikestadnuus":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozahermanustimes":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozakomani-karoo":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozakougaexpress":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozamthathaexpress":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozanoordkaapbulletin":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozapaarlpost":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozapeexpress":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozaswartlandgazette":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozatygerburger":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozaudexpress":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozavistanews":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozavrystaatkroon":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozaweskusnuus":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozaweslander":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozaworcesterstandard":false,"_EventAllDay":"","_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":"","_EventShowMapLink":"","_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":"","_EventVenueID":"","_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":"","_VenueShowMapLink":"","_application":"","_batch_id":"","_company_name":"","_company_tagline":"","_company_twitter":"","_company_video":"","_company_website":"","_custom_id":"ac617132-3a5a-43e1-a967-1d3407b2246e","_EventDuration":"","_EventOrigin":"","_EventTimezoneAbbr":"","_featured":"","_filled":"","_job_expires":"","_job_location":"","_media_credit":"","_media_credit_url":"","_menu_item_menu_item_parent":"","_menu_item_object":"","_menu_item_object_id":"","_menu_item_target":"","_menu_item_type":"","_menu_item_url":"","_menu_item_xfn":"","_navis_media_can_distribute":"","_navis_media_credit_org":"","_OrganizerOrigin":"","_provider":"","_pum_built_in":"","_pum_default_theme":"","_pum_form_conversion_count":"","_remote_id":"","_remote_name":"","_remote_position":"","_report_frequency":"","_report_reference_dates":"","_send_attempts":"","_site_id":"","_sitemap_exclude":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","_sitemap_priority":"","_source_url":"","_subscription_period":"","_subscription_period_interval":"","_subscription_price":"","_tec_slr_enabled":"","_tec_slr_layout":"","_template_type":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_ticket_start_date":"","_tribe_aggregator_allow_multiple_organizers":"","_tribe_aggregator_content_type":"","_tribe_aggregator_file":"","_tribe_aggregator_finalized":"","_tribe_aggregator_hash":"","_tribe_aggregator_import_id":"","_tribe_aggregator_import_name":"","_tribe_aggregator_interactive":"","_tribe_aggregator_origin":"","_tribe_aggregator_post_status":"","_tribe_aggregator_preview":"","_tribe_aggregator_source_name":"","_tribe_aggregator_type":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_hide_attendees_list":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":"","_tribe_ticket_version":"","_type":"","_VenueOrigin":"","_wp_attachment_context":"","_wp_attachment_image_alt":"","_wp_font_face_file":"","_wp_old_date":"","_yoast_wpseo_estimated-reading-time-minutes":"","_yoast_wpseo_focuskeywords":"","_yoast_wpseo_focuskw_text_input":"","_yoast_wpseo_keywordsynonyms":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_block-catalog":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_job_listing_type":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_nova_retailer":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_publication":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_tribe_events_cat":"","_yoast_wpseo_videositemap-duration":"","_yoast_wpseo_videositemap-rating":"","_menu_item_classes":[],"_tribe_modified_fields":[],"_wp_attachment_backup_sizes":[],"_wp_suggested_privacy_policy_content":[],"_yoast_post_redirect_info":[],"_yoast_wpseo_video_meta":[],"activation_date":"","archive_insertion_is_repeating":"","archive_insertion_posts_count":"","article_feature_media":"","article_feature_type":"","article_main_image_caption":"","article_media_icon":"","article_template":"","author_byline":"Natasha Bezuidenhout (@NatashaLeeBezu1)","background_color":"","block_editor":"","byline":"","cmplz_hide_cookiebanner":"","competition_end_date":"","contact_advertise_email":"","contact_advertise_phone":"","contact_editorial_email":"","contact_general_email":"","contact_general_phone":"","contact_office_hours":"","contact_physical_address":"","enabled":"","featured_image_custom_caption":"","featured_video_url":"","fields":"","font_body":"","font_header":"","frequency":"","headline":"","hide_border":"","icon":"","is_wp_suggestion":"","issuu_download_url":"","issuu_embed_url":"","language_version_url":"","large_border":"","name":"","nm_contact_name":"","nm_contact_number":"","nm_date_lost":"","no_overlay_background":"","node-url":"","obituary_born_date":"","obituary_died_date":"","obituary_memoriam_text":"","origin":"","overlay_color":"","overlay_opacity":"","overlay_size":"","placement":"","plural_label":"","post_author":"","post_id":"","post_language":"en","secret-key":"","sponsored_utm_campaign":"","sponsored_utm_content":"","sponsored_utm_medium":"","sponsored_utm_source":"","sponsored_utm_term":"","start_date":"","utm_suppression":"","video_embed_url":"","wp_pattern_sync_status":"","data_version":[],"enclosure":[],"pongrass_image":[],"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_newspack_byline_active":false,"_newspack_byline":"","newspack_content_restriction_is_exempt":false,"scaip_prevent_shortcode_addition":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"publication":[],"class_list":["post-50870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n'Not in our back yard': Community garden a bone of contention between church and councillor | People's Post<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/not-in-our-back-yard-community-garden-a-bone-of-contention-between-church-and-councillor-20230214\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"'Not in our back yard': Community garden a bone of contention between church and councillor\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Community leaders from the Parkwood Baptist church are up in arms with a local councillor over a space, opposite the church, that has been allocated for a community garden.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/not-in-our-back-yard-community-garden-a-bone-of-contention-between-church-and-councillor-20230214\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"People's Post\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PeoplesPostNewsPaper\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-02-14T04:00:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-03-19T18:33:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/de3d87eacf23400c8e497191f3640a70.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"960\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Natasha Bezuidenhout (@NatashaLeeBezu1)\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@thepeoplespost\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@thepeoplespost\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"People's Post\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/peoplespost\\\/not-in-our-back-yard-community-garden-a-bone-of-contention-between-church-and-councillor-20230214\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/peoplespost\\\/not-in-our-back-yard-community-garden-a-bone-of-contention-between-church-and-councillor-20230214\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"People's Post\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/peoplespost\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a55ab3f8723ad7eb7c816b50d6f060e0\"},\"headline\":\"‘Not in our back yard’: Community garden a bone of contention between church and councillor\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-02-14T04:00:34+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-03-19T18:33:04+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/peoplespost\\\/not-in-our-back-yard-community-garden-a-bone-of-contention-between-church-and-councillor-20230214\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":791,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/peoplespost\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/peoplespost\\\/not-in-our-back-yard-community-garden-a-bone-of-contention-between-church-and-councillor-20230214\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/peoplespost\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/de3d87eacf23400c8e497191f3640a70.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-ZA\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/peoplespost\\\/not-in-our-back-yard-community-garden-a-bone-of-contention-between-church-and-councillor-20230214\\\/#respond\"]}],\"copyrightYear\":\"2023\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/peoplespost\\\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/peoplespost\\\/not-in-our-back-yard-community-garden-a-bone-of-contention-between-church-and-councillor-20230214\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/peoplespost\\\/not-in-our-back-yard-community-garden-a-bone-of-contention-between-church-and-councillor-20230214\\\/\",\"name\":\"'Not in our back yard': Community garden a bone of contention between church and councillor | People's Post\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/peoplespost\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/peoplespost\\\/not-in-our-back-yard-community-garden-a-bone-of-contention-between-church-and-councillor-20230214\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/peoplespost\\\/not-in-our-back-yard-community-garden-a-bone-of-contention-between-church-and-councillor-20230214\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/peoplespost\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/de3d87eacf23400c8e497191f3640a70.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-02-14T04:00:34+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-03-19T18:33:04+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/peoplespost\\\/not-in-our-back-yard-community-garden-a-bone-of-contention-between-church-and-councillor-20230214\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-ZA\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/peoplespost\\\/not-in-our-back-yard-community-garden-a-bone-of-contention-between-church-and-councillor-20230214\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-ZA\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/peoplespost\\\/not-in-our-back-yard-community-garden-a-bone-of-contention-between-church-and-councillor-20230214\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/peoplespost\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/de3d87eacf23400c8e497191f3640a70.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/peoplespost\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/de3d87eacf23400c8e497191f3640a70.jpg\",\"width\":960,\"height\":720,\"caption\":\"Leaders from the Parkwood Baptist Church on Walmer Road are against a community garden project, opposite its premises. PHOTO: natasha bezuidenhout\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/peoplespost\\\/not-in-our-back-yard-community-garden-a-bone-of-contention-between-church-and-councillor-20230214\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/peoplespost\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"News\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/peoplespost\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"‘Not in our back yard’: Community garden a bone of contention between church and councillor\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/peoplespost\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/peoplespost\\\/\",\"name\":\"People's Post\",\"description\":\"To Inform, Engage and Empower Local Communities\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/peoplespost\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/peoplespost\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-ZA\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/peoplespost\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Peoples Post\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/peoplespost\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-ZA\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/peoplespost\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/peoplespost\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/peoples-post-site-icon.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/peoplespost\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/peoples-post-site-icon.png\",\"width\":512,\"height\":512,\"caption\":\"Peoples Post\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/peoplespost\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/PeoplesPostNewsPaper\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/thepeoplespost\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/peoplespostnewspaper\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/@peoplespostnewsCPT\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/peoplespost\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a55ab3f8723ad7eb7c816b50d6f060e0\",\"name\":\"People's Post\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-ZA\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/7ea284cb64e6d80623a001a22682bdd8e89e02e917c1f92b662fe747122e799b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/7ea284cb64e6d80623a001a22682bdd8e89e02e917c1f92b662fe747122e799b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/7ea284cb64e6d80623a001a22682bdd8e89e02e917c1f92b662fe747122e799b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"People's Post\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/peoplespost\\\/author\\\/peoplespost\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"'Not in our back yard': Community garden a bone of contention between church and councillor | People's Post","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/not-in-our-back-yard-community-garden-a-bone-of-contention-between-church-and-councillor-20230214\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"'Not in our back yard': Community garden a bone of contention between church and councillor","og_description":"Community leaders from the Parkwood Baptist church are up in arms with a local councillor over a space, opposite the church, that has been allocated for a community garden.","og_url":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/not-in-our-back-yard-community-garden-a-bone-of-contention-between-church-and-councillor-20230214\/","og_site_name":"People's Post","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PeoplesPostNewsPaper","article_published_time":"2023-02-14T04:00:34+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-03-19T18:33:04+00:00","og_image":[{"width":960,"height":720,"url":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/de3d87eacf23400c8e497191f3640a70.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Natasha Bezuidenhout (@NatashaLeeBezu1)","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@thepeoplespost","twitter_site":"@thepeoplespost","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"People's Post","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/not-in-our-back-yard-community-garden-a-bone-of-contention-between-church-and-councillor-20230214\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/not-in-our-back-yard-community-garden-a-bone-of-contention-between-church-and-councillor-20230214\/"},"author":{"name":"People's Post","@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/#\/schema\/person\/a55ab3f8723ad7eb7c816b50d6f060e0"},"headline":"‘Not in our back yard’: Community garden a bone of contention between church and councillor","datePublished":"2023-02-14T04:00:34+00:00","dateModified":"2025-03-19T18:33:04+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/not-in-our-back-yard-community-garden-a-bone-of-contention-between-church-and-councillor-20230214\/"},"wordCount":791,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/not-in-our-back-yard-community-garden-a-bone-of-contention-between-church-and-councillor-20230214\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/de3d87eacf23400c8e497191f3640a70.jpg","articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-ZA","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/not-in-our-back-yard-community-garden-a-bone-of-contention-between-church-and-councillor-20230214\/#respond"]}],"copyrightYear":"2023","copyrightHolder":{"@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/#organization"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/not-in-our-back-yard-community-garden-a-bone-of-contention-between-church-and-councillor-20230214\/","url":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/not-in-our-back-yard-community-garden-a-bone-of-contention-between-church-and-councillor-20230214\/","name":"'Not in our back yard': Community garden a bone of contention between church and councillor | People's Post","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/not-in-our-back-yard-community-garden-a-bone-of-contention-between-church-and-councillor-20230214\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/not-in-our-back-yard-community-garden-a-bone-of-contention-between-church-and-councillor-20230214\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/de3d87eacf23400c8e497191f3640a70.jpg","datePublished":"2023-02-14T04:00:34+00:00","dateModified":"2025-03-19T18:33:04+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/not-in-our-back-yard-community-garden-a-bone-of-contention-between-church-and-councillor-20230214\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-ZA","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/not-in-our-back-yard-community-garden-a-bone-of-contention-between-church-and-councillor-20230214\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-ZA","@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/not-in-our-back-yard-community-garden-a-bone-of-contention-between-church-and-councillor-20230214\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/de3d87eacf23400c8e497191f3640a70.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/de3d87eacf23400c8e497191f3640a70.jpg","width":960,"height":720,"caption":"Leaders from the Parkwood Baptist Church on Walmer Road are against a community garden project, opposite its premises. PHOTO: natasha bezuidenhout"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/not-in-our-back-yard-community-garden-a-bone-of-contention-between-church-and-councillor-20230214\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"News","item":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"‘Not in our back yard’: Community garden a bone of contention between church and councillor"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/#website","url":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/","name":"People's Post","description":"To Inform, Engage and Empower Local Communities","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-ZA"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/#organization","name":"Peoples Post","url":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-ZA","@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/peoples-post-site-icon.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/peoples-post-site-icon.png","width":512,"height":512,"caption":"Peoples Post"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PeoplesPostNewsPaper","https:\/\/x.com\/thepeoplespost","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/peoplespostnewspaper\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@peoplespostnewsCPT"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/#\/schema\/person\/a55ab3f8723ad7eb7c816b50d6f060e0","name":"People's Post","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-ZA","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7ea284cb64e6d80623a001a22682bdd8e89e02e917c1f92b662fe747122e799b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7ea284cb64e6d80623a001a22682bdd8e89e02e917c1f92b662fe747122e799b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7ea284cb64e6d80623a001a22682bdd8e89e02e917c1f92b662fe747122e799b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"People's Post"},"url":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/author\/peoplespost\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/de3d87eacf23400c8e497191f3640a70.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":53454,"url":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/dumping-annoys-muizenberg-church-20220531\/","url_meta":{"origin":50870,"position":0},"title":"Dumping annoys Muizenberg church","author":"People's Post","date":"31 May 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"The dumping of tree branches on the \u201cdoorstep\u201d of All Saints Anglican Church in Main Street, Muizenberg, has left the church horrified.","rel":"","context":"In "News"","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/b80ce02b40a1488da3dfeb43a167e314.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/b80ce02b40a1488da3dfeb43a167e314.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/b80ce02b40a1488da3dfeb43a167e314.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/b80ce02b40a1488da3dfeb43a167e314.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/b80ce02b40a1488da3dfeb43a167e314.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":54177,"url":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/graveyards-left-in-peace-20220321\/","url_meta":{"origin":50870,"position":1},"title":"Graveyards left in peace","author":"People's Post","date":"22 March 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"A partnership between the community and business will hopefully mean the end of several social ills that have plagued two cemeteries in Wynberg.","rel":"","context":"In "News"","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/6403acc7f79a4ce79ffbebf4efd78fce.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/6403acc7f79a4ce79ffbebf4efd78fce.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/6403acc7f79a4ce79ffbebf4efd78fce.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/6403acc7f79a4ce79ffbebf4efd78fce.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":44638,"url":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/historic-kalk-bay-church-celebrates-150-years-of-worship-and-community-20241009\/","url_meta":{"origin":50870,"position":2},"title":"Historic Kalk Bay church celebrates 150 years of worship and community","author":"People's Post","date":"9 October 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"The Holy Trinity Anglican Church in Kalk Bay celebrated its rich history on Sunday 29 September, marking the day it first opened its doors to the community in 1874.","rel":"","context":"In "News"","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/c3a87377cb1d48ff86ed5e27bbe04573.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/c3a87377cb1d48ff86ed5e27bbe04573.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/c3a87377cb1d48ff86ed5e27bbe04573.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":271424,"url":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wynberg-opens-hope-centre-for-cape-towns-homeless\/","url_meta":{"origin":50870,"position":3},"title":"Wynberg opens hope centre for Cape Town\u2019s homeless","author":"Kaylynne Bantom","date":"14 October 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"After two years of planning and collaboration, the U-Turn Homeless Service Centre officially opened at the Wynberg Methodist Church.","rel":"","context":"In "News"","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Homeless","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/homeless5_93392.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/homeless5_93392.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/homeless5_93392.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/homeless5_93392.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/homeless5_93392.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":50145,"url":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/church-says-addiction-not-homelessness-is-the-problem-in-wynberg-20230418\/","url_meta":{"origin":50870,"position":4},"title":"Church says addiction, not homelessness, is the problem in Wynberg","author":"People's Post","date":"18 April 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"A Wynberg church and the local Community Action Network (CAN) are pleading with local government \u2013 and anyone in the private industry who is prepared to help \u2013 to establish an addiction recovery programme, accessible to all in their community.","rel":"","context":"In "News"","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ded710fcfed141d182205ef395015522.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ded710fcfed141d182205ef395015522.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ded710fcfed141d182205ef395015522.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ded710fcfed141d182205ef395015522.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ded710fcfed141d182205ef395015522.jpeg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ded710fcfed141d182205ef395015522.jpeg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":45082,"url":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/exploring-the-rich-history-of-wynberg-easts-churches-and-mosques-20240828\/","url_meta":{"origin":50870,"position":5},"title":"Exploring the rich history of Wynberg East’s churches and mosques","author":"People's Post","date":"28 August 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"The Wynberg East community doesn\u2019t only have a rich educational heritage but is also a central hub for public congregational worship of diverse faith.","rel":"","context":"In "News"","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/4ab82bc9650b4b59985954ed3bb72f40.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/4ab82bc9650b4b59985954ed3bb72f40.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/4ab82bc9650b4b59985954ed3bb72f40.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/4ab82bc9650b4b59985954ed3bb72f40.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/4ab82bc9650b4b59985954ed3bb72f40.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]}],"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"People's Post","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50870","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50870"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50870\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50870"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_spnsrs_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_spnsrs_tax?post=50870"},{"taxonomy":"publication","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication?post=50870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}