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A year and three months after the abandoned Springbok Pub in Newlands burnt down, residents again expressed their frustration at the lack of action taken to address the eyesore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The converted train carriage went up in flames on Monday 5 October 2020<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mere days after the fire, Prasa said it intended to demolish the premises but to date, nothing has been done. What followed instead was the further deterioration of the site as vandalism took its toll. Hopes that a petition, signed by residents and handed over to Prasa on Wednesday 28 July last year<\/a>, would get the ball rolling also came to naught when a commitment made by Prasa to \u201cget something going\u201d within two months of the handover went unmet. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When the deadline did come around, a cohort of southern suburbs ward councillors and then DA ward candidates met on-site with Prasa representatives \u201cto add more pressure to get things moving\u201d<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Local resident Lesley Godfrey says she was appalled at the conditions at the derelict pub when she drove past there last month. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Referring to the articles which have gone before in People\u2019s Post<\/em><\/span>, she says it has been months and still no sign of action. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDoes \u2018try to get something going\u2019 equal \u2018let\u2019s stall\u2019? All talk and no action?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Besides Prasa, Godfrey also turns her ire on the ward councillors and the then DA ward candidates present at the site meeting in October last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIs it possible that all these ward councillors are incapable of getting \u2018something going\u2019 in over four months? I wonder if more urgent action would be taken if any one of these gentlemen had to commute daily by train on the southern line, or walk past this squalor on the way to the Newlands Railway Station,\u201d she asks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Godfrey says she sees it as both a health risk and a safety issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAlongside this heap of filth and rubble is the Life Sports Science Orthopaedic Surgical Day Centre. Hardly a hygienic environment for this facility.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She adds that an up-and-over bridge is also being built over the railway line alongside the day hospital to gain access to the new upmarket accommodation development that is part of the Newlands Cricket grounds complex. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI wonder how pleased these owners and residents will be when they move in and look down onto this absolute eyesore of a dump?\u201d Godfrey asks.<\/p>\n\n\n\nStatus report<\/strong><\/link-app1>\n\n\n\n

Last year October, P<\/em><\/span>eople\u2019s Post<\/em><\/span> was told that the reason for the delay was because Prasa had since discovered that fencing, stretching over 700 metres, would be needed to secure the railway reserve at the station once the building was demolished or boarded up. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This would require involving other stakeholders and sourcing the funds needed to pay for the fencing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two weeks ago, Nana Zenani, the acting head of department for marketing, communications and stakeholder relations for Prasa, told People\u2019s Post<\/span> that there had been a request for quotes (RFQ) sent out at the end of last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe contractor will be appointed shortly after all key verifications have been done as part of the Public Finance Management Act (PFMA). The contractor will be appointed shortly. He has to then give confirmation of acceptance and so on. Once we get these confirmations, we will proceed with the project,\u201d said Zenani.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mikhail Manuel, councillor for Ward 59, says he and Prasa have set up a monthly meeting to address the list of issues across the section of the southern line that falls in Ward 59. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Manuel says they have agreed to address four issues per monthly meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The four issues discussed at the meeting held last month included the derelict pub, the fence line that needs to be replaced at White Road in Rondebosch, a tree that needs to be trimmed close to Rondebosch Station (which is compromising the security of a residential complex) and the illegal occupation by street people of Prasa property at Harfield Railway Station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPrasa has already actioned their cleansing exercise at Harfield Station and asked the homeless people to move. It is now safer and cleaner,\u201d says Manuel.

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As to the trimming of the tree, Manuel says he has reached out to the body corporate of the residential complex to take photographs for Prasa \u201cso that we can have this issue resolved quickly\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Springbok Pub remains an issue and, unfortunately, it doesn\u2019t seem like Prasa is any closer to demolishing the building or securing the property. It remains a safety concern for the residents of Ward 59.\u201d<\/p>\n

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What\u2019s the problem?<\/strong><\/p>\n

According to the City of Cape Town\u2019s website, a problem building is a building that is abandoned, dilapidated, in contravention of national building regulations, overcrowded or housing illegal squatters.<\/p>\n

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It goes on to explain that residents can report such buildings to the City. Once a report has been made, the Problem Buildings Unit investigates and serves a notice to the owner listing any contraventions, ordering that they be corrected.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf the owner does not do so within the appropriate time, the City will oversee the restoration of the building and bill the cost to the owner of the building. If the building cannot be restored, it may be necessary to facilitate the sale or the demolition of the building,\u201d the website reads.<\/p>\n

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According to Wayne Dyason, spokesperson for City Law Enforcement, only one report for the Springbok pub was received thus far. Dayson says it was first brought to the attention of the Problem Building Unit (PBU) on 8 October 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cPBU investigated the complaint and found it to meet the criteria of a problem property. It is still under investigation,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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