I am part of a group of people living in the Bo-Kaap who are organising a resistance  against a massive proposed new development on the edges of the Bo-Kaap between Buitengracht and Rose, Shortmarket and Longmarket, on the edge of Riebeeck Square. It is grossly overscaled - 20 stories high, 250 apartments, 5000 m2 of retail and commercial and 3 basements levels of parking. A "supersized" building.... ! It is double the size of anything else in the area. 

If approved it will irrevocably undermine and erode a very special part of our city. We also view this as part of a wider and worrying city wide trend towards enclosure and erasure of our common wealth - public land, culture, heritage, social networks.  

We have set up a website -  www.bridgesnotbarriers.co.za - . where you can find out more information, and fill in an objection form. 

Deadlines for objections are Thursday 18 February (that's next Thursday). 

If these issues move or interest you, please take a quick look and support us and our city through objecting on the website. 

Please also share the weblink as widely as you can. 

Warmly,