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The parcel of land that has been put up for auction.
CITY PUTS LAND UP FOR AUCTION DESPITE AGREEMENT WITH ISLAMIC ASSOCIATION
Residents back mosque LAUREN O’CONNOR-MAY
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trandfontein residents have put their support behind the area’s Islamic Association in its bid to purchase a piece of land the City has put up for auction. The parcel of land, adjacent to the Strandfontein mosque, has been used, per agreement with the City, as parking by the association for seven years, said Ebrahim de Roos, the mosque’s administrator. Last month the City announced that it would auction the 1 580 square-metre plot in Marlin Crescent, among 50 other properties, as part of its major land-disposal programme. De Roos said the mosque should have been given the first offer to purchase since it already had an existing agreement over the land.
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“The whole community and beyond the community are helping us ... ” — Ebrahim de Roos MOSQUE FUNDRAISES FOR PURCHASE He told TygerBurger the congregation had been using Erf 1955 for parking under an arrangement with the Parks and Recreation Department. “We’re supposed to be first in line because it’s adjacent to us. They know we’ve been using it, but they didn’t notify us of their intentions.” The mosque was fundraising to purchase the property. “We want to purchase it,” De Roos said. “We are fundraising now and the whole community and beyond the community are helping us so that we can purchase it.”
Strandfontein residents and ratepayers have pledged their support to the mosque. Community leader Baronise Henry submitted a formal complaint demanding the auction be halted, arguing the Strandfontein community had not been “comprehensively, functionally or effectively engaged” regarding the proposed sale. Her complaint states unequivocally that “the Strandfontein community is totally against the planned sale of this portion of state-owned land”. Henry said the City did not seek the community nor the Islamic
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Association’s input as no public participation was done. She described the proposed auction as “inconsiderate of community needs, malicious in its disregard for public interest and an inconvenience to a community already deprived of essential services and infrastructure.” According to the complaint, the land represents “one of the last remaining strategic opportunities for public-benefit development in Strandfontein.” CITY DEFENDS AUCTION PROCESS In his response to Henry James Vos, Mayco member for Economic Growth, said the auction represented “an extraordinary opportunity for private-sector investment across the metro.” TO PAGE 3
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