GOOD calls for genuine public participation on public land disposals in Cape Town [SOUND]

# The GOOD Party in Cape Town says the recent Tafelberg judgment reaffirmed that meaningful public participation is not a box-ticking exercise when decisions are made about public land. The party’s Sandra Dickson says residents must have a real opportunity to be heard before decisions are effectively finalised. She says public land must be used in the public interest. She adds that communities are not opposed to housing, but they are opposed to being ignored: