Snap Poll on Commonage Sale – Results 2016/024

As part of the Commonage Campaign run by the Ward 2 Forum Team, a Snap Poll was issued independantly utilising opinionstage.com. The results are thus independent and verifiable.

The intention of the poll was to measure how residents of Ward 2 feel about a proposal to alienate part of the Greyton commonage. To determine this, the poll was divided into 2 sections:

  1. To test whether residents felt the land should be sold to the highest bidder or whether a lease agreement should be entered into, should there be any development. Results show an overwhelming support of 92.1% for the option of a lease agreement rather than sale of the land.

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  1. The second part was to test whether residents supported the Ward 2 Forum proposal unconditionally, or with some changes, or not at all, or whether they had alternative ideas, such as e.g. no development at all. Again the results show overwhelming support for the W2F alternative – 52.2% unconditional support and 22.8% conditional support; a total of 75% support for the W2F alternative.

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W2F distributed a total of 9 documents with in-depth research regarding the proposal, so residents were well informed. There was ample time for comments and queries regarding the documents, with many residents participating on the W2F website and on Facebook. The poll was widely advertised on social media and via the W2F and anyone could vote. A total of 206 votes were cast, which is unprecedented for this area.

Should you need further information please do not hesitate to contact the team on info@ward2forum.org

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Ward 2 Forum Team

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Community Project News – Report 2016/022

The Ward 2 Forum Team is pleased to announce its participation in funding and mentoring of an Agricultural Project with members of the Voorstekraal community.

This is a pilot project that allows the agricultural sector of the Voorstekraal Community to participate in an opportunity to access allocated agricultural land with the aim of encouraging individuals to work fallow land to produce food and provide employment. The initial project will entail the tilling, fertilising and planting the 5 ha of land, comprising 3 ha of potato, 1 ha green beans and 1 ha of butternut.


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We will keep you informed on the progress of the project. Should you wish to participate in this, other similar projects, or just need further information please do not hesitate to contact the team on info@ward2forum.org

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Ward 2 Forum Team

 

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Full comment on proposed alienation of Greyton Commonage

Herewith a copy of the Full Comment as submitted to Theewaterskloof Municipality in respect of the proposed Alienation (Sale) of a portion of Erf # 595 (Greyton Commonage). The document was submitted to TWKM by the Ward 2 Forum, in terms of the Public Participation Process (PPP) and request by TWKM, as advertised in the Gazette on the 19th January 2016, for comment/objections by the community. It is imperative that the communities of Ward 2 area participate in this process to ensure that an informed decision is taken on the alienation or not of this tract of land.

Click here for document in PDF format.

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