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CLEAN BREAK (PART 1): Members for life — The capture of Cape Town’s planning tribunal
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CLEAN BREAK (PART 1): Members for life — The capture of Cape Town’s planning tribunal

In this first instalment of a three-part investigative series that reveals some of the lesser-known facts about Cape Town’s development space, Daily Maverick reports on the political capture of the municipal planning tribunal, the official body that handles billions of rands per year in land-use applications. According to the national legislation, these tribunals are supposed to be independent. But the DA-led municipal council has passed a by-law that allows members to serve for life.

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