City wants to evict ABFA

We closed off with an interview with Pieter Wesselink – Director at the African Brothers Football Academy. The Academy leased the fields of Gardens Commercial, for five years and in terms of the lease the Academy undertook to improve the facility but on the 16^th of March 2012 they received a notice from the City of Cape Town requiring that they cease all activity at the Academy. According to ABFA, the City argues that they are in contravention of the Zoning Regulations applicable to the property in that they are using the facility for business purposes or as a place of instruction or as a place of assembly. The city believes that the current consent use for the property covers only pupils from the Gardens Commercial High School. The Academy feels that compliance with their notice will deprive all the other schools which use the facilities. We were also joined on the line by Michael Wilter – from the Western Cape Department of education to give the department' side of the story as they were involved when this project was initiated. To prevent the City of Cape Town from closing down ABFA you can sign a petition at www.abfa.co.za or send an email to support@abfa.co.za