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Residents in uproar over proposal to turn sports field into a cemetery
Closing field a grave error MELISSA LE ROUX
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MOTIONS are running high in Grassy Park over a proposal to turn an informal sports field into a cemetery. Plans are in the offing to extend the Klip Road Cemetery onto land that has been used by the Blue Bells Cricket Club and other community members for over 20 years. The cemetery was recently extended to create 3 000 new spaces, but those spaces are filling up fast. That extension opened in December 2009. Chairperson of the cricket club, Faadiel Gamieldien, strongly objects to the sports field being used to create greater capacity at the cemetery. “As a resident of Grassy Park, I refuse to be pushed behind the boundaries of a cemetery,” he says. The cemetery, which is known as a dangerous place because of criminal activity, was established in 1938 and is one of 37 City-owned cemeteries in Cape Town. “As both a resident and a sports person, I wouldn’t like to see that piece being lost. I cannot allow it to happen. There is not one school that has decent playing facilities, and if they do, it's not being maintained,” says Gamieldien. According to an advertisement in People’s Post on 8 March, the Phase Two extension planned for Klip West Cemetery will be proposed for approval once a basic assessment process has taken place. Susan Brice, cemetery coordinator for the City of Cape Town, said: “Before any extension takes place, a public participation process will take place. The community’s opinions will be heard before any decisions are made,” says Brice. Gamieldien says the Blue Bells Cricket Club paid a rental fee to the city to use the sports field for years. In 2007, the city in-
formed the cricket club that the sporting facility would be converted into extra space for the cemetery, and was told they could use it for free until then. “The ablution facilities were a mess, maintenance to the field had not been done and for the past three weeks, opponents refused to play a match with us due to the condition of the field,” says Gamieldien. He adds that when the meeting for Phase One was held, it was very poorly attended by the community. “They asked us for permission after the fence was already put up. Why have a meeting then, after putting the fence up?” Philip Bam, chairperson of Lotus River, Ottery, Grassy Park Residents’ Association (Logra), says the council should have written to the Logra civic about the public participation process before the advertisement was sent out. “As a residents’ association, we should be informed about meetings such as this from the council themselves. However, we’re looking forward to the public participation process,” he says. He adds that there are a lot of people in the community who are not in favour of the sports field being used for an extension of the cemetery. However, they do understand the need for burial space. Ward councillor Jan Burger said he was concerned about where the sports clubs would practise. “It’s more concerning to me than the extension of the cemetery, as the public participation process may take years, but it’s the sporting codes in the area that need a place to practise.” This is not the last resort, says the city. “New sites are being investigated and some are already in the planning or construction phases, such as Vaalfontein, Welmoed Exten-
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The city is exploring possible extensions to the existing cemeteries where possible
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FILLED UP: The Phase One extension of the Klip Road Cemetery is almost full after being open for just over a year. Photo: Melissa Le Roux sion and Metro South East and Mfuleni. “The city is exploring possible extensions to the existing cemeteries where possible, as well as the densification of burials, by encouraging families to re-use graves,” says Brice. The city suggests that communities consider second burials on top of their “private” graves once no new burial space is available. “Those people who opted for a cheaper ‘public’ grave, are not entitled to ‘exclusive rights’ and the City may, after five years, bury another person on top,” she says.
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