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Knysna Committee Adopts Draft for Knysna’s Future

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A broad overview of the ISDF, the plan for Knysna’s future, was presented to Knysna Municipality’s Section 80 Planning Committee on February 24 2016 by Laurie Barwell, a likeable gentleman from Knysna Creative Heads. “An Integrated Strategic Development Framework (ISDF) is a long-term overarching document that sets out our community’s vision and aspirations for the future. It identifies how we will get from where we are to where we want to be,” said Barwell. “It’s something that no other municipality in the country has attempted. It’s a groundbreaking report.” We … Read the full article…

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Knysna ISDF Controversy Continues: Request for More Money

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R579 000 more. Knysna Creative Heads (KCH), the company with local developer links, was controversially awarded the tender to prepare the ISDF framework that will decide the future of Knysna. Municipal Manager Grant Easton wants the politicians to spend more money, outside of the tender winners, on public participation. That’s money up and beyond the tender agreement. That’s money despite local and provincial government having insufficiently addressed the public outcry that public participation, over the past two years, was a sham, government and big business seemingly intent on doing what … Read the full article…

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Minister & Mayor in Knysna Tender Scandal

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For two-and-a-half years, the DA-led Knysna Municipality has supported a seemingly illegal tender award that will determine the future of its 72 000 citizens. The ISDF (Integrated Strategic Development Framework) is meant to be the blueprint for Knysna for the next 30 years. It determines everything from where development will be permitted and infrastructure spent. If rumours are true that Knysna is a test case for the Western Province, then the implications are far greater. Despite loud opposition from the public, the DA and the Municipality have been determined to … Read the full article…

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