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[Ash Müller @Askash]

Cape Town just approved 2 new data centres so big, they’d cover 14 rugby fields. And Capetonians are not happy…

The data centres measure 120 000m2 of development, planned for the King Air Industria site near Cape Town International Airport.

Here's what we know so far:

• The Cape Town Municipal Planning Tribunal approved the land use application from King David Country Club, the landowner
• The plan rezones 3 erven into one General Industry zone and removes an old limit that kept floor space under 300 000m2
• A small land swap with the City (involving a substation) is part of the deal
• US company Equinix is set to build the facilities
• Estimated needs: up to 174 megawatts of electricity and 4.4 billion litres of water a year for cooling

The application didn't spell out exactly how much water or power the centres will use, or what their greenhouse gas emissions will look like. For a city that came within a hair of Day Zero water droughts and a country that's lived through years of blackouts/loadshedding, you can understand why citizens are concerned.

Some see it as essential digital infrastructure and investment for Cape Town. Others argue that approving a project this size without answers on water and energy demand is putting the cart before the horse, especially with scarce resources already under pressure. Groups opposing the approval say the public deserves those numbers before a project like this gets the go-ahead, not after.

From what I have learned, there are currently 4 large data centres proposed for Cape Town. If approved, they will consume 34% of our electricity.

There is also a 400 megawatt facility planned for Durban, proposed to be the largest in SA. This will consume 25% of Durban's electricity.

Many countries are declining to build data centres, with the USA lobbying against building them. Switzerland is building their alternative to big tech AI called Euria. It runs on renewable energy, and the heat that the servers generate is recycled into 6000 homes in Geneva.

What do you think about the newly approved data centres for Cape Town? Let me know in the comments.

Image: the site where the data centres are to be built. Photo: Ashraf Hendricks

[Herman Mashaba @HermanMashaba]

*ActionSA Launches Online Portal To Report Illegal Occupation Of RDP Houses By Foreign Nationals - ActionSA*
ActionSA Joburg MMC Candidate for Human Settlements, Zandile Dabula, has launched the Online Reporting Portal for Illegal Occupation of RDP Houses by Foreign Nationals.
https://t.co/OHaLvojJ3c

[Dr. Koena Moabelo 🇿🇦 @RealKoenaza]

Just reshare to irritate them all

Congratulations 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[Herman Mashaba @HermanMashaba]

🗞️ 🚨 ACTIONSA LAUNCHES ONLINE PORTAL TO REPORT ILLEGAL OCCUPATION OF RDP HOUSES BY FOREIGN NATIONALS

ActionSA Joburg MMC Candidate for Human Settlements, Zandile Dabula, has today officially launched the Online Reporting Portal for Illegal Occupation of RDP Houses by Foreign Nationals.

This platform emanates from recognising the injustice of South African citizens who are marginalised from access to public housing due to foreign nationals who occupy the houses and use them for profitable means.

Residents are encouraged to report through this link provided: https://t.co/hmRhttRGz5

[Petite Ebony Girl 🇵🇸 @PetiteEbonyGirl]

I have submitted a formal complaint. I will be reporting Chidima’s lawyer, Stefanie De Saude-Darbandi, to the LPC first thing tomorrow morning.

[Dlink @Vondrass90]

That whole Board is filled with conflicts of interest. It must be disbanded.

[Herman Mashaba @HermanMashaba]

I find it difficult to understand the rationale behind this appointment.
It is clear that the GNU is for illegal immigration in South Africa.

[ChrisExcel @ChrisExcel102]

They must play this video in court for this criminal 😂😭😭

[Tumisho Masha @TumishoMasha]

This proves that there is an agenda to flood South Africa with illegal immigrants to destabilise the country. These fake NGO’s, liberal “think piece” writers, people calling us xenophobes for fighting for our country are being exposed one by one. Keep fighting patriots 🇿🇦

[Gen Jean-Jacques Dessalines @MxolisiBob]

She is not the only one.

There's James Chapman from Zimbabwe who serves on the same board which advises the minister of home affairs and work for a foreign funded NGO which regularly takes DHA to court

[Rampard 🇿🇦 @RamaphiriMpho]

Please copy and paste this email: Spam their emails .

Good day Office of the Public Service Commission,

I hereby lodge a formal complaint in terms of section 196(4)(f) of the Constitution, read with PSC Rules on Conducting Investigations (2017).

The Complaint concerns the Department of Home Affairs on three grounds:
(i) A conflict of interest arising from an Immigration Advisory Board appointment;
(ii) Systemic shortcomings in the Department’s legal representation as documented by the courts (2012-2026); and
(iii) The risk of exposure of privileged litigation information to a Board member employed by the litigating counter-party.

The full complaint is set out in the attached document. Kindly acknowledge receipt and confirm the allocated case reference.

[Rampard 🇿🇦 @RamaphiriMpho]

Let’s all do our part please

[SpiderGurl @SnazzyKaloku]

I invite all South Africans to write complaints to @CouncilPractice and @PublicProtector regarding this 👇🏽Flood their emails with complaints.

[Rampard 🇿🇦 @RamaphiriMpho]

Let’s all do our part please . Use those emails below and file for a formal complaint to the parliament. Against @HomeAffairsSA and @Leon_Schreib

[Lerato @_BellaM_]

1/6
Stefanie de Saude-Darbandi sits on the Immigration Advisory Board appointed by Minister Schreiber, meaning she has access to @HomeAffairsSA strategy, policy & thinking from the INSIDE 👀@ZungulaVuyo

[Born-in-SA🇿🇦 @_Tee__G]

South African 🇿🇦 women continue to hold the police accountable and push them to do their jobs.

Much respect to the courage and bravery of our women. ��🇿🇦

[Sive ✨ @SiveXaluva]

If you tolerate illegal immigrants,
Illegal immigrants will grow.

When illegal immigrants grows,it will not tolerate you.

[Princy Mthombeni @Princymthombeni]

SACR has received a formal response from Small Enterprise Development and Finance Agency (SEDFA) regarding our PAIA request for records relating to the Spaza Shop Support Fund.

The countdown to transparency begins.

Cc: @DSBD_SA
@sacr_official1

#PAIA #Transparency #SACR

[MAPS 🇿🇦 @Maps_rza]

South Africans have been running general dealers long before these fake journalists were even born

[Princy Mthombeni @Princymthombeni]

President @CyrilRamaphosa Why is one of the biggest financial decisions in South Africa’s democratic history being done so quietly and in secret?

We’re talking about R84 billion in public assets, R140 billion in new borrowing and billions more in potential taxpayer funds)

No proper national debate. No real public consultation.

South Africans deserve transparency. What are you hiding with this @Eskom_SA Transmission restructuring?