Denying sale of Sea Point land to Jewish community is ill-advised

TRUTH and reality, coupled with reason and logic must prevail.

Prophet Muhammad, like all prophets before him, said that a genuine believer must speak truth.

While I will not compromise my support of the Palestinian people, denying the sale of land in Sea Point to the Jewish community is ill-advised and a serious financial miscalculation.

The Jewish community will build the school with their money. This saves the state building a school.

The court ruling, (Argus, April 28), that the sale of the Tafelberg site to the Phyllis Jowell Jewish School cannot proceed, is a mistake. A study that advises that 270 social housing units can be built, is a joke.

In 25 years, the national government built 200 houses in THE Tafelberg School site in Sea Point.

District 6 and will probably take another 25 years to build another 200 houses. By that time, every adult who lived in District 6 would be dead. Apartheid planning injustice must be rectified but we cannot proceed into a future without reason and logic as a foundation. Also, it is easier to reduce racial inequality than to reduce class inequality.

Jesus Christ the Messiah said the poor will always be among us.

To address racial inequality, every level of the state must simply sell state land for 25% less to black and brown citizens compared to whites.

By not selling the land to the Jewish community, rate and taxpayers lose a lot more money.

Consider, why must rate and taxpayers subsidise social housing in Sea Point? We could build 10 times more housing on cheap land.

Across South Africa the ideals of social housing often fail as many recipients buy subsidised housing and then rent it to others. Why must taxpayers pay to make other people landlords? If subsidised social housing is built in expensive suburbs, are they going to pay market-related rates similar to the surrounding neighbours or will this also be subsidised? How long before beneficiaries of social housing sub-let properties or sell? Will ratepayers get the difference in profit or back rates?

Building a Jewish school in Sea Point is a major investment. Jews are entrepreneurs and create jobs. CLLR YAGYAH ADAMS | Cape Muslim Congress