22/06/2026
Table View CID recently posted the following statement on their page -
"The Steering Commitee:
Contrary to what some may have suggested, members of the Steering Committee receive no payment or remuneration of any kind. In fact, the opposite is true — they are personally absorbing out-of-pocket costs in order to keep this initiative running, including expenses for website hosting, printing, and cloud services such as AWS. These are individuals volunteering their time and their money because they believe in this community."
What they fail to mention is that the Cape Town CID By-law specifically provides that:
Costs incurred by the applicant in establishing a CID are for the applicant's own account, but after implementation the management body may reimburse some or all of those costs if provided for in the budget.
It also raises a number of other issues namely: If the Steering Committee members incur significant expenses and later become:
founding directors,
directors of the CID NPC,
service providers,
consultants,
then there may be potential conflicts of interest that should be disclosed, i.e. made available to the ARPs at all times and in the budget. The mere existence of expenses is not a conflict. The issue is whether:
they expect repayment;
they expect contracts;
they expect future financial benefit.
Good governance requires openness about these matters. Why? Because Under the By-law:
the CID belongs to the community,
the City has oversight,
participation of all interested and affected parties must be promoted,
the process must be open and transparent.
A CID application is a statutory process affecting every ratepayer in the proposed area. The danger is creating a perception that opponents are unnecessarily challenging volunteers rather than exercising lawful rights to question the process.
So the question is: Will the members of the Steering Committee receive no payment or remuneration of any kind AT ANY TIME IN THE FUTURE?
