Sapoa appeals for Minister to invoke special powers to fast-track spatial planning

The South African Property Owners’ Association (Sapoa) has appealed to Rural Development and Land Affairs Minister Gugile Nkwinti to invoke the discretionary powers available to him under the Spatial Planning and Land Use Management Act of 2013 to prevent “damaging gridlocks” in the property development sector. The new Act replaced the much-vaunted Development Facilitation Act (DFA) of 1995 and was supported by Sapoa from a legislative perspective. However, the organisation said on Monday that ...