Blouberg, Blaauwberg, Cape Town – South Africa

Residents in Milnerton and Sunset beach will have to live with the buzzing of remote-controlled aircraft for at least another five years, says the City of Cape Town’s legal services department.

Residents living in suburbs adjacent to the Rietvlei Nature Reserve, in which the Cape Radio Flyers Club is situated, have lodged numerous noise complaints with the city, resulting in a review of the club’s lease agreement which has been renewed on a five-yearly basis since 1964.

But legal opinion submitted to the Blaauwberg Subcouncil, which holds its monthly meeting tomorrow (19/08/2009), holds that the club’s lease is valid until 2014 and, without the club breaking the terms of the lease agreement – which makes no mention of noise levels – the city could not terminate the contract.

In her report to the subcouncil, City legal advisor Susan Mosdell states that the lease was granted to the Cape Radio Flyers Club -the oldest of its kind in the country – before the area from which they operate was declared a nature reserve.

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blah blah blah. Why don’t we just stop everything and remain dead in our little homes and not observe any form of enjoyment. Get involved in more things and stop complaining!