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Figure 11: Claremont Main Road Mosque (Image sourced: https://www vocfm co co za/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/CMRM jpg)
the the the the Municipal Planning By-Law By-Law 2015 (‘the By-Law’) The The objection was dismissed The The CMRM then appealed the the the the the granting granting of the the the the the development development rights rights contending that in in in in granting granting the the the the development development rights rights the the the the City had failed to to demonstrate that it it it has applied its mind to to the the the SPLUMA
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principle of spatial justice as as well as as other imperatives contained in in in the the the CT Spatial Development Framework As a a a a a a a a a a a a a a result so it was argued the the the the Tribunal’s approval of of the the the the development application goes against the the the the very purpose of of what the the the Act intended rendering it unlawful 50
LITIGATING LAND AND AND AND HOUSING IN IN IN SOUTH AFRICA  LESSONS AND AND AND REFLECTIONS
The CMRM was was was established in in in 1854 and is is is the the the the sixth oldest mosque mosque in in in South Africa It It was was was the the the the second mosque mosque to be built outside the the the the the Bo-Kaap It It was was was administered for over 100 years by the the the the the Abderoef family descendants of of Tuan Guru The The first mosque mosque mosque Board in in in in in 1978 adopted the the the the the the mosque’s constitution and established a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a system of of democratic governance The The mosque mosque mosque played a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a prominent role role in in in in in fin in the the the the the the the anti-apartheid struggle during the the the the the the the 1980s This legacy continues to define the the the the the the role role of CMRM as as as socially responsive in in in in fin in the the the the the the post-apartheid period Imam Rashied Omar has