In mid-June 2026, when Every day Maverick was publishing its three-part investigation into Cape City’s planning constructions, we had been approached by Thersia du Toit-Smit, a senior state advocate on the NPA. Apart from noting that our reporting uncovered a severe breach within the municipal council’s defences, she was contacting us in her non-public capability as a mom. The problems: public opposition and well being considerations a couple of proposed gas station close to a major faculty, and her kids dwelling close by.
CONSTITUTIONAL BREACH: State advocate vs Cape City planning tribunal: a battle for her kids’s rights
