Cape Town: Poor administration, unsafe densification and regulatory failure in the Koeberg UPZ

by | Apr 15, 2026

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Cape Town plans development in Koeberg zones despite evacuation limits, hidden risks and oversight failures.

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The City of Cape Town is planning for major population growth inside the Koeberg nuclear emergency zones(EPZ) without first establishing whether that population can be safely evacuated.

Safety is being deferred, concealed and treated as a late-stage administrative exercise instead of the primary constraint it should be.

Evacuation limits have already been reached or exceeded, yet densification in the Koeberg UPZ continues through spatial plans, local frameworks, housing programmes and development mechanisms.

Critical safety information has been withheld from the public, while the National Nuclear Regulator and Eskom have failed to provide effective, independent oversight.

This is not an isolated dispute but a wider systemic failure affecting the Koeberg Urgent Protective Action Zone as a whole. The evidence shows unsafe densification, irrational planning, concealed evacuation information, outdated and incomplete emergency data, and ineffective oversight by the very institutions meant to protect the public.

Urgent intervention is required and the Community Representation for Blaauwberg (CRB) has submitted a complaint to the Public Protector. The CRB is asking for the Public Protector to investigate all allegations and to secure, as a first and immediate measure, a moratorium on further densification in the Koeberg UPZ until lawful safety compliance has been independently established.

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