Disa River Flood Plein?
Where are these "huge farms' in Hout Bay? Maybe he should drive around the area and see there isn't a lot of land in that little town left to develop.
A couple of pieces of land close to the Disa River considered a flood plein at the lower part of Hout Bay (Below Valley Road) which used to be mostly vegetable farming in the old days or perhaps he is referring to a couple of smallholdings also close to the Disa River which is mostly horses on Valley Road etc.
As the report doesn't specify, it is hard to say.
Personally I think this man is daft for even making these sorts of statements in the first place and if he is referring to the pieces of ground I mentioned above then he hasn't seen what can happen when the Disa River comes down in flood.
Nobody is allowed to build next to the river.
Is there perhaps a By Election in Hout Bay that these sorts of statements come to the fold.
Another politician putting the people in the water in the Western Cape.
Edit: Isn't this the fellow that led the march on Parliament last year that caused so much damage to property and the Mayor and Premier had to get a Court Interdict preventing any further marches through the narrow streets of Cape Town.