Eddie Andrews

If you run the next five kilometers, you could help a child get school shoes.

Alderman Eddie Andrews, who happens to be the deputy mayor of the city of Cape Town, today speaking to us in his capacity as the ambassador for Souls for Souls.

Eddie, a very good morning and welcome to the show.

Africa, good morning.

It was earlier in the week for that job interview, as he calls it, and people can listen to it on primediaplus.com. Eddie, thank you very much.

Enjoy the run tomorrow.

Alderman Eddie Andrews is the deputy mayor for the city of Cape Town, but he's chatting to us as the ambassador for Souls for Souls.

You can find him on the socials at Andrews Eddie.

But I will kick it off.

Alderman Eddie Andrews, thanks so much for joining us in the hot seat.

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Andrew, the CBD, you're interviewing Eddie Andrews.

He's listening.

I found it incredibly frustrating because I have tried to get somebody from the city on about this.

I know that I'm never going to get anybody from the planning tribunal on the radio, but I try to get Eddie Andrews on.

Come on, Eddie, come and talk to me about data centers and the city's approach to data centers.

Generally, I can understand that you might want to claim some sort of authority.

I shared my findings with the city of Cape Town.

The response came from Deputy Mayor Eddie Andrews, who oversees spatial planning.

He pointed to the roughly 60 professional planners the city employs, whose recommendations, he said, are based in law and policy, and argued that because tribunal members and city officials apply the very same legal and policy criteria, a high rate of agreement was to be expected.

If it were not the case, he wrote, there would be great cause for concern.

But it's not going to be a bad day at all.

So I'm going to talk to the City's Deputy Mayor, Mayoral Committee Member for Spatial Planning and Environment, Alderman Eddie Andrews.

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Alderman Eddie Andrews, welcome.

It's great to have you.

Happy Heritage Day.

I know you've got a hectic day ahead of you.