{"id":3842,"date":"2018-07-25T15:28:48","date_gmt":"2018-07-25T15:28:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.top10casinowebsites.net\/news\/?p=3842"},"modified":"2018-07-25T15:36:30","modified_gmt":"2018-07-25T15:36:30","slug":"tsogo-suns-casino-plans-in-somerset-west-disapproved-by-locals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top10casinowebsites.net\/news\/tsogo-suns-casino-plans-in-somerset-west-disapproved-by-locals\/","title":{"rendered":"Tsogo Sun&#8217;s Casino Plans In Somerset West Disapproved By Locals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top10casinowebsites.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/tsogo-sun.jpg\" alt=\"tsogo sun\" width=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3843\" \/><strong>Tsogo Sun<\/strong> is the biggest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.top10casinowebsites.net\/news\/south-africas-casino-industry-to-get-more-stringent-gambling-laws\/\">casino operator in South Africa<\/a> owning some of the most popular casino resorts in the country. Headland and Southern Sun which is a subsidiary of Tsogo Sunfiled a rezoning application recently to get permission to transform a portion of its <a href=\"http:\/\/www.somersetwestgolfclub.co.za\">Somerset West Golf Course<\/a> and allocate that land to the development of a new casino resort.<\/p>\n<p>There have been reports in the past about Tsogo Sun\u2019s debt skyrocketing but that hasn&#8217;t stopped the casino operator from continuing its ambitious expansion plans. The operator plans to expand its presence into the Western Cape by allotting a portion of land from the Gold Course and using it to develop a casino resort.<\/p>\n<p>The project if approved is expected to provide a significant boost for the local economy and create hundreds of temporary and full time jobs. <\/p>\n<p>The casino resort is <strong>expected to employ around 650 permanent staff and indirectly create another 300 jobs for local businesses<\/strong> that will provide a variety of services to the casino, hotel and restaurants on the property.<\/p>\n<h2>Local Residents Not Happy With The Development<\/h2>\n<p>While <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsogosun.com\">Tsogo Sun<\/a> looks to bring new jobs and a new tourist attraction to the community, locals from Helderberg community are unhappy with the decision to create a casino. There has been very little information circulated to the local community who are also upset at being kept in the dark by the administration.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, <strong>Stephen Leppan<\/strong>, chairperson of the Helderberg Residents Association (HRA) said <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The community knows little about this. We don\u2019t even know what we should comment about or object to. This has not been a fair process, and as far as I am concerned there has been no public participation on this project.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The HRA is not the only ones concerned about this potential casino. Pieter Human who submitted a thesis to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sun.ac.za\">University Stellenbosch<\/a> on the social impact of Western Cape casinos said that the casino would bring more harm than good to the local community.<\/p>\n<p>Human said that based on his research and studies the socio-economic impact that casinos will bring to the local economy were often inflated while the negative impact was often played down. He stated that if Tsogo Sun went on to open a new casino their major market would be the locals due to proximity and it will pull in significant sums of money that would otherwise be spent at local businesses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tsogo Sun is the biggest casino operator in South Africa owning some of the most popular casino resorts in the country. Headland and Southern Sun which is a subsidiary of Tsogo Sunfiled a rezoning application recently to get permission to transform a portion of its Somerset West Golf Course and allocate that land to the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Tsogo Sun&#039;s Casino Plans In Somerset West Disapproved By Locals<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.top10casinowebsites.net\/news\/tsogo-suns-casino-plans-in-somerset-west-disapproved-by-locals\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tsogo Sun&#039;s Casino Plans In Somerset West Disapproved By Locals\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Tsogo Sun is the biggest casino operator in South Africa owning some of the most popular casino resorts in the country. Headland and Southern Sun which is a subsidiary of Tsogo Sunfiled a rezoning application recently to get permission to transform a portion of its Somerset West Golf Course and allocate that land to the [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.top10casinowebsites.net\/news\/tsogo-suns-casino-plans-in-somerset-west-disapproved-by-locals\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Top 10 Casino Websites\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-07-25T15:28:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-07-25T15:36:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.top10casinowebsites.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/tsogo-sun.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Kate Gonda\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Kate Gonda\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.top10casinowebsites.net\/news\/tsogo-suns-casino-plans-in-somerset-west-disapproved-by-locals\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.top10casinowebsites.net\/news\/tsogo-suns-casino-plans-in-somerset-west-disapproved-by-locals\/\",\"name\":\"Tsogo Sun's Casino Plans In Somerset West Disapproved By Locals\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.top10casinowebsites.net\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.top10casinowebsites.net\/news\/tsogo-suns-casino-plans-in-somerset-west-disapproved-by-locals\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.top10casinowebsites.net\/news\/tsogo-suns-casino-plans-in-somerset-west-disapproved-by-locals\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.top10casinowebsites.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/tsogo-sun.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-07-25T15:28:48+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-07-25T15:36:30+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.top10casinowebsites.net\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/30b1a4b4265d6ffe0930fc342623b40a\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.top10casinowebsites.net\/news\/tsogo-suns-casino-plans-in-somerset-west-disapproved-by-locals\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.top10casinowebsites.net\/news\/tsogo-suns-casino-plans-in-somerset-west-disapproved-by-locals\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.top10casinowebsites.net\/news\/tsogo-suns-casino-plans-in-somerset-west-disapproved-by-locals\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.top10casinowebsites.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/tsogo-sun.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.top10casinowebsites.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/tsogo-sun.jpg\",\"width\":380,\"height\":250},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.top10casinowebsites.net\/news\/tsogo-suns-casino-plans-in-somerset-west-disapproved-by-locals\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.top10casinowebsites.net\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Tsogo Sun&#8217;s Casino Plans In Somerset West Disapproved By Locals\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.top10casinowebsites.net\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.top10casinowebsites.net\/news\/\",\"name\":\"Top 10 Casino Websites\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.top10casinowebsites.net\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.top10casinowebsites.net\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/30b1a4b4265d6ffe0930fc342623b40a\",\"name\":\"Kate Gonda\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.top10casinowebsites.net\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.top10casinowebsites.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/kate-gonda.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.top10casinowebsites.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/kate-gonda.jpg\",\"caption\":\"Kate Gonda\"},\"description\":\"Kate is fairly new the whole casino industry, with a background in finance she often found herself with clients at the best casinos, she enjoys spinning the wheel!!!. She will be providing a insight into the UK industry\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.top10casinowebsites.net\/news\/author\/kate\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Tsogo Sun's Casino Plans In Somerset West Disapproved By Locals","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.top10casinowebsites.net\/news\/tsogo-suns-casino-plans-in-somerset-west-disapproved-by-locals\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Tsogo Sun's Casino Plans In Somerset West Disapproved By Locals","og_description":"Tsogo Sun is the biggest casino operator in South Africa owning some of the most popular casino resorts in the country. Headland and Southern Sun which is a subsidiary of Tsogo Sunfiled a rezoning application recently to get permission to transform a portion of its Somerset West Golf Course and allocate that land to the [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.top10casinowebsites.net\/news\/tsogo-suns-casino-plans-in-somerset-west-disapproved-by-locals\/","og_site_name":"Top 10 Casino Websites","article_published_time":"2018-07-25T15:28:48+00:00","article_modified_time":"2018-07-25T15:36:30+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.top10casinowebsites.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/tsogo-sun.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Kate Gonda","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Kate Gonda","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.top10casinowebsites.net\/news\/tsogo-suns-casino-plans-in-somerset-west-disapproved-by-locals\/","url":"https:\/\/www.top10casinowebsites.net\/news\/tsogo-suns-casino-plans-in-somerset-west-disapproved-by-locals\/","name":"Tsogo Sun's Casino Plans In Somerset West Disapproved By Locals","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.top10casinowebsites.net\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.top10casinowebsites.net\/news\/tsogo-suns-casino-plans-in-somerset-west-disapproved-by-locals\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.top10casinowebsites.net\/news\/tsogo-suns-casino-plans-in-somerset-west-disapproved-by-locals\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.top10casinowebsites.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/tsogo-sun.jpg","datePublished":"2018-07-25T15:28:48+00:00","dateModified":"2018-07-25T15:36:30+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.top10casinowebsites.net\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/30b1a4b4265d6ffe0930fc342623b40a"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.top10casinowebsites.net\/news\/tsogo-suns-casino-plans-in-somerset-west-disapproved-by-locals\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.top10casinowebsites.net\/news\/tsogo-suns-casino-plans-in-somerset-west-disapproved-by-locals\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.top10casinowebsites.net\/news\/tsogo-suns-casino-plans-in-somerset-west-disapproved-by-locals\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.top10casinowebsites.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/tsogo-sun.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.top10casinowebsites.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/tsogo-sun.jpg","width":380,"height":250},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.top10casinowebsites.net\/news\/tsogo-suns-casino-plans-in-somerset-west-disapproved-by-locals\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.top10casinowebsites.net\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Tsogo Sun&#8217;s Casino Plans In Somerset West Disapproved By Locals"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.top10casinowebsites.net\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.top10casinowebsites.net\/news\/","name":"Top 10 Casino Websites","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.top10casinowebsites.net\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.top10casinowebsites.net\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/30b1a4b4265d6ffe0930fc342623b40a","name":"Kate Gonda","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.top10casinowebsites.net\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.top10casinowebsites.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/kate-gonda.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.top10casinowebsites.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/kate-gonda.jpg","caption":"Kate Gonda"},"description":"Kate is fairly new the whole casino industry, with a background in finance she often found herself with clients at the best casinos, she enjoys spinning the wheel!!!. She will be providing a insight into the UK industry","url":"https:\/\/www.top10casinowebsites.net\/news\/author\/kate\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top10casinowebsites.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top10casinowebsites.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top10casinowebsites.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top10casinowebsites.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top10casinowebsites.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3842"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.top10casinowebsites.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3842\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top10casinowebsites.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top10casinowebsites.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top10casinowebsites.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}