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04/07/2026

A few choice quotes from the Constitutional Court judgement regarding the proposed sale of prime Provincially owned land in Sea Point – Tafelberg School. It was a momentous day for housing justice in our city, and only comes about because of the brave and tireless efforts of housing activists like Reclaim the City and Ndifuna Ukwazi.

The Provincial government clearly anticipated that the ruling would go against them, because they have committed to building social housing on the Tafelberg site, with over 400 affordable units in the Province’s plans.

The Court did not let the Province or City government off the hook for future housing obligations, either. The judges ordered them to change legislation to improve public participation processes, and to report back – within three months – on their progress on affordable housing.

Spatial apartheid is real, and the City and Province have a duty to address it!

23/04/2026

There are ‘risks’ and ‘unintended consequences’ to any endeavour – but when it comes to making housing affordable, there are far greater risks to doing absolutely nothing.

In a YIMBY Seaboard opinion piece in , we show that there are low-risk, ready-to-go policy tools that could make a difference on the Atlantic Seaboard, where development is exploding.

14/04/2026

The mayor talks about “risks” and “unintended consequences” of Inclusionary Housing. But he’s ignoring the risks of doing nothing – runaway development with no planning for affordability. ‘Inclusionary Housing’ is a policy tool that requires developers to build a proportion of affordable units in new builds. Cities around the world use it – even Stellenbosch is doing it! But Cape Town? We get crickets… or rather, we get 35 square metre microapartments sold for millions as investment vehicles for short-term rentals, instead of actual homes.

Inclusionary Housing alone won’t solve Cape Town’s housing crisis – we need much more, subsidised social housing. But it’s a minimum-effort measure COCT could take right now, taking advantage of all the new developments on the Atlantic Seaboard.

08/12/2025

A recent opinion piece in by a YIMBY Seaboard member elicited a response by Anthony Hazell – but there’s no indication of who he is. A concerned citizen? A Geordin Hill-Lewis superfan? Spoiler alert – he’s Policy Adviser to the Mayor. Hazell can defend the Mayor and the City’s policy on affordable housing all he likes – the truth is, the City has built ZERO units of affordable housing anywhere on the Atlantic Seaboard.

Hazell says there were “comments incorrectly attributed” to the Mayor in Telford Vice’s article – but here’s the quote from Kevin Bloom’s interview with the Mayor: “When you say things like ‘spatial apartheid’,” noted Geordin Hill-Lewis, “I think that’s just kind of propaganda language that is no longer rooted in reality.”

Whatever the Mayor and his advisors say, spatial apartheid is very real and very much alive.

02/12/2025

YIMBY Seaboard member Telford Vice has written a powerful piece lamenting the lack of commitment to affordable housing on the part of the City when it comes to the Atlantic Seaboard. He also imagines an alternative, transformed, more just and liveable Sea Point. And he shows up the hypocrisy of the political party running our city. It’s worth a read!

https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2025-11-25-cape-towns-housing-crisis-reveals-who-is-really-winning-the-development-game/

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