WESTERN CAPE HOUSING FUNDS LOST WHILE 680,000 FAMILIES WAIT
Speaker, I thank the Minister for his reply, but I did not hear an answer. I heard a description of process. What this House needed was an explanation of failure.
DA SEEKS TO SCORE OFF AIRBNB’S “SUCCESS” IN CAPE TOWN. DRAFT SHORT-TERM RENTAL BY-LAW WILL SUSTAIN HOUSING CRISIS
Instead of drafting a short-term letting by-law designed to contribute to alleviating the crisis of unaffordability in the Cape Town housing market, the only beneficiary of the proposed by-law is the City itself, which will increase its income by charging slightly higher rates.
WESTERN CAPE GOVERNMENT HAS TURNED PROMISING TO BUILD HOMES INTO AN ART FORM
Last week, Western Cape MEC for Infrastructure Tertuis Simmers was at it again, making a fantabulous announcement about delivering around 12 000 new homes.
GOOD HOPE CENTRE “AUCTION” PROCESS REFERRED TO PUBLIC PROTECTOR
The Good Party has submitted a formal complaint to the Public Protector to investigate procedural irregularities by the City of Cape Town and its Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis relating to the City’s disposal of the Good Hope Centre.
INCREASINGLY SMELL OF MALADMINISTRATION ENVELOPS GOOD HOPE CENTRE SALE. GOOD PARTY PREPARING TO FILE COMPLAINT TO PUBLIC PROTECTOR.
GOOD Statement by Brett Herron, GOOD Secretary-General & City of Cape Town Mayoral Candidate 20 July 2026 The highest bidder on auction for the Good Hope City in February has…
GOOD WELCOMES COURT ORDER RESTORING FAMILY TO THEIR CONSTANTIA HOME – JUSTICE PREVAILS OVER UNLAWFUL SELF-HELP
GOOD welcomes today's court order restoring a Constantia family to their property, after they were unlawfully removed from their home earlier this month in scenes reminiscent of the very dispossession this family has spent years seeking redress for.
Chantelle Kyd
MOUNTAIN VIEW: THE NEXT ANNOUNCEMENT MUST BE FAMILIES MOVING IN
Following recent public statements and political debate over the Mountain View housing project in Mossel Bay, GOOD believes it is time to refocus the conversation on the people who matter most: the qualifying families still waiting for their homes.
HILL-LEWIS APPROACHES GOOD HOPE CENTRE SALE LIKE A GAME OF MONOPOLY
The manner of Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis’ nudge-nudge, wink-wink, I shouldn’t really be telling you this announcement that the City was now considering selling the Good Hope Centre to a Muslim institution, instead of a church, was very disappointing.
LESSONS FOR GOOD HOPE CENTRE SALE FROM CONCOURT’S TAFELBERG JUDGEMENT
The City of Cape Town must apply the humiliating lessons it received from the Constitutional Court in the Tafelberg School matter last week to its proposed sale of the iconic Good Hope Centre.
CAPE TOWN’S SMARMY RESPONSE TO CONCOURT’S TAFELBERG KLAP REVEALS TRUE COLOURS
In July 2017, in my capacity as City of Cape Town Mayco member for Transport and Urban Development, I announced the identification of 10 City-owned sites in the inner city, Salt River and Woodstock “to be used for affordable housing”.