Stop making a complete idiot of yourself !!! Have you got a degree in Economics??? Definitely NOT !!! Have you got a degree at all?? My guess is No !!! If you work for R100k/year and you can't afford this...buy a tent and go camping !!! DomDoos !!!!
The standard response, what else can we expect? They've sold Cape Town to the world. Their donors are from America- DA for you. 🤷🏾 If Australia could put a moratorium on foreign ownership of properties for home ownership and not investors, what's stopping SA.
He wont. He benefits from SAs natives being replaced by his European uncles. He says lets make space for the natives “elsewhere” and then mentions cape flats 😮
Tell him to watch YT & see all the Americans making videos on why to come here & how cheap it is for them...but for us locals its too expensive..My landlord keeps subtly dropping hints that do i know how much the rent is on a place this size..and asking me each year when I'm moving out... I've been here 4 years and he obliged to increase it as our contract but if I leave he can put up the price... I'm in a safe complex and even when I look at non desirable areas, the prices are ridiculous for rent, not even a double income family can afford the rent alone never mind prices...
The failure to acknowledge the problem and gaslight on it is very dangerous for a country like South Africa with a serious history of exclusion of indigenous people. DA will be shortsighted not to cushion South Africans because this might be a voting issue and change the political landscape of Cape Town. It is simple for DA to immediately identify areas where they then focus on immediately creating a Public Private Partnership program directly solving the issue. Once majority of the people of this population feel that this economy is not for them, DA will be punished, the good story will be tempered with. That requires RISK Management not denialism and hope people won't act irrational at times. Cape Town City must identify in and around central business district Housing Properties for the specific South African middle income group. Median Income of Cape Town is below of Johannesburg but property prices are now beyond double that of Johannesburg which has more economic activity and productivity than Cape Town. DA must not gloss over sentiments otherwise this bubble can be undone by emotional sentiments than can fuck up this whole thing for everyone.
I didn’t listen to the entire interview because it wasn’t offering anything new or meaningful. The real question is why Cape Town is being handed over to foreigners while locals are overlooked. South Africa isn’t being prioritised-residents can no longer afford to live where they grew up, and the average South African can’t even afford a vacation in Cape Town due to exorbitant rental prices. Small businesses seem to cater exclusively to tourists with dollars and euros, leaving locals excluded. What is the government planning to do to ensure that locals can enjoy their own province? Even black Americans have noticed the economic segregation in Cape Town. While it’s not explicitly racial, it still ends up looking like racial inequality because economic privilege continues to align with historical disparities.
What is the ratio of property owners/investors in CT? Where I live there so many investment properties bought through trusts (alot are foreign) the ratio is too high moreover unemployment drives the informal areas.
Sorry but its true us in middle class suburbs people are struggling to sell their houses.I would like to move to a smaller place but its nearly the price of my present house
I am also finding that in Gauteng. Want to move to a smaller place, yet the price I can get for my property is less than townhouses (smaller property).
You can not sell your locals out to foreigners! It's appaling to see that families have to be cramped up in an apartment block purely because they can't afford the rentals or purchase a home on a SA salary. Cape Town can just get it over and done with a rename the city to "Sister Monaco"...🙄
The problem is that SA has an unemployment rate of 34% !! Unemployed persons dont have money to eat , let alone pay rent/ a bond. SA needs investment and job creation so that our people at least have a chance at improving their living circumstances. It has def been shown in many European countries that the surge in Air BnBs has forced locals out of housing and made areas prohibitively expensive and many cities and countries are shutting down the Air BnB biz as a result. Those with wealth are investing in these properties to make themselves money (short term rentals) and hav enough interest helping the local housing situation.
The mountain on the one side and sea on the other is just an excuse. The ruling DA has an obsession with Cape Town city centre. Bellville city has been deteriorating since the DA took over from the ANC and it is now beyond deplorable.
This was so sad. An interview with such a delusional guest - Gordan Hill-Lewis Operates for Europeans and people who look European we know this... normal South Africans have never been his concern.
Well that's false, wouldn't need permits from government if that was the case. I wish it was true but our overlords would never allow us to truly own anything outright
The fact that people want to live in South Africa while working for overseas companies is a good thing, as these people bring outside money in. Earn dollars and spend rands locally. They could spend their money anywhere else in the world. They spend their money in Cape Town because it has a great offering. There are many other places in SA that could absorb digital nomads that would contribute to job creation, but those areas are not well run, so don't get the good press and interest from these nomads. Focus on the opportunities instead of finding a scapegoat for SA problems. Limiting nomads in a country with high unemployment is daft non-entrepreneurial thinking. Find the opportunity.
Investor's, investors...who are these investors?😱😱😱Are their rights more importantly than locals? They abuse this unemployment then employees illegal foreigners. 🚮🚮. The guest is too desensitized on this matter.
This guy is conflating different issues and I suspect he owns Airbnb properties in the metro.
Stop making a complete idiot of yourself !!!
Have you got a degree in Economics???
Definitely NOT !!!
Have you got a degree at all??
My guess is No !!!
If you work for R100k/year and you can't afford this...buy a tent and go camping !!!
DomDoos !!!!
The standard response, what else can we expect? They've sold Cape Town to the world. Their donors are from America- DA for you. 🤷🏾 If Australia could put a moratorium on foreign ownership of properties for home ownership and not investors, what's stopping SA.
You don't have to curb tourism! Just stop allowing them to buy here, even for a couple of years until things even out a bit!
Kak praat nie !!!
This is part and parcel of Tourism.
Buy a tent and go camping...you don't live on the moon !!!!
He wont. He benefits from SAs natives being replaced by his European uncles. He says lets make space for the natives “elsewhere” and then mentions cape flats 😮
Tell him to watch YT & see all the Americans making videos on why to come here & how cheap it is for them...but for us locals its too expensive..My landlord keeps subtly dropping hints that do i know how much the rent is on a place this size..and asking me each year when I'm moving out... I've been here 4 years and he obliged to increase it as our contract but if I leave he can put up the price... I'm in a safe complex and even when I look at non desirable areas, the prices are ridiculous for rent, not even a double income family can afford the rent alone never mind prices...
Sounds like you need a bucket to cry in
Tourists can stay in hotels.
The failure to acknowledge the problem and gaslight on it is very dangerous for a country like South Africa with a serious history of exclusion of indigenous people. DA will be shortsighted not to cushion South Africans because this might be a voting issue and change the political landscape of Cape Town. It is simple for DA to immediately identify areas where they then focus on immediately creating a Public Private Partnership program directly solving the issue. Once majority of the people of this population feel that this economy is not for them, DA will be punished, the good story will be tempered with. That requires RISK Management not denialism and hope people won't act irrational at times. Cape Town City must identify in and around central business district Housing Properties for the specific South African middle income group. Median Income of Cape Town is below of Johannesburg but property prices are now beyond double that of Johannesburg which has more economic activity and productivity than Cape Town. DA must not gloss over sentiments otherwise this bubble can be undone by emotional sentiments than can fuck up this whole thing for everyone.
Hill-Lewis is a proven liar.
Like you are?
Him and his big smile.
True....and so is Matric Domkoppe John Steenhuisen and Alan Winde !!!
👌👌
@@mazibukomailyou mean...Big Fat Smile !!!!
@truth-Hurts375 and you
I didn’t listen to the entire interview because it wasn’t offering anything new or meaningful. The real question is why Cape Town is being handed over to foreigners while locals are overlooked. South Africa isn’t being prioritised-residents can no longer afford to live where they grew up, and the average South African can’t even afford a vacation in Cape Town due to exorbitant rental prices. Small businesses seem to cater exclusively to tourists with dollars and euros, leaving locals excluded.
What is the government planning to do to ensure that locals can enjoy their own province? Even black Americans have noticed the economic segregation in Cape Town. While it’s not explicitly racial, it still ends up looking like racial inequality because economic privilege continues to align with historical disparities.
What is the ratio of property owners/investors in CT? Where I live there so many investment properties bought through trusts (alot are foreign) the ratio is too high moreover unemployment drives the informal areas.
Is this John guy a DA member/spokesperson?
DA Must move to orania
😂😂😂😂
We don't like the English jou dom donner, Tsek!!!
Jealousy makes you nasty
As in 10 years ago!!
When u earn in $ rental in ZAR is nothing
Sorry but its true us in middle class suburbs people are struggling to sell their houses.I would like to move to a smaller place but its nearly the price of my present house
I am also finding that in Gauteng. Want to move to a smaller place, yet the price I can get for my property is less than townhouses (smaller property).
You can not sell your locals out to foreigners! It's appaling to see that families have to be cramped up in an apartment block purely because they can't afford the rentals or purchase a home on a SA salary. Cape Town can just get it over and done with a rename the city to "Sister Monaco"...🙄
What is he saying vele, nothing
No Land ... but public land is being sold and auctioned to private developers...making excuses... for not providing public land for public good..
Thank you Mr Mayor, digital nomads are fuelling our economy
The problem is that SA has an unemployment rate of 34% !! Unemployed persons dont have money to eat , let alone pay rent/ a bond. SA needs investment and job creation so that our people at least have a chance at improving their living circumstances. It has def been shown in many European countries that the surge in Air BnBs has forced locals out of housing and made areas prohibitively expensive and many cities and countries are shutting down the Air BnB biz as a result. Those with wealth are investing in these properties to make themselves money (short term rentals) and hav enough interest helping the local housing situation.
The mountain on the one side and sea on the other is just an excuse. The ruling DA has an obsession with Cape Town city centre. Bellville city has been deteriorating since the DA took over from the ANC and it is now beyond deplorable.
The fact that you are comparing the DA to the ANC is mind boggling
There were plans to restore this area 20 years ago, but it didn't happen and it's worse now
2024 anti-tourism protests in Spain is good example , if we don't learn then we will never learn
This was so sad. An interview with such a delusional guest - Gordan Hill-Lewis Operates for Europeans and people who look European we know this... normal South Africans have never been his concern.
It's not his fault that everyone wants to live in the only DA run province for the most obvious reasons
Please don't talk nonsense?
@zim961 really? Supply and demand dictates prices. Now that sink in.
@@zim961then move to a communist country you will feel right at home
Reason CT is governed by DA
Rest of country governed by ANC and co
We love Hill-Lewis!!
So what if you love him? That does not mean that he is always right!
Cap rentals, thats a joke!!
No Genius no cap. My property I do with it what I want. Go buy your own or move.
Exactly
Well that's false, wouldn't need permits from government if that was the case. I wish it was true but our overlords would never allow us to truly own anything outright
Not everyone living in the shacks are homeless.They have government houses in their provinces and come to Cape Town for work
The fact that people want to live in South Africa while working for overseas companies is a good thing, as these people bring outside money in. Earn dollars and spend rands locally. They could spend their money anywhere else in the world. They spend their money in Cape Town because it has a great offering. There are many other places in SA that could absorb digital nomads that would contribute to job creation, but those areas are not well run, so don't get the good press and interest from these nomads. Focus on the opportunities instead of finding a scapegoat for SA problems. Limiting nomads in a country with high unemployment is daft non-entrepreneurial thinking. Find the opportunity.
Investor's, investors...who are these investors?😱😱😱Are their rights more importantly than locals? They abuse this unemployment then employees illegal foreigners. 🚮🚮. The guest is too desensitized on this matter.
Such a lot of uneducated comments on this platform. Eish. Please go back to school.
Wow!!
Lies 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Talking kak again