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Cape Town, South Africa
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We have a problem with Foreign ownership in CAPE TOWN
I have no problem with foreigners owning property however then apply for PR and pay taxes in SA.
Currently in certain areas like Atlantic Seaboard, City Bowl as well as Southern Peninsula, Noordhoek, Scarborough and Kommetjie we are dealing with 70 % foreign ownership.
The foreign ownership of Cape Town and surrounds now exceeds almost local ownership of homes and or flats in Cape Town.
This is not a thing that has just happened it has been a slow moving process over many a years however we had a growing economy and could therefore benefit from that to compete with foreigners.
After 2020 with the Lockdown disaster, countries abroad jumped back far faster with a growing economy than the stagnant SA economy that’s where the new problem started.
South Africans could not compete a lot of places went on the market as people lost all and it was grabbed up and sold off to foreigners.
Foreigners get their home loans and mortgages from abroad at a very low interest rates on top of that.
The current approximate of PR holders of foreigners that own homes in SA is a mere 5 to 7%
Secondly Cape Town has always been a seasonal economy.
If we wanted to save Cape Town we needed to embrace measures to secure a year long economy with feelers in all industries not just the creative and tourism industries, the @Our_DA should have started working on this more than a century ago making Cape Town Business friendly, however that is a discussion for another day.
Instead of thinking how to grow and expand the business economy in CT the DA just went and raced with the working formula Cape Town the tourist destination.
Now I saw how De Waterkant literally died in 6 years all
The locals moved out around
Me all the houses and flats were sold off to foreigners. The community was lost, Adri who lived on the streets and who was supported by all of us was all of a sudden looking worse for wear.
Little shops there supported close down and all turned to a ghost town accept in season.
Foreigners have no problem paying the ever increasing Rates and Taxes, they also only need good season occupation on AirBnB then their mortgages are paid.
Herewith what happens when all have moved out of Cape Town, what happens to the city?
If we do not stop this with controls for foreign ownership as well as occupational restrictions for foreign owned properties we will LOSE Cape Town and it will turn into a ghetto that is cleaned up for seasonal trade only.
A ghetto filled with the homeless as well as flats filled with ‘out of work’ economic migrants in GHL’s social housing blocks in Winter.
Just another dead SA ghetto city.
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Lizahn De Lange retweeted
A FREE “safe” and “decent” home is NOT a basic human right.
Where are we getting these journalists from?
For over three decades, a Mdantsane community has lived in igloo-shaped fibreglass homes. Originally built as temporary shelters, the domes now harbour fungus, posing health risks to children and the elderly. Residents say they’ve lost all hope in politicians who continue to make empty promises. eNCA’s @naledimoleo asks: Where is the basic human right to a safe, decent home? Tune in to #eNCA on #DStv403.
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Thank you Cape Town!
With your support we have 5 more years to build, to keep holding the DA to account, and putting the people of the Cape first!
#VoteCAPEXIT2029
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Salary increases for what?
President @CyrilRamaphosa has determined salary increases for public office-bearers for the 2026/27 financial year, effective from 1 April 2026. tinyurl.com/yc2csc4u
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😂 Before lecturing anyone about the Cape Flats, perhaps learn who actually controls SAPS. Policing and criminal investigations are national responsibilities, while the DA-led province and city have had to fund additional law enforcement through LEAP. The Cape Flats deserves better, absolutely. But blaming the DA for everything while ignoring the ANC’s responsibility for policing just exposes how little you understand about government. Stick to facts.
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This you, @HermanMashaba?
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I haven't read this policy reform yet but I suspect its some form of the DDM he tried and failed to squeeze in recently
If its actually meaningful instead of fluff, then the q becomes how much buy-in does the DA give it
🚨A WARNING TO ALL SOUTH AFRICANS:
Just 13 days before we went to the polls, the ANC's Cyril Ramaphosa unveiled a policy that could change what powers municipalities get to keep.
The Revised White Paper on Local Government
I wouldn't be so naive as to think that this was done for the good of mankind. While details are still thin, be extremely vigilant about where they attempt to shift that power to and how much power elected councils will still hold over their own affairs.
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Shoprite has entered into a partnership with Investec to offer new financial services, including debit cards and transactional accounts.
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Parties have begun coalition negotiations after seven of South Africa's eight metros saw no outright winner in the municipal elections.
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Shoprite investors have passed a controversial resolution which will boost the CEOs total remuneration to approximately R117 million.
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KYK!
"Dit is die ANC se staatsverval, hulle beleid, hulle vlak van regeer wat lei daartoe dat die dorp verval." – @flip_buys
In hierdie video gesels @WernerHuman18, @AfriForum se adjunk- uitvoerende hoof, en Flip Buys, Solidariteit Beweging se voorsitter, oor waarom bevrydingsbewegings soos die @MYANC altyd misluk, en waarom selfbestuur die steutel tot 'n beter toekoms is.
Kyk hier: youtu.be/iVbOD1JNsVE?si=DhkP…
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Terwyl Pretoria se inwoners met wateronderbrekings en lae waterdruk worstel, bly die Tshwane Metropolitaanse Munisipaliteit se boodskap dieselfde: Inwoners se waterverbruik is buitengewoon hoog en hulle moet dringend minder water gebruik. Waterbesparing is elkeen se verantwoordelikheid. Maar dié boodskap vertel nie die volle verhaal nie. Dit verskuif die aandag van die metro se eie verantwoordelikheid om waterverliese te beperk na inwoners wat reeds met droë krane moet saamleef, dit terwyl sowat 35% van alle water in die metro se stelsel verlore gaan, skryf Marais de Vaal, raadgewer vir Omgewingsake by AfriForum.
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Lizahn De Lange retweeted
Ironic that ASA's frequent use of the word "racist" has led it to become the political equivalent of a car alarm in Johannesburg.
Everyone hears it, but nobody looks up anymore.
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A frantic Jennifer Welch and Angie Sullivan have a profanity laced meltdown as all their sponsors drop them, admit their ‘apology’ was only meant for themselves.
The hags mentioned how they support “universal human rights” which was apparently used as justification for why they are allowed to curse people and glorify violence.
Glad they cleared up that the apology was completely fake.
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Russian soldiers pray before going into battle in Ukraine, their opponents in the Nazi adoring cult of Azov, worship a different master.
Russia is the last great Christian country, its unsurprising that the woke onsessed LGBTQ EU despises and fears these men in equal measure.
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No matter how many times I hear her, her voice still leaves me speechless. She had one of the most extraordinary singing voices in music history.
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Look, I'm not out to defend the soap salesman here
But did you really expect him to trust you guys after that insane and unprovoked backdoor supply-and-confidence swap Zille offered the ANC?
