South Africa 1 November 2026, 15:16

AFFORDABLE HOUSING OP-ED: CT’s Tafelberg social housing units cut by Heritage assessment

For years, Cape Town’s most celebrated promise on spatial justice has been that the old Tafelberg school site in Sea Point would finally deliver social and affordable housing at scale in a good city location.

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