If Cape Town’s Mayor Can’t Afford To Live There, Who Can? | Politically Aweh Podcast

Cape Town’s Mayor Geordin Hill Lewis joins KG to talk rent crisis, tourism, and how even he can’t afford to live on the Atlantic seaboard.

What happens when the Mayor of Cape Town sits down with KG? You get a brutally honest convo about who the city really works for. From 600 000 people stuck in housing limbo to the rise of digital nomads and Gauteng “semi-grants” flooding the Cape, the Mayor defends why prices are soaring and why he thinks that’s a “good sign.” 

They unpack the city’s crime crisis, the Airbnb debate, and whether Cape Town is slowly becoming a city only the wealthy can live in.

Chapters:

00:00 - Welcome to the Mother City 

04:21 - How Geordin Got Into Politics

07:50 - DA vs ANC: Are They Becoming The Same? 

09:35 - Cape Town's Cost Of Living

13:09 - Are Digital Nomads The Problem? 

16:16 - Cape Town’s Housing Backlog

18:31 - Does the City Only Work for the Suburbs?

21:35 - Crime and Policing in the Cape

23:55 - Airbnb and Tourism Tensions

29:30 - Can the Housing Backlog Ever End? 

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