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. That promise now rests on a quiet decision that few people knew about until it had already been made.
AFFORDABLE HOUSING OP-ED: CT’s Tafelberg social housing units cut by Heritage assessment
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